Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 July 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee

9:30 am

Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

I am aware of the updated position on that. When I was here four weeks ago, the Deputy asked me a similar question. The issue has progressed. Since then, Mr. Kelly has completed his dialogue with the two institutions. He submitted a report to the Minister and, indeed, met and briefed her. This Minister's plan is now to consult her Cabinet colleges. Following that, she plans to meet the presidents and chairmen on the two institutions together. Following that, she would like to publish the report. Her plan is to do all of that in the next couple of weeks. Following the publication of the report, we will be able to talk about the plans for the next steps and so on. Until she has had the opportunity to have the dialogue with her Cabinet colleagues, I cannot talk in any detail about those. I am due back here in September with colleagues from the Higher Education Authority for the hearing we were possibly due to have today. There will be an opportunity at that higher education meeting to talk about the progress. I am not sure about Mr. Kelly's precise availability but I know he is on leave for the summer. I hope he will be available for that.

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