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- 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.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: This researcher who sent the email-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: -----and the responses that would have come back from the vice president. There was correspondence around the memorandum.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: I am happy with that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: We could ask for a redacted version of the memorandum.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: No, that is a version of the emails.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: I have a question on the leasing of block E in the Civic Centre in Bray about which Teachta Jonathan O'Brien was asking questions. Was that not signed off on by the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: That is extraordinary. The Comptroller and Auditor General is looking at the years 2016 and 2017. Will he be examining these issues in that audit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Could there be a supplementary report on some of these issues?