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Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: When is the contractor expected to be on site?

Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: We could wait until October.

Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: I do not need it next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: There was a major two-year delay and there are obviously financial implications. The Committee of Public Accounts wants to know that the organisations are on top of this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: We want to ensure that we are on top of it.

Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: I do want to pressure the organisations. October is fine or after the summer.

Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2013-2014
Grangegorman Development Agency: Financial Statement 2015 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: We have concluded our discussion here today. As all of the witnesses are men, I thank the gentlemen for their attendance. We will suspend until 2.30 p.m. when we will continue our examination of the financial statements of the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will continue our discussion on issues relating to third-level education. In the sessions this morning, we met representatives from the Waterford Institute of Technology, Dublin Institute of Technology and the Grangegorman Development Agency to discuss their financial statements. In this session, we will deal with the financial statements of the National University of Ireland Galway....

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank Ms Drinan and call on Dr. James Browne to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: Someone's mobile phone is buzzing. It is not sufficient to switch telephones to silent mode because when e-mails are received it interferes with the recording system.

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: There is no problem. I ask the witnesses to sort it out.

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank Dr. Browne. Before I call Deputy Catherine Connolly, the witnesses from the National University of Ireland Galway are the third group of witnesses to appear before the committee. They were preceded by representatives from Waterford Institute of Technology and Dublin Institute of Technology. The witnesses may have heard me express great displeasure at being presented with accounts...

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: The institutions must provide whatever resources are necessary to achieve this. It is all well and good witnesses telling us how wonderful their institutions are doing but we do not have any information for the past three years. We can only believe what we see in audits.

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: We understand that and we are making the point that the university has a few months to sort out the issue for the future.

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: For the midlanders who do not understand, what údarás is Ms Dooley talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is not.

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: I will give the Deputy further latitude.

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am happy to do that. Does Deputy Cullinane have any questions?

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: If it would help the Deputy I will answer that for him. If the university has 1,493 full-time equivalents, FTEs, we multiply that by 39 hours as the normal working week, and divide it by 2,116, which is the number on the payroll, and the answer is 27.5 hours per week.