Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
University of Limerick Financial Report 2020
9:30 am
Mr. Keith Moynes:
This speaks to the complexity of the issue. I would not question the good faith in which the decisions were made. These are complex matters. The university took a certain approach. Our own view, as a Department, was different. However, these are complex matters. The decision or interpretation that we took was that it was a severance. The university did not take that approach. The chancellor has outlined the rationale that the university took. We are taking a different view on that. These are complex issues and there are probably elements of judgment attached to them, but we take the view that this was a severance. We are looking at the issues. I think it is something that people of good faith have-----