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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I can tell Professor Laffan that if people from any of the technological universities are watching this debate, who are killing themselves to get professorial roles in place, which Deputy Verona Murphy will know well about in the context of South East Technological University, SETU, it will hugely stick in their craw. I accept what Professor Laffan is saying, but it is very difficult to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have reviewed both opening statements, and what I found difficult to accept was this idea that there was a level of benign incompetence that happened here and that we should accept that a bunch of bad decisions were made by people who were acting in good faith. There was a deliberately manufactured sense of haste in both of these cases. They were brought to the governing authority with the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: A recurring feature in Irish political life is that we get these things and then people sail away into the sunset and we do not actually see anyone held to account in any way, shape or form, which is very frustrating. I want to ask Dr. Wall about section 64. I know he is in a peculiar position because he is expecting this process to come to a conclusion relatively soon and therefore he...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: How long does the HEA expect to be centrally involved in this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Okay. We have a long way to go with it. In his opening statement, the Comptroller and Auditor General identified some issues regarding calculation of remuneration for senior staff. Has this been resolved or is it a continuing practice? Has this issue been unpicked or do we still have this legacy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am referring to the higher than normal awards of professional added years for professional purposes. Has this been addressed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Do we have any legacy issues? Are payments still being made under the old system?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: There are many fine buildings in Limerick. The section of the university that is functioning in this building is the school of architecture. It is a pretty ugly building as it stands. I know it quite well and it is in a prominent location. The fact that the school of architecture is located there is incredible. Was Mr. Kelly aware of the Dunnes Stores site on Honan's Quay before he...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: So he would have been aware of the shortcomings in the university in how that transaction occurred.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Did that make him more critical of other transactions that were coming in front of him?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: When Mr. Kelly was presented with this gun-to-the-head proposal, what questions did he ask?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Did you meet them, talk to them and ask them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: How long did it take to have that conversation about it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: No, I mean you personally before the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: There was no conversation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Mr. Kelly did not satisfy himself in advance of it going on the agenda.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: In hindsight, does he regret not having said, "Hold on here a second"?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Did Mr. Kelly know the price of these houses?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Did he not say to himself that these must be fantastic, brilliant houses at twice the price of an average house in Limerick? Did he question that? Did he know where they were? Did he know anything about them?