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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Did the institutions come back in response?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: The second recommendation concerned a review of the corporate relationships between CIT and other corporate entities. Can Dr. Love update the committee on the status of this? When did it start? Who is doing it? What are its terms of reference and what does it cover?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I am asking this in public session because it is a public report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: When did that start? When will it be completed? What will it cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: There must be a time within the terms of reference.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: When? Summer is a moveable feast.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Will that be made public?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: What will it cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I thank UCC for its opening statement and clarifying that 23% of university participants there are either mature students, students with disabilities or non-traditional. What does "non-traditional" mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: They are totally separate from foreign students. What is the percentage of non-Irish students?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Coming back to the 23% figure, is that a final target?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: UCC received an Athena SWAN award for promoting gender equality. There are gold, silver and bronze categories. What did UCC receive?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Will UCC clarify that for me in writing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Did the witnesses from UCC read our report published in July 2017?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Good. On page 39, it referred to CIT and UCC and other bodies. We were not satisfied that there was sufficient clarity between the university and various entities. What was Professor O'Shea's reaction to that? What steps did UCC take in this regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: We referred to IMERC, which I understand has since been dissolved. Some of these relate to CIT, such as GAC Training and Services Solutions. UCC sold its interest in Infini-LED. We were making the general point that when we looked at the accounts that it was difficult for us to follow what return there was for the public, what governance structures were in place and who from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I am disappointed with the witness's opening statement. I am happy with the general gist of it, but it says on page 2 that "during 2016, UCC also sold its equity interest in a former spinout company, Infini-LED". We are given two sentences. It is not placed in context-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I would have liked it placed in context in the witness's opening statement because it uses up time and it is a serious issue - not just for UCC but across the board with every institution that comes before us. I refer to spinout companies and the use of public facilities, public land and university resources. What is the return? Bald statements are being made that it is good for the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: It came from the Tyndall National Institute.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Is that a public body?