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Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Was that from one valuation expert or two?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: My experience has been that we would always seek a valuation from two different experts.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Professor Mey stated that an external evaluation of the governing authority had been conducted by the Institute of Public Affairs in 2020, with a report issued in early 2021. What changes were set out in that report? To what extent have those proposed changes been put in place?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: What kinds of major changes and checks and balances are proposed in the report? We do not have a copy of it.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Has the report raised concerns that there was not adequate scrutiny of decisions being made?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Did the report establish that there was not an effective mechanism in place in regard to those committees that previously existed?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: If it is proposing changes, however, it must also have identified deficiencies.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Turning to the foundation, my understanding is that €20 million in cash is available in the foundation. How is the governance of the foundation worked on from within the university? If that amount of money is available, it is obviously important that there also be strong governance of that foundation. How is that managed and what is the input from the structures within the university?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: To whom is the board answerable?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: We are talking about fairly substantial funds. There must, therefore, be transparency in that regard. Surely there is information available to the general public regarding how those funds are managed.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Is there a representative from the university on the board of the foundation?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Is there a timescale for the implementation of the recommendations?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: There are a number of different strands to the management of any institution, such as the University of Limerick. With regard to property, I understand how the funding for the president's house came from a philanthropist. Is the registration of the ownership of those properties vested in the university or are there different companies holding some of these properties? Has there been a full...

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: There was a property not close to the university which was owned by it and vacant for ten years. Are any properties that are now in the ownership of the university not being fully utilised?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Are audits carried out on the use of properties? Leaving a property vacant for 20 years, for example, is a substantial period.

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: When money is made available for research to be carried out within the university, what type of agreement is in place regarding the results of that research? What are the benefits for the university? I acknowledge there are obviously benefits for the people carrying out the research, but what are the overall long-term benefits for the university itself?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Are processes in place in regard to where research is carried out such that somebody who was initially involved in the research can set up his or her own separate entity and use the benefits of that research?

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: Is Professor Mey satisfied that enough safeguards are in place such that the maximum benefit can be ensured? I fully accept there has to be benefit for the people carrying out the research, but is there maximum benefit for the university as well such that it will not lose out if there is a major research project, for example? I am sure it happens all the time that new projects are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: There is just a minute left. Can we have the answers quickly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Colm Burke: We have gone over time at this stage.