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

Catherine Connolly: -----is a mixture, is it not? Is it right to say that it is education, research and capital?

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

Catherine Connolly: Is its primary purpose to raise money?

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

Catherine Connolly: It raises money in support of the university. What in particular in the university does it support?

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

Catherine Connolly: How much?

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

Catherine Connolly: When it was set up, was it set up specifically for capital projects?

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

Catherine Connolly: So it could be interpreted according to the needs? Is that right?

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

Catherine Connolly: On that foundation, how many members of the university are there?

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

Catherine Connolly: Two out of 12. What is the gender breakdown of the two out of the 12?

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

Catherine Connolly: Two males at the moment out of 12.

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

Catherine Connolly: What of the other ten then?

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

Catherine Connolly: It is important so.

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

Catherine Connolly: Approximately four out of 12. It handles quite a substantial amount of money. What is the reserve that it holds now?

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

Catherine Connolly: Okay. I went to college. I am here to just ask questions and elicit information. I would think that college is an environment that should ask questions. I have a difficulty when I hear it is a private organisation. It is a charitable organisation.

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

Catherine Connolly: Okay. Therefore, I presume Dr. Browne has absolutely no difficult in sharing maximum information about that.

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

Catherine Connolly: None, great.

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

Catherine Connolly: I have them in front of me. Has Dr. Browne any difficulty with the Comptroller and Auditor General looking at those every year?

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

Catherine Connolly: That is not my question. My question was has Dr. Browne any difficulty or would the foundation have? Dr. Browne is on it.

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

Catherine Connolly: I will give Dr. Browne ample time. I do not wish to be unfair. I am asking two questions. Does Dr. Browne, as a member of the foundation and president of NUIG, have any problem with the Comptroller and Auditor General looking at the foundation accounts? My second question is, would the foundation have a problem?

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

Catherine Connolly: Absolutely.

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

Catherine Connolly: What does that mean?