Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 June 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Love will be aware of that. Very extensive questions were put to the president of Waterford Institute of Technology. The issue centred around potential conflicts of interest. At all times, as Dr. Love knows, there were never any allegations of wrongdoing by any individual but issues of concern were certainly raised in regard to the extent and number of conflicts of interest.

I should disclose to the committee that I met Dr. Love and presented him with a synopsis of a number of protected disclosures that I received from people inside and outside Waterford Institute of Technology that back up many of the questions I put. I also suggested terms of reference for a review. What we were looking for was what Dr. Love described in the past as a "deep dive" to examine not only the single issue that the internal review in Waterford considered but also all the wider issues. Can Dr. Love explain to this committee what is planned, the terms of reference for this review and who is conducting it?

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