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

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the witnesses and wish Professor Mey good luck in her role. She has not been before the committee since she was appointed. I will focus on the KPMG report. Professor Mey says she will provide it to the committee once she has received it. We will require the witnesses to appear again once they have received it. It is a pity we did not have the report for today's meeting. ...

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

Catherine Murphy: I have limited time.

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

Catherine Murphy: I presume the university would have to apply to either the HEA or the Department of Education to fund this. Did it provide them with valuations of any description?

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

Catherine Murphy: Did the university have to provide documentation about what that would cost, including the valuation of the site?

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

Catherine Murphy: There would be paperwork on that. Does the university engage a consultant for its estate or property?

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

Catherine Murphy: Has the university continuously used the same consultant?

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

Catherine Murphy: Who did the valuations? Was it the consultant?

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

Catherine Murphy: It sounds as if this is being treated like Monopoly money. This is public money and the valuation appears to be far in excess of the value of the site. Does the university have many other properties in addition to the campus? Does it have overseas properties?

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

Catherine Murphy: The university is using the same consultant all the time to manage the properties. Is that on a commission basis? Is it tendered for? How does that happen?

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

Catherine Murphy: The university is hiring a consultant. It is a contract. Please credit us with a little intelligence.

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

Catherine Murphy: Was it notified for non-compliance?

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

Catherine Murphy: What was the nature of the non-compliance?

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

Catherine Murphy: That does not fill us with confidence. Was the Dunnes Stores site ever raised in a protected disclosure?

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

Catherine Murphy: What due diligence or oversight was in place to ensure the university would get value for money on this?

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

Catherine Murphy: There is an investigation under way, which is fine, but there is also information available in addition to that investigation or review by KPMG. If the university did a review of another property, what due diligence regime is in place?

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

Catherine Murphy: The first thing the university would go for is a valuation report.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (17 Jun 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the progress made to date on establishing a greenway from Leixlip to Maynooth along the royal canal; if he will provide the amount funded and or granted to that section in 2021; and if he will confirm if that section will be designated as an official greenway on the Dublin to Galway national cycle route. [32783/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Quarrying Sector (16 Jun 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific planning enforcement measures in place with respect to the quarry sector; if he plans to introduce new planning and enforcement measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32221/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (16 Jun 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new measures that are required to ensure the construction sector is regulated in view of the issues that have arisen in terms of building defects with both pyrite and Mica; the initiatives he plans to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32222/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (16 Jun 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost to date for pyrite remediation; the projected cost into the future; the average remediation cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32223/21]