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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Does that not seem a bit odd?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is fine but-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: The train fare might work out better.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: How are the credit cards controlled?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: It seems extraordinary that €7.4 million was spent on travel and subsistence and only €2.2 million was spent on books and journals. For a university, about which I am quite passionate, it seems extraordinary, but I accept what Mr. Collins said. Why did the accounts not distinguish between staff and travel costs funded by research funding and staff and travel costs funded by...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Could Mr. Collins provide us with that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I suggest that the university finds a way of providing that in its accounts in future because it is important. With regard to retired staff who have been brought back on occasion to do some work, I understand this was in breach of the university's employment control framework, ECF, and that a considerable number of individuals are contractually entitled to be paid for the work they did....

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Have there been cases where staff who have come back to work have exceeded the time threshold they are allowed to work and who have now be contractually owed money?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: As in that they have not been paid yet.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Collins might check that and come back to me on it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: Regarding Cork Savings Bank on Lapps Quay, Cork City Council purchased it in 2014 for €600,000 and University College Cork purchased it for €1.42 million from the council in 2016. There was €800,000 of a difference in the purchase price in less than two years. How is that justified?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: The university is happy with that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I want it noted on the record that Mr. Collins is happy with that purchase price because there was a difference of €800,000 in the purchase prices.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I had some questions regarding the Irish Management Institute, IMI, but Mr. Collins has answered them in response to questions from Deputy Cullinane. There are no pension liabilities on the books as regards the taking over of that. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: There are no pension liabilities at all. In terms of what the university has purchased, and it was trying to fill a gap - I agree with Mr. Collins that there was a deficit and I say that as somebody who had to go to UCD after having spent five years in UCC - has the university any intention of disposing of any of the lands in Sandyford?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I fully endorse that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: I concur. We should address this matter separately in the next private meeting but we need to reflect on this because this changes a lot. We need to decide if we will try to change Standing Orders to ensure that what we decide, based on our judgment, can be published.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is no greyhound racing at Shelbourne Park which is the headquarters of greyhound racing. [15304/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the former chief executive officer of the Irish Greyhound Board (details supplied) was requested to leave; and the compensation for the loss of office. [15305/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Alan Kelly: 482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which a person (details supplied) was selected for their current post with the Irish Greyhound Board; and the person or body that appointed the person. [15315/17]