Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 July 2021

Public Accounts Committee

Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019

9:30 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Just on that point, the pension funds are not like typical private sector pension funds. Pensions are paid on what is called a "pay as you go" basis, so there is not a central fund that must be fund-managed. The reference in the HEA statements is because there are liabilities between the HEA and the third level institutions in relation to how the contributions that are collected are actually disbursed. Thus it is a kind of balancing account between the HEA and the third-level institutions.

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