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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)

John Brady: It was not well handled. It was not dealt with from 2016 to 2020.

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)

John Brady: Have any external auditors been asked to look at the expenditure on this student portal?

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)

John Brady: Have any external auditors such as Deloitte-----

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)

John Brady: No report has been commissioned to look at the expenditure on this student portal?

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)

John Brady: What stage is the portal at? Is it 100% complete? Is that the total expenditure on the portal at this point? Where are we in the process?

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)

John Brady: I am not questioning the need for a portal or registration. I am specifically querying the cost, the procedures and the process around it. I ask again, what stage is the portal at? Is it 100% complete?

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)

John Brady: It is 73% complete. How much will it cost to get it 100% complete?

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)

John Brady: Professor Kilcommins is not sure.

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)

John Brady: Professor Kilcommins is not sure. A process was embarked on in 2015. It went from €3 million and increased annually. A total of €8.7 million has been spent, €10 million has been approved, it is only 73% complete, and Professor Kilcommins cannot tell us here today how much it will cost to complete the process.

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)

John Brady: I think it will not be lost on people, given all of the other controversies that UL has been embroiled in, the lack of due diligence and all of those issues that I touched on, including significant loss of money to the taxpayer, and all the issues highlighted in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, that Professor Kilcommins is saying he cannot put a final cost on something. That...

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)

John Brady: How much will it cost to complete the process for this new student portal?

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)

John Brady: There is an issue, that Professor Kilcommins cannot put a final figure on a contract that was embarked on in 2015, with an initial cost of €2 million to €3 million. Now he is not denying that it could ultimately cost UL between €20 million and €30 million to put in place a student portal.

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)

John Brady: Professor Kilcommins has not denied 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)

John Brady: Professor Kilcommins has not denied it. I will conclude on this. What is the anticipated final cost to put in place a student portal?

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)

John Brady: What is it anticipated to be?

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)

John Brady: Is UL contractually obliged to follow through on that contract with the provider? Is there a contract with that provider to see that process complete?

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)

John Brady: Is UL contractually obliged to see that process through with the provider?

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: I welcome this year's budget provisions for enterprise and for our Department more widely. I commend the Minister, Deputy Burke, and the officials in our Department on the work they have engaged in with the Department of public expenditure in recent weeks to secure a package worth €1 billion plus for our Department next year. The Minister has reflected on how far we have come over...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Debate adjourned.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 9 p.m. go dtí 10.30 a.m., Dé Déardaoin, an 3 Deireadh Fómhair 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 9 p.m. until 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 3 October 2024.