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- 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)
Colm Burke: There is less than one minute left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)
Colm Burke: The next contributor is Deputy Gino Kenny.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)
Colm Burke: The Deputy has three seconds, but he can ask the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)
Colm Burke: The next speaker is Senator Martin Conway. He has seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)
Colm Burke: I apologise for interrupting Ms Gibson but we are almost out of time and I need to bring in the next speaker. I may be able to allow her back in after the next speaker has posed his questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)
Colm Burke: I thank all the witnesses. One of the questions I want to ask relates to priorities. There has been a sea change in funding for healthcare, which has increased substantially in the past two years because of the Covid pandemic. We now need to prioritise. We touched on heart disease and other areas earlier. Could the witnesses set out a list of four or five priority areas where immediate...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)
Colm Burke: On the medical side, where is the deficiency at the moment that could be dealt with immediately if decisive action was taken by the Department of Health and the HSE?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)
Colm Burke: I have a few minutes left if any member of the committee wants to ask a question. I am prepared to allow two minutes for both the question and the answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)
Colm Burke: Yes, there is one minute for the question and one minute for the answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)
Colm Burke: I also thank all the witnesses for their contributions and for all of the work they are doing to deal with this important issue. As a committee, we must take on board the advices given this morning. I suggest that at a private meeting we might deal with how we should address the issues raised directly with both the HSE and the Department of Health. We will correspond with the Department on...