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Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

David Cullinane: The Dáil is hardly an obstacle.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

David Cullinane: I wish to speak to the Sinn Féin amendments, which are part of the group of amendments under discussion. I am aware that the Fianna Fáil amendments that relate to the Minister would need to give permission for the provisions of the Bill to come into effect. Sinn Féin suggests that the Dáil could give consent. I put it to the Minister that while we support the passage of...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

David Cullinane: Just to clarify, are we taking amendments Nos. 5, 8, 9, 20 and 21 together?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

David Cullinane: I do not accept that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

David Cullinane: Deputy smart alec O'Brien.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: It did not take the Deputy long to turn against Jeremy Corbyn.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: Hear hear.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: There are a couple of issues with the letter received from Professor Donnelly, president, and Ms Elaine Sheridan, vice president for corporate affairs and finance at Waterford Institute of Technology. It is on the back of the meeting regarding the special report of the Comptroller and Auditor General which mentioned several documents, one of which was a memorandum sent to Professor Donnelly...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: We could write back to the institute and ask it to supply the document with whatever redactions it considers necessary. However, I do not understand why it cannot be given. The email we received cites legal reasons.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: Was this in the memorandum?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: Yes, the memorandum contains a number of false allegations.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: My understanding of the memorandum, in general terms, is that somebody in the research office had written to Professor Donnelly, who was the vice president, raising concerns about the process and asking that the memorandum be circulated higher up. However, this was never done. In fact, Professor Donnelly came back to the person in question to ask him to substantiate the concerns he had...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: I doubt that it will give it to us now, based on this. I will not say it but I can speculate on who one of the two people is who has concerns about what is in the memorandum. We need to refer back to the Department and the HEA and ask them where they are with their report and if they are going to embark on a different course of action if they cannot publish the report that is in draft form.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: The problem with them not giving us the information on the shareholders is because-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: Historically, this was about the relationship between the institute and the company. Obviously, the institute was one of the shareholders. I believe what happened, from memory, is that a confidentiality agreement was reached between the shareholders and the institute that there would not be any disclosure. Perhaps it was with the company. Again, that raises concerns around the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: To add to that, the memorandum was in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. He cited the memorandum.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: No, I am sorry. It is referenced in the report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: It is referenced in the report. I imagine that the Comptroller and Auditor General would have received similar correspondence from WIT regarding concerns about the memorandum when he was doing his report, but he still referenced the memorandum.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: However, the context of what is in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report is that this individual raised concerns. The reason we know what happened with the memorandum is that it was in the report. The report says that Professor Donnelly, as vice president, received the memorandum. It was to be sent higher up the chain, but it was not. It went back to the person who sent the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: Incidentally, we also asked for the emails that would have been exchanged between the individuals.