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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Information was provided to this committee on a variance in spend in respect of the amalgamation of institutes of technology and the technological university process. Can Dr. Love give us an overview of why there was a variance in spend among the different consortia?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: There were a number of different mergers and there were different processes at different stages. Each incurred a cost as part of the merger process and with all the associated work to transition into a technological university but there were big gaps between them in what was spent. I am trying to find out the reason for this.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Where does the Waterford-Carlow merger sit in the context of the process?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: One of the witnesses said earlier that the technological universities were an exciting prospect. I am personally supportive of the Carlow-Waterford one, even though there are reservations and genuine concerns within the institutes. One of these is whether the technological universities will be on a par with existing universities. An example would concern the ability to borrow money and any...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Will technological universities be able to borrow money?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Why is there no provision?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Sought by whom?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: This is a key issue. One of the strengths of a university is that it has autonomy and is able to borrow and invest. If existing universities can borrow while technological universities cannot borrow, we do not have a level playing field. That feeds into the concerns that those who are against technological universities have. They may have other reasons too. I want to see it happen but I...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Other people got a bit of latitude.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I seek the permission of the Chairman to ask for a note from the HEA showing what the current situation is for institutes of technology as regards borrowing money and baseline funding for research and development, and how that will change, if at all, when they transition into a technological university and how they will differ from existing universities. I ask for a detailed note to be...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Some members might not want to support it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: There are two issues. The first is that, on the face of it, Mr. Gleeson might not have given accurate evidence to this committee. That is quite serious. I had difficulty with many of the answers we got from him, in particular. That is serious. What is more serious is the substance because if the State Claims Agency was of the view, formed on the basis of information it states it got from...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: The smear tests, yes. I refer to the audit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Exactly. I refer to the result of the smear audit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: That is very significant because it would have guided the organisation in its approach. It is very profound and goes beyond whether Mr. Gleeson was correct in what he said to the committee. I am more concerned about the substance. I am not sure how we could handle that today but it is certainly very serious.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Which ones?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I thank the Accounting Officers for coming. As I know that they are busy, we will keep it short. I address the Comptroller and Auditor General. He put a spotlight on this issue some time ago when he reported on the timely presentation of accounts. From his experience, since he and the committee looked at and examined the issue, what progress has been made?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Would it be fair to say, if the Comptroller and Auditor is saying that it is complex, that there may be a good reason and there are occasions when an organisation simply has not submitted its accounts on time for genuine reasons?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

David Cullinane: One point I take from all of the opening statements is that there seem to be logical reasons in almost all of the cases that the accounts were not submitted as quickly as maybe would have been hoped but something that jumps from all of the pages is that there is no legal obligation on them to present their accounts in an exact timeframe. Can the Comptroller and Auditor General confirm...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

David Cullinane: How can we rap anybody's knuckles?