Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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The points I picked out from it were on governance. The letter states:

Based on the evidence provided by UL, it would appear that the University actively progressed the Rhebogue acquisition in the absence of a formally approved property acquisitions policy.

When we are talking to representatives from the University of Limerick, we might ask why they did not put that in place and why the HEA did not insist that was put in place after the Dunnes Stores issue. It was actually recommended, and this is noted in the KPMG report. We had much discussion about that at the Committee of Public Accounts. It goes on to state:

Based on the documentation provided by UL, it appears there is a discrepancy between the purchase price the Governing Authority (GA) understood they approved (3 August 2022) and the contract price agreed between UL and the Vendor ... [which was] 12 August 2022).

Therefore, somebody went off-----