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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: Bhí an-suim ag an Ollamh O'Shea sa Ghaeilge an uair dheireanach a bhí sé os comhair an choiste.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: In July 2017, the committee published a report on several public bodies and issues arising with procurement and governance. In addition, we addressed the various spin-off companies. The committee recommended, "that third-level institutions should report annually to the Higher Education Authority on the engagement and associated costs of external consultancy firms contracted to carry out...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: We asked specifically on the one issue of the consultancy firms, the costs and a report. That was July 2017. At the end of 2017, did the HEA get a report from the institutions?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: They will give complete detail on consultancy firms.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Will that happen every year?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: After the report was published, did the HEA write to all the institutions and got some information?

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?