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- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: For how long has there been an interim presidency?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Why is there a delay in appointing somebody?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Why not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It is a very difficult position for an institute, particularly one that is so important and is serving a region. It is in trouble with a deficit and it has not appointed a president.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I know that. However, the institute effectively is without a president, aside from the witness who is an acting president.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: The witness certainly does that. It is not a personal thing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Why is there a delay in appointing one? Perhaps the witnesses from the Higher Education Authority might have a view on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Why does the witness say "hopefully"? Is there not a time?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Has that not been forthcoming?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Why would there be a delay?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Why would there be discussions? Why is importance not put on appointing a president to an institute of such importance? What is the discussion about?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: When was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It is now March 2017.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: There are 14 institutes of technology.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Has this arisen with any other institute?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: The witness did not tell us this in his opening statement yesterday. There was no allusion to any difficulty or issue in that regard.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: How long has there been a vacancy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It is now March 2017 and the witness did not flag that there was an issue. The witness is telling the committee that just this institute, of the 14 institutes, raised issues.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Okay. What is the issue?