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- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Would Professor Boland like to tell the committee what transpired at that meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Boland will not comment on the meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Professor Byrne says Mr. Boland met him to look for his head on a plate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Does Mr. Boland have the authority to ask for the head of the president of an institute of technology or would that be beyond his discretion?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Boland would not have any discretion to act on any person's behalf, say, for example, a Minister.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Does Mr. Boland deny that he asked Professor Byrne to resign?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: I do not understand why, if it is Mr. Boland's contention that he did not ask for a resignation and did not go seeking a head on a platter, he cannot simply say that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Is it not a bit strange that the procedures CIT has internally, and I have received a communication from a staff member-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Is it not a bit odd, given the background, that the person concerned would not take advantage of the internal procedure and raise his or her concerns with it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Is Dr. Murphy bothered by the issues that I have raised? Is it something that the institute has discussed as a management team?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Can I, respectfully, suggest that the institute, as a team and Dr. Murphy as the leader, might give some thought as to why the institute has had no protected disclosures yet there has been a rash of allegations made outside of orthodox channels? That is something Dr. Murphy should think about and examine in respect of his organisation. I am saying that to be helpful.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Dr. Murphy. I wish to ask Mr. Ó Foghlú about the ongoing issue of public procurement. In his first rolling review he proposes to deal with the issue of procurement which is welcome but quite late in the day. Procurement issues arise here constantly more in breach than honouring the guidelines. In respect of Waterford Institute of Technology, and I note that Professor...
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: I will question Professor Donnelly on the matter in a moment. I ask Mr. Ó Foghlú to comment on the matter. It is a fairly sizeable sum.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: I ask Mr. Ó Foghlú to clarify who the institutions are for the record.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. Ó Foghlú.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Will the rolling review propose to capture all of these elements and ensure full compliance? I presume that is the objective.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure that I speak for all committee members when I say that we will anticipate this process and assume that Mr. Ó Foghlú will make it very clear to the institutions concerned. Issues have arisen at Maynooth University, Athlone Institute of Technology, Limerick Institute of Technology, Waterford Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, Tallaght, St. Patrick's in Drumcondra,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: On what was the €524,000 of expenditure that fell outside the rules spent?
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: Previously, the committee considered the expenditure on the watch of one of Professor Donnelly's predecessors. I am not referring to his direct predecessor, but his predecessor's predecessor.
- Public Accounts Committee: Waterford Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013
Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (10 Dec 2015) Mary Lou McDonald: I will start with Dr. Murphy. He has given a considerable account around these allegations made anonymously and the process pursuant to them. We have more correspondence. I am unsure whether Dr. Murphy is aware of it. It relates to December of this year, so it is current. It would not be fair to go through the details of it with him now and I have no wish to bounce him in that way....