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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)

Brian Stanley: It is a building I am trying to visualise. I saw the pictures of the outside. I shop in Dunnes Stores fairly regularly so I have an idea what it looked like inside. They all look much the same. I do not mean that with any disrespect to Dunnes Stores. Typically, they are a big portal frame. To modify that for student or university use would require substantial works. What is 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)

Brian Stanley: We know all 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)

Brian Stanley: What kind of figures are being mentioned to get this suitable for use by the university?

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)

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Kelly tell us what they are?

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)

Brian Stanley: What kind of figures is Mr. Kelly talking about?

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)

Brian Stanley: That would be for a building that would look like the Dunnes Stores premises.

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)

Brian Stanley: It would be a big warehouse-type building.

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)

Brian Stanley: When is it hoped to have a strategic plan for this building?

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)

Brian Stanley: Will you bring it to the governing authority with full information?

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)

Brian Stanley: I thank Professor Kilcommins.

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)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Catherine Murphy can come back in again if she wishes. I now call Deputy Verona Murphy.

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)

Brian Stanley: At this point, there is not. The C and AG’s report identifies people in positions and the key players in all of this. Who will be held responsible? I am not asking for them to be identified by name but by position. Who will be held responsible for the series of events and the serious matters that have arisen?

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)

Brian Stanley: Is Professor Kilcommins confident that people will be held responsible?

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)

Brian Stanley: At the moment, the former chief commercial officer is on special leave. The president is on sabbatical and on €175,000 for a position for which there is no course, given it has been established here today that the course she has been hired for is not available in the university. The former chief financial and performance officer has been on extended sick leave since 5 June 2023. Is...

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)

Brian Stanley: In the earlier discussion with Deputy Catherine Murphy regarding these dwellings, it was said that the market value was about €265,000 at the time. If they had been bought for that, it would have been possible to have the rent set a lot lower.

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)

Brian Stanley: It is not going to support the actual cost of €12.5 million.

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)

Brian Stanley: That is fine. If the university does not get planning permission and if An Bord Pleanála rules against it, there will be a difficulty, so the university will have its fingers crossed that that does not happen. If it happens, it will be in a difficult situation at that point. How many student beds are owned by the university?

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)

Brian Stanley: That is fine. Professor Kilcommins might come back with the exact number. I do not expect him to be able to rattle everything off. Are they owned by the university? Are there other student accommodation facilities that are jointly owned with developers, that are the subject of PPPs or that are contracted in some way by the university? It is good to hear that the 2,900 are owned.

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)

Brian Stanley: Is it a not-for-profit company?