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

Mary Lou McDonald: All of that is paid for and the taxpayer has skin in the game.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I would be very troubled if it was to become apparent that on the balance of things, all of that resulted in a big opportunity for an individual, whose contribution I am not questioning, as opposed to a payback for the institution.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: It is robust. Is that right?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: We have made a request of the Comptroller and Auditor General to carry out an investigation in this area.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: My final point is on whistleblowers. In May 2014, Seán Ó Foghlú told us that he had told the colleges to sort out whistleblowing matters prior to July 2014. We passed the protected disclosures legislation, which was rather novel. I want Dr. Browne to briefly outline his experience of protected disclosures and how they have been managed. Did Dr. Browne sort out any...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Please do.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Can the HEA and the Department confirm that is the case?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I am asking them to do so.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: What protocols or procedures does the college have for whistleblowers or protected disclosures? Is there a confidential recipient?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: When did that come into effect?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: That means it was in 2014. Is that correct?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Have any protected disclosures been made since that has been instituted?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: How many?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: How has that been dealt with?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Did it relate to anything that we should be made aware of? Was there any impropriety?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I will ask for the HEA to comment. Was it an employee of the university?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Is the person still an employee of the university?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Sprioc eile atá i gceist agamsa. The language thing is very important for children who are educated through Irish.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I wan to ask without reopening the whole gender issue. Can the delegation map out its staff, academic and otherwise, at all levels? Can we have the figures of where mná na hÉireann feature in sprioc na hOllscoile at the moment?

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: When the Tory boys got their way and got their Brexit agenda over the line, they did no favours to anybody but themselves. I spent five years in the European Parliament. I was always astonished at the fact that British Tories could obsess so passionately over obnoxious foreign notions like a 40-hour working week. It is no secret that my party and I have been long-term critics of much of...