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- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I want to come back to the issue of part-time employment. I know the deputation will come back to us on this point. The cost of agency staff has risen, is that correct? The figure was over €2 million and an increase of up to €2 million has been mentioned. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It would be concerning if the university was using agency staff to that level. Moreover, the university has the default agency that it must come back to. Again, the deputation said that this was to fill in when someone is out. Will the deputation clarify all of that when it comes back to us?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: That is lovely. Will the deputation clarify the percentage of women who are taking up these temporary, part-time and replacement jobs, particularly in light of the problem and in the context of UCG's issue with gender inequality? We are being told about precarious employment. I am merely putting this forward. It is the same down here; we are being swamped with information from people who...
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Do the witnesses know at this stage?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I appreciate that.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Given the history around gender equality, I would expect NUIG to put all these jobs in context to see if it is making progress in having fewer women in precarious employment and better gender balance. I would expect the witnesses to know that because it has had report after report. As it is attempting to get the Athena SWAN recognition, it is very important that we would have that...
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: This is a very specific point. In 2014, some €17.5 million was outstanding at that stage from 2011. Has that €17.5 million been paid?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Assurances are one thing; the Comptroller and Auditor General showing us that money is outstanding from 2011 is another thing. I do not want assurance. I want to be told if it has been paid over. When was that specific €17.5 million paid over? Has the €67.5 million from the 2014 accounts also come to the university or is the Comptroller and Auditor General-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I understand that, but the money is owed. I know it is a charity but it is coming from the foundation for projects. This was 2014, which is three years later. How does NUIG manage without money? It does projects and then the money comes, and it does not take the money that is due.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I can state precisely.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Actually the Comptroller and Auditor General said it had been outstanding for three years at that point.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It €57.6 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I did not ask about-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I did not ask about anything recent. I asked about what is here in this paragraph. In 2014, it had been due since 2011. I mentioned agency staff. There is a belief on the ground that consultants are being used to an excessive degree in NUIG. Private consultants are being brought in for different things, including the law faculty. I have gleaned this from the local newspaper. The...
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I am reading from a paper.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I hope Dr. Browne does. Some €180,000 for 22 months' work was paid to a private company, Results Through People Limited, for professional services.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: For €143,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: That is another thing to check. I will finish up on the gender issue. Does NUIG have part-time teaching assistant posts?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: That is okay because I asked another institute and it did not have any. NUIG has a part-time teaching assistant. Is that what it is called?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
Catherine Connolly: It is simply "Yes" or "No". As I have said already, we have been inundated with discontent regarding the gender issue. Is there a role or a position called a "part-time teaching assistant"?