Results 29,841-29,860 of 33,115 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: They have not done that and they are indicating that there are problems for them in doing that. A separate stream of funding is going into these universities from the State funding and anything else raised in respect of intellectual property. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I asked those questions because as a politician I have to have my statement in by the end of this week. No excuse will be accepted. I must hand it in to show what I did with the money I received. I had to do it in a previous life in respect of value added tax, VAT. We got letters very quickly to take us to court if we did not do it, and rightly so. Third level institutions are shouting...
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It is the Galway Mayo Institute. There are two institutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Which of the campuses is in trouble?
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: In Galway city.
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Brownlee has acknowledged that a serious problem has arisen from lack of core funding and the numbers of students going up. He is not telling me which campus today. He is taking it as an overall problem. I understand that Mayo is in serious trouble and that the number of courses has been reduced to a minimum and indeed one course has been cut this year in mid-stream. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I have difficulty with that kind of accountability. Mr. Brownlee should be able to tell me what is the position in Mayo. It affects students' lives and families. I understand that courses have been reduced to a minimum. Is that correct or not or does Mr. Brownlee not know?
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Is the HEA happy with that sustainable plan? Has it examined it? Does it have oversight?
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: When will it be ready? When will the HEA get sight of that sustainable plan?
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Does the HEA not know if there is a deadline for the plan? This is integral to Galway. It has a proud history of providing a different type of education which the HEA is undermining now by going forward to universities and ignoring why they were set up but that is for another day. That is just my comment. It has a proud tradition of looking after people. The HEA is not able to tell me...
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Brownlee is telling me the sustainable plan will be out in a few months.
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It is important to repeat, given the very bad headlines over the past number of years, that there are serious issues concerning the management of GMIT but not surrounding the lecturers or students. I would have expected the witnesses to tell me when the review will be complete but they have not told me there is a date when the plan will be published.
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: There is on ongoing saga with GMIT in Galway and in Mayo.
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Will there be a report, going back to what the witness said originally, in a few months' time? Will there be a written report?
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Good. I will finish off with a number of practical questions. There is a consultation process to look at where the technology colleges are going. Has there been feedback from the companies where the graduates have gone in Galway and elsewhere? Has there been written or verbal feedback from the company? The witnesses talk about stakeholders in the consultation process.
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Are the witnesses aware that the process of consultation includes getting feedback from the companies to which the graduates have gone?
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It is something I am raising because I believe it has not happened. I believe the companies have been very happy with the graduates that have come from GMIT and those courses are being undermined and underfunded and huge difficulties are being created for something that is theoretical. Nobody is actually looking at the practical situation on the ground. I will ask some final questions on...
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Then we had a facilitator come in on top of that.
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: How much did the facilitator cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Despite her best efforts, it was not resolved.