Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits

11:20 am

Photo of Derek NolanDerek Nolan (Galway West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

No one is questioning the roles or has ever said the roles are inappropriate. What is being said is that paying them an allowance without undertaking the role was the issue. So the question of whether they have them in other universities around the world is irrelevant. The fact is that UCD had the roles but decided to remunerate them. It was the fact that they were remunerated that was in question not the fact that they existed. The university obviously got quite a fright in 2006 when this stricter line came in and sought legal advice. What is the status now with regard to the HEA? Are all UCD staff fully compliant with the requirements?

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