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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: The issue is that the university was penalised, with the HEA providing the sanctions. It came to the conclusion that the university's actions were outside the framework. There is the issue of the three-month period, which cannot be divorced from the reality at the time, which was that the State was experiencing severe economic changes, with budgets reducing. It would have been very obvious...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: Were the staff informed of the promotions after the HEA had expressed reservations?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: From that reading, it seems that the HEA acted entirely unfairly in sanctioning the university.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: The issue is whether the promotions were done correctly and in accordance with good corporate governance and Government and HEA guidelines. The HEA has decided they were not carried out correctly. Dr. Prendergast has indicated he does not want an argument but it is important this is resolved and does not happen again in future. If there is a genuine dispute between Trinity College and the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: The second issue I wish to deal with takes in the expenses in Waterford Institute of Technology. I had heard anecdotal reports and seen reports in the media but reading about the scale of the issue, it seems extraordinary. It was almost like a fiefdom was operated in the office of the president with unqualified power and ability to spend money. It showed flagrant disregard for any kind of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: The report shows that non-pay expenditure in the office of the president rose dramatically in the period from 2004, when it stood at €348,000, to a peak in 2008 of €634,000, an increase of 80% to 90%. Was there not a red light flashing for the financial controller asking why expenditure was skyrocketing at such a pace?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: What was the nature of the concerns raised?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: Why were they not acted on? How did they manifest themselves and what happened as a result?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: Who raised the concerns?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: However, they were not dealt with. Why were they not dealt with?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: Therefore, the concerns would not have been brought to the attention of the board or the governing authority of Waterford Institute of Technology.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: Therefore, the concerns about the president's expenditure were raised with the president.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: I presume there was a chief financial officer in place at the time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: What was that person's take on what was happening?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: Did they also raise these issues with the president?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: Therefore, was the issue that there was no place other than the office of the president to go with the concerns raised?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: What happened to the previous holder of the office of president? Where is he now?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: Much of the expenditure incurred was unvouched. One of the auditors' reports stated the president had indicated that he had not sought preapproval of travel expenses as required under the travel policy, although he said he would normally seek informal approval, for example, from the chairman. How does this stand up? Is it accurate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: Was the chairman contacted and asked?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
Derek Nolan: Did anybody do so?