Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 October 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City

9:30 am

Professor Shane Kilcommins:

It is not, strictly speaking, true to say that. I will give an example. I am the acting Accounting Officer now, so if a disclosure were received now, I would expect to be on that committee and to make decisions regarding it. Actually, in our executive meeting two weeks ago, we already had a discussion regarding this issue. One of the key things to say is that there has been a provision since 2014 for protected disclosures. They should be received when they relate to systemic risks. The institution-----