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- 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?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I understand that. If it is not Dundalk, what is the issue that has arisen?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Is there correspondence on that which we can see?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Does it have the authority to do that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I do not know what the position is with my time but, honestly, I am a little confused. "Simple" is the word I would use for myself or "clear".
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I would use the word "simple" towards myself, just to clarify issues. "Simplify" might be the word.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Let me ask the question. There was an interview process and candidates came forward. How many were there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: The Public Appointments Services recommends somebody from that interview process.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: That is where the problem is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Let me stay with this-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Let me stay with this for a moment. A number of candidates went forward and the Public Appointments Service did not consider any of them suitable for the job. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I understand that. It did not consider any of the candidates suitable for the job and did not recommend any of them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Arising from that, the PAS felt there were a number of issues which should be examined, one of them being the re-appointment of somebody who was there already. Generally, that could happen. Is it that the PAS would not be happy with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I will not use up my time. Has the Comptroller and Auditor General any comment to make?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: My comments about gender representation may have been a bit premature but at least it is here today, which is very good.