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Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: If I am correct, Dr. Wall is saying that discussion around the structure does not involve the type of employment or contracts that will be required to oversee or support the amalgamation process.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: On the issue in the south east, the person who was appointed to this role, Mr. Boland, is a former chief executive of the HEA. Was the HEA asked for an opinion or an evaluation of Mr. Boland's track record by the university prior to that appointment?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: It would be standard practice if somebody was going to be appointing an individual on a €1,000-per-day contract that he or she would at least consult with the individual's former employers.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: Okay, so the HEA had no input whatsoever as to whether this position was required, the criteria that would be appropriate for such a position, or any interaction about the fact it was the authority's former chief executive who was being considered for the post, and the appropriateness of that.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: Would the HEA ever employ consultancy-type services such as those offered by Mr. Boland?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: Would it ever be the case that former employees of the HEA would then be employed or offered contracts on a consultancy basis?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am trying to get my head around the situation. The HEA is essentially involved in the discussions around structure but not in discussions relating to the type of positions that would be required to implement that structure, and has no interaction with the consortium whatsoever, even when a former chief executive of the HEA is offered a very lucrative role without any procurement process,...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: I ask Dr. Wall to clarify the point. It appears to be slightly different from what-----

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: So essentially, the first that Dr. Wall was aware of Mr. Boland's appointment was when he contacted the HEA to start discussing his work in this position?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: In these questions, I do not mean that he was engaging with Dr. Wall personally.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: Does Dr. Wall participate in any discussions with the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: I take it the answer is "no", then.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: During my previous contribution, Mr. Beausang touched on the role of the executive director at the technological university for the south east. Will he take this opportunity to outline the precise role of the Department in that appointment? Will he comment on the need for the role?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019 (1 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: On the timeframe, essentially there was a process being undertaken by the Department and that process did not resolve the issue or identify a successful applicant so another applicant was chosen without a process by the institutions. Is that the case? Is that position still warranted in the Department's view or for how long does it consider the position of the executive director to be necessary?

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thought the Acting Chairman was going to give me four minutes of Fine Gael time as well. I welcome the strong remarks by the Taoiseach, the Minister of State and other Government representatives on the actions of the Hungarian Government. As the previous speaker said, it is never too late to do right. It is, however, disappointing it took so long for the Irish Government to take a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I wonder if the Taoiseach would give his opinion on whether he believes there is an inherent unfairness in the way that CAP funds are distributed in Ireland. Some beef barons, sheikhs and others can draw down hundreds of thousands of euro in CAP funds while most family farmers are expected to meet the same criteria on fractions of that funding. I ask that because it would be helpful for us...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: Perhaps the Taoiseach will have time to address the issue I raised earlier regarding the Covid passport. Just over 47 years ago in May 1974, 33 innocent people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Those bombings were carried out by the Glenanne gang which included members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, UVF, MI5, the RUC and the Ulster Defence...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I also wish to raise the EU digital Covid certificate. In particular, I ask the Taoiseach to provide some much-needed clarity with regard to Irish citizens who were vaccinated in the North and to provide an assurance, if he can, that those people will be able to avail of the EU digital Covid certificate. Before this morning, I understood that there was clarity on this matter. I made...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance in place for third-level institutions and students in respect of arrangements for international student exchanges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 264. To ask the Minister for Health if it is considered essential travel for a student to travel to the United States to participate in an International student exchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28073/21]