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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: What of the figure of 82% for wage costs? Out of €20 million, that approaches €16.4 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: I know, but I come from a business background and have done a quick calculation using the 82% figure. Professor McGonagle might tell me a bit about the college, for example, its number of students. I visited it as a Minister of State and saw the level of entrepreneurship and start-ups. It is important that we put NCAD's capacity and what it has achieved with start-ups on the record. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: Of what is that a percentage?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: How does that compare with DCU and other universities?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: In terms of our enterprise economy, start-up companies and the calibre of students, has the college international students?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: The curriculum is different than that of many institutes, as they are not as engaged in art and design courses. Is there a comparable college in the country?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: In light of value for money, start-up companies and the next generation of business people, does NCAD work with industry?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: Given staff and other costs, is the break even point approximately €400,000 per week?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: Regarding reassurances about the retrospective accounts, I do not doubt that the HEA has perfected its template in other colleges. Will Professor McGonagle reassure the committee that the correct template has been installed in the college?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: Perhaps in hindsight it was a retrograde step not to put in a procedure for accounts. If 128 staff are taken with pay and pensions as 82% of accounted expenditure, the 18% remaining is for incidental expenses within the college. It is approximately, at most, €4 million per year; that is the real and auditable figure. It should be very easy to audit that figure, not the €20...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: I have met the students. They will play a critical role in the economy, particularly in the entrepreneurship area, including start-up companies. It is a valuable space that is filled by the college. The Comptroller and Auditor General has done retrospective accounts but has any due diligence been carried out on the financial management recently?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: I wish Mr. O'Laoire well.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: I compliment Mr. O'Laoire on his tenure as chairman. I was impressed on my visit to the facility, and it was strongly suggested that at some stage members of the Committee of Public Accounts could see at first hand the level of enterprise and creativity in students. It was very reassuring and I was impressed from a viewpoint of how new businesses or start-up companies could come about. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: Does the witness agree there must be very exacting standards? There is no tokenism in awarding the status of technological university. People do not want tokenism or goodwill without the institutions meeting the required educational capacity to justify the university tag. Is that an independent adjudication?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: I am glad to hear that. I thank Mr. Boland.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: The point is the remainder of the expenditure is more controllable from the perspective of getting a statutory declaration of pensions, entitlements and wages. Once the payroll, people in receipt of pensions and the 128 staff are considered, it can be easier to quantify.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: Is Mr. McCarthy saying they were paid outside the books?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Perry: Has that difficulty been resolved?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

John Perry: I welcome everybody here. Mr. Hamill has a huge footprint across the country in all the different areas he covers. I have a brief question about changes to national lottery funding. How effective is that funding and how regional is its spread?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

John Perry: There was always a community focus to the utilisation of the profits from the national lottery. Has there been a diminution of this since it was handed over to Camelot?