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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Mr. Gallagher was there at the time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Why did the college not tell the committee that information, of which it was aware? There is no way these five or six companies could have not been in discussions or not have had a contract signed at the time the college was here. I have the pictures on my phone of the building work being done a few weeks later.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Is it €2.5 million in total?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Can classes be conducted there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: So the health and safety issues have been dealt with.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: It costs approximately €2.5 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: But on 17 June the college was not able to tell us these contracts were signed and these costs would be incurred.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: I want to get onto the costs of 46 Grand Parade. It was over the asking price, so obviously there were other bidders on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Did UCC bid on this building?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Let me get this right. CIT bought it and UCC bid on it and it cost a good bit in excess of the asking price. Do the witnesses talk to each other? From a public point of view, for the taxpayers, it looks very strange. It is taxpayers' money.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: I know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: It is interesting. Obviously, they do not talk, or rather they do meet but they did not discuss this, which is fine but it is very strange. I know Cork well. I went to UCC for many years. It is a great college and probably created me, if that sounds right. I am sorry about that. My issue, however, is that there are two colleges bidding against each other. The asking price is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Yes, it is, and that is exactly what I am getting at. No. 9 in the Schedule to the Higher Education Authority Act states about people who are not resident in Ireland:A member of An tÚdarás shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office if he is adjudged bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with creditors, or is sentenced by a court of competent...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: I know that because I asked a parliamentary question on this. I think that is dancing on a pin. For me, if somebody is not resident in the State, in the spirit of the Act, they should cease to be on the board. There are additional costs on this. The HEA or the Department needs to examine this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: There are other ways of doing that. I disagree with the HEA's interpretation. I agree with it technically but I disagree with the spirit of the interpretation and think it should be re-examined.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: There are additional expenses. The HEA is bringing in two people from outside the country. Returning to the HEA, on the question that was asked previously about the retirement function for the previous president of Cork Institute of Technology, CIT, and the €13,000 about which we all know, the HEA requested that this €13,000 be paid back. Has it received this money back?...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: What is for consideration?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Are you happy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Alan Kelly: Okay, but are you happy?