Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 October 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City
9:30 am
Professor Shane Kilcommins:
I can tell Deputy Brady exactly where it is at. There has been a governance framework around it since 2019. There is a subcommittee of the executive that drives information to the executive, to the subcommittee of the governing authority, and into the governing authority. To date, 30 reports have been generated. At all points, information has been provided on where this project is, the risks around it and the governance around it. We are trying to move to a more simplified and automated system. Our system was initially overly complex. This project was about driving that complexity down. The key point about the student records system is that through that governance framework, we saw that the number of scenarios being generated and the complexity was increasing. A decision has been made to pause, not because there is instability in the system, but because as we move to a new, industry-led system, we have to continue to ensure that stability. We are looking at it to see how-----
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