Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 September 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013

10:00 am

Mr. Jim Fennell:

There was one thing that was very significant that I would see. The allegations that were being made in 2010 went to the very core of what the institute does in terms of the awards that it makes. If allegations are made in the media about an institutional cover-up, it brings into question the very value of the awards that we have given to our graduates and that our students are studying towards. It was extremely important that there was an independent inquiry that confirmed that the institution had not engaged in a cover-up. The actions of one or two individuals do not an institute make.

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