Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design
10:00 am
Mr. Tom Boland:
It is a very good point that would have to be taken into account in terms of any level of penalty imposed. There is nothing that concentrates the minds of institutions' governors and management more than issues to do with funding and money. What we propose is a perfectly valid use of our funding function in this context.