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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am not even referring to the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am sorry but I am going to stop Mr. O'Connor for a second. I am not referring to the report. What I am asking is if I am correct in saying that there was no urgency whatsoever about the purchase of this site. Senior people in the university were aware of that. Is that not correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am not talking about the report. I do not want Mr. O'Connor to mention the report to me again. What I am asking is if I am correct in saying that there was no particular urgency on the governing authority to make this decision?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: The witnesses said here before that there was an urgency. That has been published.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Does Mr. O'Connor think one of those positions be more credible than the other?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: The fact is that this was put down before the supreme ruling body, the governing authority. Where the buck stops is at the board of a company. At a university the buck stops with the governing authority. Mr. O'Connor and I know this. We have been around long enough to know this. That body was misled into thinking that this had to be done before the clock struck midnight.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Here we are now in May 2023 and that same body, which is supposed to ensure good governance in the university and make decisions, is now expected to make those decisions based on the fact that it was literally walked into this without the proper information at the point when this decision was made. Now, not having seen the report, it is expected to ensure that this type of activity does not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: No, I am sorry, but this situation has led to a number of appearances before this committee. A detailed report has been carried out on it. There has been an awful lot of public commentary on it, most of it accurate, some not totally accurate. Does Professor Mey not find that there is a credibility issue here in terms of the good citizens of this State who sit on the governing authority?...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am sure the members of the governing authority are anxious as well.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Surely the first thing you would do is let them see the bloody thing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I know that. Mr. Kelly said that earlier in the meeting. They were given wrong information before. It is in those two pages with photographs on the back. It was on the night before the meeting. That is wrong information. I could use stronger language but I am trying to go easy on the witnesses. It is a load of cock and bull that is in it, based on the facts we know now. We know that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: The governing authority has been put in a very difficult situation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is unparliamentary language.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Deputy, treat the witness with respect.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Thank you.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Catherine Murphy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Sorry, now. I have to fair to other members.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Deputy and call Deputy Catherine Murphy.