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- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: Did the board of the college then decide to have an external inquiry?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: Was everyone in agreement with this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: Who then made the decision to employ or recruit Professor Bairbre Redmond?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: She was the first appointment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: Was it on her advice to bring in Mr. Ed Madden at that stage?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: At this stage two people have been appointed and the investigation is ready to go. How was the fee of €1,500 per day arrived at? It is a staggering figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: This was based on previous work done. Was the Higher Education Authority, HEA, or the Department involved in saying this is the going rate with other issues of plagiarism?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: Did anyone in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, or the board question that €1,500 at the time? Did anyone say this is a significant amount of money?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: By the way, I imagine the board met Professor Bairbre Redmond at this stage and told her from its process that it did not believe there was a significant issue. She would have thought at the start that the work she would be doing would not involve a huge amount.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: Did Professor Redmond say the institute would get a report by September of that year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: The fee was €1,500 per day and the report was due in several weeks. However, this inquiry quickly turned into a runaway train. Was there a breakdown or a justification given for such a fee of €1,500? What people are zoning in on is the fee of €1,500 per day. It is an extortionate amount of money. As I have no expertise in this area, will the institute explain in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: How would one categorise that type of work? This is an unusual case. Does the HEA or the Department have any examples over the past ten years of where such a case would have cropped up?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: GMIT is making a decision with no advice from the HEA or the Department and arrives at a fee of €1,500 per day. Professor Redmond then brings Mr. Ed Madden, who is on the same deal, into the process. Was there any measure put into the terms of reference to ensure they would report in four to six weeks?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: Did anyone insist on a report or an update in six weeks or two months?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: They start to do their important work which has to do with the independence of the institution and that it maintains its excellent reputation. Who from the college maintained contact with them to ensure weekly, monthly or bimonthly updates?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: How often did they report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: From where was this concern coming? Was it at board or president level? When was this discussed? Are there minutes of meetings where it was discussed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: What was the conclusion of that? Did someone say the institute needed to have a word with Professor Redmond and Mr. Ed Madden and ask why was it taking so long?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
Paul Connaughton: Number 12 of the terms of reference states the investigation team will furnish the report as soon as practicable with an expected timeframe of four weeks after the investigation team confirms the investigative stage of the process has concluded. They held all the cards on that one.