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

Catherine Connolly: Actually the Comptroller and Auditor General said it had been outstanding for three years at that point.

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

Catherine Connolly: It €57.6 million.

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

Catherine Connolly: I did not ask about-----

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

Catherine Connolly: I did not ask about anything recent. I asked about what is here in this paragraph. In 2014, it had been due since 2011. I mentioned agency staff. There is a belief on the ground that consultants are being used to an excessive degree in NUIG. Private consultants are being brought in for different things, including the law faculty. I have gleaned this from the local newspaper. The...

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

Catherine Connolly: I am reading from a paper.

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

Catherine Connolly: I hope Dr. Browne does. Some €180,000 for 22 months' work was paid to a private company, Results Through People Limited, for professional services.

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

Catherine Connolly: For €143,000.

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

Catherine Connolly: That is another thing to check. I will finish up on the gender issue. Does NUIG have part-time teaching assistant posts?

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

Catherine Connolly: That is okay because I asked another institute and it did not have any. NUIG has a part-time teaching assistant. Is that what it is called?

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

Catherine Connolly: It is simply "Yes" or "No". As I have said already, we have been inundated with discontent regarding the gender issue. Is there a role or a position called a "part-time teaching assistant"?

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

Catherine Connolly: That is fine.

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

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure what the frustration is about.

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

Catherine Connolly: I have no suggestion.

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

Catherine Connolly: I would be reassured if Dr. Browne was not so jumpy about it and told us. He should have figures here given the scandal that existed with gender inequality. I did not want to use that word but what has gone on in NUIG with gender inequality is an absolute scandal. That is my opinion.

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

Catherine Connolly: I resisted saying it. I would have preferred if Dr. Browne had said, "Yes, we accept that. We put our hands up. There has been a case. There are five other cases. I do not know how many. We're learning from that. This is what we've done." I do not know what NUIG is paying agency staff. I do not know how many part-time positions there are and I do not know how many women are in those...

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

Catherine Connolly: Are there lecturer positions that do not include research? Are lecturers employed strictly as lecturers who do not carry out research?

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

Catherine Connolly: Are the positions research focused and every lecturer has a responsibility in terms of research?

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

Catherine Connolly: No.

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

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

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

Catherine Connolly: Yes.