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

Ms Mary Harney:

Yes. The fact is, as I said, that the president, under the rules that applied in the University of Limerick, could have made an offer of up to €20 million, subject to the approval of a committee. The president could certainly make an offer but he could not sign the contract for purchase.