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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: When will the Comptroller and Auditor General sign off on them, or has the institute not formally signed off on them yet?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: When?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: They have not yet been signed off on internally.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: When will the final sign-off be?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: Within weeks.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: That sounds as if the 2017-18 accounts-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor will be able to work on them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General has to sign off the 2016-17 accounts before he can start on the 2017-18 accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: I understand that entirely. We ask that the institute make every effort. The Department of Education and Skills should also examine the financial statements soon. They are two and a half years old, but it should not even take three months. We would like to see them before us as soon as possible.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: And Enterprise Ireland-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: Will Deputy Cullinane do me a favour and let Deputy O'Connell in for a minute? I think she has to leave.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will come back to that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: Bear with me and let Deputy O'Connell in because she has to leave.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: Waterford Institute of Technology.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: Maybe the Higher Education Authority could answer it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: What is standard practice?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is accepted there would be conflict. Management of the conflict is the issue here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: They are encouraged by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: There are several examples. The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation invests heavily in these, along with the Department of Education and Skills. There are joint protocols between the respective Departments. It has been Government policy for a long time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)
Seán Fleming: The management of the conflict of interest is the issue. The issue is not that it happens. It does. The issue is how it is managed.