Results 14,321-14,340 of 26,653 for speaker:John McGuinness
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: As I understand it from the redacted document we have, certain allegations were made about individuals. Is that correct? Were those individuals interviewed? I ask Dr. Murphy to talk us through how the report was prepared.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: Based on a desktop review of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: Did KPMG interview people?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: It did not go beyond that. It just spoke, for example, to the head of a section and dealt with the queries that way. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors were paid €10,000 for their involvement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: Correct me if I am wrong but was there not a complaint in the whistleblower's document regarding O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: Would that not have caused you to steer clear of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: Do you think it would have helped if the institute had avoided that firm?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: There was an allegation made against O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors. No one is pointing the finger here, by the way. It is the process that I am interested in. The institute then asked O'Flynn Exhams-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: The audit committee asked O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors if they thought it was okay for the institute to employ them as part of the investigation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: They were paid €10,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: From whom?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: I wish to move on to oversight on the part of the Department of Education and Skills. Did the institute have much communication with the Department or the HEA as it worked through the different allegations?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: An answer to a parliamentary question on 8 December pointed out that four employees of the institute received redundancy or severance packages.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: What was the total of the packages?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: Is that for the four packages?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: In terms of the health and safety issue, does the institute have a health and safety officer?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: Is that officer fully qualified in the area?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: My next question is for Ms Sheridan. Does the institute partner with private companies in terms of research? Does it collaborate with the private sector in any way? Is that part of what the institute does?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) John McGuinness: How would the institute charge for that?