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- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: He contacted a number of shops to get quotes for engraved Cross pens and watches for people who retired, at a cost of €69,800. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: There were a further €42,000 of customised silver medallions for retirees.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: There was €110,000 worth of business to one shop. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Who owns the shop in question?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: What is his role?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Did he declare any conflict of interest?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Would you expect him to do so?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: This is a problem we will have to come back to. If Accounting Officers come in here and say it is up to the individuals involved, that does not cut it.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: I am asking Professor Fitzgerald now because he was aware of it. He is before the Committee of Public Accounts and is an Accounting Officer. Whatever his view, or that of the individual concerned, I believe there was a conflict of interest that should have been declared. Now that he has been made aware of it, what course of action has Professor Fitzgerald taken and what action will he take...
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: That is generic. I am talking specifically-----
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: -----in relation to this potential breach of conflict of interest, if there was a breach. What is the witness specifically going to do about that issue? I am not asking about a generic review of conflicts of interest. We are aware now of a specific issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: The witness might answer it again for me.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Would this be one of them?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: It is one of them. Okay. I thank the witness.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: The witness is telling us that the reason UCC bought it was to allow IMI to discharge that liability.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: The witness just said that.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: The witness was asked what the rationale was for UCC buying the property. The witness said that the IMI had to discharge liabilities. One way of discharging its liabilities was to sell the asset. UCC then helped the organisation discharge its liability by purchasing the site, which was what the witness was asked when he was last before the committee. I asked him again today. He said that...
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: It was not pension liabilities but all liabilities.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: With respect, this morning I put specific questions to the witness and he was again clear that there were no IMI liabilities.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: I am talking about this morning. The witness was very clear that there were no pension liabilities. I asked if there were capital liabilities and the witness said there were none.