Results 7,721-7,740 of 26,430 for speaker:David Cullinane

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: So the university had to pay €186,000 that it should never have had to pay because the individuals would have had to pay it.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Was that €186,000 in the context of a wider figure in terms of the overall spend? How much was spent on the travel expenses and the sabbatical expenses? What was the total amount over that four-year period? I am not talking about the tax liability? How much was actually incurred by the institute and how much was received by individuals in these sabbatical expenses?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Mr. Field should have that detail; he is coming before us to deal with the sabbatical expenses.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Those 30 or 40 people would have received expenses or income.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Will Mr. Field furnish the committee with the figure?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I have some follow-up questions for Mr. Field. As I have only two minutes I am sure he will help me by being distinct in his answers. Mr. Field said that before he took up his post it was a temporary position for a period of maybe 12 months. Before he took up his permanent position who held that permanent position?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I asked who was the last person to hold the permanent position, not the temporary one.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: He worked for the institute, or she did.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I am asking Mr. Field the question.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: If Mr. Field was not there then Professor Barry can answer the question.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Did this individual receive a severance package when she left?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: What was the reason for her departure? Did she raise concerns in respect of capital funding?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Is Professor Barry quite clear about that?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: She did, however, receive a severance package.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: I have asked the Taoiseach on three occasions to confirm that there will be a commission of investigation into NAMA. On two of those occasions, he stated that he would await the publication of the report of the Committee of Public Accounts. It has been published. On the last occasion, he stated that he would wait until statements were heard in the Dáil. Statements were heard in the...

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: -----and to deal with the threat which he apparently made to the Chairman of the committee that he would injunct a constitutional committee on the matter?

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: Will the Taoiseach confirm first of all that there will be a committee of investigation?

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: Will he also confirm that the Minister for Finance will apologise to all the members of the Committee of Public Accounts for his conduct?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (4 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the internal review at Waterford Institute of Technology, as mentioned by officials from his Department at the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16024/17]