Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 24 May 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology
9:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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It would have no consequence whatsoever for the institute, given its budget. The bottom line is that the taxpayer paid for this €13,000 event, €6,000 of which was outside the rules. It does not matter. The money can be moved around from the HEA to an institute or a university, but the fact remains that €6,000 was spent in an inappropriate way. Is there any avenue open to the HEA to recoup the €6,000?