Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 May 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
9:00 am
Mr. John Kelly:
I will speak about that. Legal proceedings are ongoing, but the university's governing authority under our new chancellor has been of the view that it is in the best interests of the university that as much of that report be put into the public domain and shared with the university community as possible. The Chair knows the issues in that regard. The report was more about process than individuals, and there were a number of individuals who felt that they were adversely implicated. We are at a stage where we are possibly in a position to come to an agreement in respect of that litigation.
The step we have not taken, which was discussed at the previous governing authority meeting, is that we need to have a conversation with our stakeholders before we take any action in that regard. I would be - I will not say confident - but I think there is a reasonable prospect that issue will be resolved and the outcome will be that the report will not be disturbed, but less of the report will be put in the public domain in terms of individuals and names.