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- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I do not want reassurances. That is for another day. I only want to know about accountability.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I welcome that clarification and it is something to which I would like to return. I look forward to getting more information on it. That contrasts with the Galway foundation, which is the richest foundation in the country. I have a number of questions for Dr. Murphy regarding his college. I put the first question to the UCC delegation earlier. Is it correct that CIT, UCC and the Naval...
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: UCC and CIT co-commissioned a review, which was completed in May 2016.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It is important that Dr. Murphy would know because governance issues keep coming up in the context of all third level institutions, some of which are worse than others. IMERC is only a few years old but when the review was carried out, serious governance weaknesses emerged. Is that true?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Did the review find serious governance weaknesses? "Yes" or "No"?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I understand the review highlighted major weaknesses and made recommendations. It stated the recommendations should be monitored to ensure their implementation within a number of months. Has that happened?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Have the recommendations been implemented?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Who carried out the review and how much did it cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: How much did it cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Will the Chairman seek in writing the details of the review, including who conducted it and the cost, and a copy of the review?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I am not sure about that because that part of the meeting was rushed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: That is fine. We are in a position where people come to us. We do not with to ambush Dr. Murphy. The purpose of the committee is to ensure better accountability. It is frustrating for both sides but it is particularly frustrating on this side on behalf of the public. How many PR companies does CIT have?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: We are getting information, which states there is more than one PR company. Is that information incorrect?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I have been told there are at least three PR companies, which I will not name. How many PR companies has CIT used over the past two years? Why are they necessary? How much have they been paid? I have a final question on policy, which Dr. Love might help me with. When someone makes an anonymous allegation and it leads to a huge review such as this, who decides how to act on that? What...
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I specially refer to an anonymous complaint.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: So the HEA would assess its credibility.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Did that happen with the anonymous complaint involving CIT?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Was their credibility assessed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Connolly: The quality and quantity of the allegations, therefore, were serious enough for the college to set up a review.