Minister commends MIC’s contribution to education landscape during visit to his alma mater

MINISTER Patrick O'Donovan has made his first visit to a Higher Education Institution since becoming Minister with responsibility for the sector when he visited his alma mater Mary Immaculate College. 

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science met with the college’s senior management where he discussed student accommodation in Limerick and MIC’s position in the Higher Education landscape.

Mr O'Donovan also commended MIC for its high standard of teaching and learning and its contribution to the education landscape.

Mr O'Donovan then met separately with President of the Mary Immaculate Students’ Union (MISU), Cillian Callaghan, where he discussed student mental health, supports for students undertaking Gaeltacht placements and the impact of the cost of living on students. 

The Newcastle West man has been a TD since 2011 and has previously held Minister of State positions in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Department of Finance; and Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.

He was elected a councillor for Limerick County Council in 2003 and was a councillor when he graduated from MIC in 2009.