Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 January 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

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

When I spoke to Dr. Love last week, he stated that the HEA's report on commercialising intellectual property was imminent. Indeed, it was due to be published this week. It may be published tomorrow or early next week. We will have it. We can then request the additional information on live and spin-out companies that may be in play in third level institutions. That information might be difficult to get in the short term, but not too difficult. Once the report is published, I recommend that we start by inviting the Accounting Officer of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the HEA and the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills as soon as possible. They are the people to whom I wish to put questions in respect of this report. That will give us an opportunity to get some answers. This process could be-----

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