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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will continue with our meeting to discuss the various third level institutions and colleges represented here. The plan is to discuss with Waterford Institute of Technology, Dublin Institute of Technology and the National University of Ireland, Galway, issues concerning their financial statements. We note that none of the three organisations has completed audited or published their...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank Ms Drinan. We will now have brief comments from members of the committee, starting with Deputy McDonald who indicated first. There will then be questions to the HEA and the Department about the issues so that we can see where we stand.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: I will take a comment from Deputies Cullinane, Catherine Murphy and Connolly in that sequence.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will ask for a response when the members have put their questions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: It has just occurred to me that the witnesses from Waterford Institute of Technology are standing in the hall and not hearing what has been said. I propose that they be invited to sit in the Visitors Gallery so that they will hear the contributions because they are not hearing anything. We will continue but we will ask the witnesses from Waterford to take seats in the Gallery so that they...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: I will ask Dr. Love to comment first and then I will ask Mr. Mannion to give the Department's view on the issue of intellectual property rights. One of the issues to be considered is the fact that physical resources, equipment and staff costs are all paid for by the taxpayer in these institutions. However, when the taxpayer gets 1% of the spin-out company, we have no idea whether that even...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: The committee has no negative view on that issue. I invite Dr. Love to comment. I am asking him to respond and to demonstrate that he has listened to what has been said. Indeed, the authority and the Department have a lot more listening to do and actions to take in the context of the funding and their hands-off approach.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: What about the lateness of the accounts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: Finally, I ask Mr. Mannion to comment on behalf of the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will try to wrap up this section.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is the Deputy talking about last week?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will put Mr. McCarthy on notice of that so he can respond at next week's meeting. The Committee of Public Accounts cannot direct the Comptroller and Auditor General to carry out a specific investigation but we can request it and we will want a response to that request next week. That was a quick comment by the Deputy in the meantime.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: He can talk to us next Thursday when he appears in person. At this stage, we have concluded this particular aspect so we will suspend for a moment while the witnesses from Waterford Institute of Technology take their seats.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: Before I call Deputy Cullinane, who is the lead speaker this morning, I will say something to Professor Donnelly, as president of the institute, to which I am not looking for a response. The witness has heard everything that has been said. We are saying to Professor Donnelly that the financial accounts for the period 2014-2015 and the financial accounts for 2015-2016 up to the end of August...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: All the questions should be answered through the Chair not across the floor. Everything should be through the Chair.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: Will Professor Donnelly explain what FeedHenry is?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: For the uninitiated, what does Professor Donnelly mean by a spin-out company? Will he explain it to the non-members?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: Why is Deputy Cullinane saying Professor Donnelly "attempted to clear up the record?" He either did or did not do so.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy has been given a response.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: What is TSSG?