HEA Welcomes Technological Universities (All Island University Group) Amendment Bill Allowing DkIT-QUB Partnership (data.oireachtas.ie)

• HEA supports bill enabling DkIT to become a college of Queen's University Belfast
• Bill amends Technological Universities Act 2018
• HEA advisory panel to assess compliance with criteria

"Tim Conlon, Head of Policy and Strategic Planning at the Higher Education Authority (HEA), presented an opening statement to the Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on 27 May 2026, supporting the General Scheme of the Technological Universities (All Island University Group) Amendment Bill. The bill amends the Technological Universities Act 2018 to allow Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) to enter a strategic partnership with Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and apply to become a technological university college of QUB."