198. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the use of the university visitor system as described under section 20 of the Universities Act 1997, including the number of occasions on which this provision has been used since the 1997 Act commenced and the names of the universities to which any such visitations applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27850/15]

No visitor has been appointed to a university under Section 20 of the Universities Act 1997.