Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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The Dublin Institute of Technology has presented its accounts to us. A different case arises involving an advance payment of €700,000. I propose that the committee write directly to the institute of technology asking for detailed background information relating to: how the advance payment arose; the decisions made in respect of the payment; whether it was approved at board level; whether credit checks were carried out; who monitored progress; when this person became aware of issues surrounding the advance payment; and what action was taken in this regard. I would like a full report on the matter. We will start by asking for a written report but I am not excluding the option of inviting representatives from the Dublin Institute of Technology to come before the committee. We will obtain a written report first and take the matter from there.

Members will note that we grouped all the educational establishments together in the schedule. We will return to third-level educational establishments as a topic in the autumn. Members will have this documentation in their files for future reference. The next page starts with Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimhe and finishes with University College Dublin. After that, we have a page listing the education and training boards, including Donegal Education and Training Board and Dublin-Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board. We will examine these as a group later. The subsequent page lists institutions starting with Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board and finishing with Louth and Meath Education and Training Board. The list on the next page starts with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and finishes with the Grangegorman Development Agency.