Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 January 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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No, that was perhaps to improve the system. I refer to undertaking to look back on allegations or concerns raised by this whistleblower regarding degrees and grades which previous students were awarded that may have been understated and that it may have been the case that people were awarded results that were not correct. That is a very serious allegation which I put to the Comptroller and Auditor General prior to the meeting, although it is not a matter that would necessarily by captured in his examination as there is no immediate cost implication were this to be the case. However, if this did happen, there is a potential cost as the institution could be open to litigation. The whistleblower is saying that there was an attempt to do a trawl back but that it was stopped. Is that the case?