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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: If the college ran out of money could it approach the HEA for a top-up?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: If the college can do that then it should be able to produce accounts in a reasonable time. I do not understand why it cannot do so.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: I am at a loss as to why the college has been able to provide for the financial needs of the college but unable to provide accounts at a reasonable speed. I would like the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to comment on the matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: My next questions are for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Education and Skills. It has been said that a new set of procedures will have to be followed. What will happen if they are not followed? Will non-compliance affect funding? Will it affect students? Will members of staff hold on to their positions even though they have not done their job...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: Can the Secretary General name the institutions?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: What will happen if they do not?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: Such as?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: Like everyone here, I am interested in ensuring that all these institutions work well and work in the interest of students in the case of the NCAD. If the Department fails to get compliance what happens in terms of sanction? Is the situation ignored?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: Has the college been given a certain length of time to comply?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: I want to return to the Department of Education and Skills. I hope what Professor McGonagle has said is delivered. My colleague, Deputy O'Donovan, has said that these institutions are getting €1.2 billion on an annual basis. If any of them do not deliver, where will this lead to?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: If people refuse to comply, will that ultimately lead to removal of finance, or people who are not doing their jobs having to stand down?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: I do not feel there is a sufficient strength in what Mr. Ó Foghlú is saying to ensure things will be done properly. If they are not, there will be-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: I would like to put one more question to the Higher Education Authority. When its statement was being read out, it was clear that it has an oversight and regulatory role over a whole raft of institutions. It is probably not fair to generalise from one specific case; namely, the National College of Art and Design case. Does that put a question mark over whether the authority should continue...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: That is to the credit of the individuals in the institutions.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: It seems to me, in light of the way things were organised, that there would have been absolute chaos if the other educational institutions had not been operating effectively and properly because the Higher Education Authority would not have been able to control the situation.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: How long do we have to wait?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (21 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 72. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and the reason there has been an unacceptable delay in the processing of this application. [2348/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (21 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options for lone parents if they have more than one child and want to avail of a community employment scheme. [2930/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (21 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if community employment schemes could interview the persons who are applying for the schemes involved with the caring of persons to ensure they have the suitable qualities for this type of role. [2931/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (21 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if community employment supervisors could sit on the interview panel and meet the persons prior to their engagement in CE schemes. [2932/15]