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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)

Verona Murphy: I know there are. However, we have to prioritise. We have counted three people out on full pay, whether it be sick leave, garden leave or whatever. It is costing in the region of millions of euro per annum as long as you not getting to grips with this and not sorting it out.

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)

Verona Murphy: I know I am correct because we are reading it. It is astronomical. The headlines in the papers tomorrow and the news will be extraordinary. It will look like nobody cares. There must be timelines and efficiency with regard to these complaints and how they are dealt with it. I understand how Professor Laffan put it and how she dealt with the former president. It was probably more...

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)

Verona Murphy: So it is not contractual rather it is of goodwill in nature.

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)

Verona Murphy: Is Professor Laffan not able to answer simple questions honestly? The question is that it is just goodwill, is it not? If you decided as a committee, a governing authority or whatever, to say that you do not believe she should take a sabbatical, you do not want her to take a sabbatical and you are not giving her a sabbatical, what would happen?

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)

Verona Murphy: That is not what I said. I asked what would have happened if Professor Laffan would have said that she is not getting a sabbatical. It is not a contractual arrangement, is 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)

Verona Murphy: It is just goodwill because it is the norm. However, we do not have to follow norms in employment law; we follow the law. It is not a law. It is not contractual. Basically it was up to you to say "yea" or "nay".

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)

Verona Murphy: That is all - there is no need. I am just pointing out where we are and perhaps those are the things that are required to be changed because it is costing a significant amount of taxpayers' money. It is not all just UL. It is not all garnered from students, foreign students, student fees and so on. At the end of the day, it is taxpayers' money, so we need to look at that. I am not going...

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)

Verona Murphy: Sorry. What was it then?

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)

Verona Murphy: But Professor Mey's did.

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)

Verona Murphy: Obviously, there was some reasoning behind it, but it was dealt with. Somebody had to be ridiculed in HR on that basis. Who provided the contract?

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)

Verona Murphy: Yes, Mr. Fitzgerald.

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)

Verona Murphy: Does Professor Kilcommins know who provided the contract - who drew it up?

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)

Verona Murphy: Maybe Professor Kilcommins could find that out. If that was not dealt with, the same mistake can be made again if we do not know how it happened.

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)

Verona Murphy: Let the committee know how it was dealt with and who was responsible at least.

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)

Verona Murphy: And it was not a new phenomenon. It was obviously standard for a while.

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)

Verona Murphy: It is all about what we learn from mistakes. There is a long way to go here before there is evidence of learning but I will expect to see it next year.

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)

Verona Murphy: I have one important question. What is the normal valuation put on a student bed as being value for money? What is the normal cost? This query is probably for Mr. McCaffrey.

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)

Verona Murphy: It costs that much per bed for student accommodation.

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)

Verona Murphy: Would external solicitors be involved in these things or is it just HR that is dealing with it internally?

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)

Verona Murphy: It was €130,000.