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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Is it the same in all universities or is this unique to UCC?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: In the future, will this be rectified?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I ask the Cork institute the same question. There seems to be a shortfall in deferred pension funding under the pension schemes. What is the situation in Cork Institute of Technology?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Has it a shortfall for future pension schemes as well?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I will return to the witnesses from UCC to ask about the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on full consolidation of the foundation's account. What is that about? Could they explain the relationship with the foundation of UCC and the costs involved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Could we be provided with a figure for the cost of office accommodation, the use of equipment and administration services provided to the foundation? We have no record of that. What kind of costs are involved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Will Mr. Collins be able to get that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: In the future, will all the finances be reported together? I presume that is what consolidation means.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Why was the foundation set up separate from UCC?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Are they identified here?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I shall move on to procurement rules. Over €4.4 million went to 39 suppliers in respect of goods and services for which the procurement process did not comply with public procurement guidelines. Thirty-nine is a high number, as is €4.4 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I understand procurement involves public tendering. In this case, it looks as if someone could cause sweet deals to be done, with only one individual. Is that the reason this is being mentioned here?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I am trying to identify what is happening.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: That is why I asked. A sum of €4.4 million is a lot of money.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I am sorry for going fast because my time is limited. With regard to income from student residences, the figure in 2015-16 was €7.72 million, up nearly €2 million on the figure for 2014-15. Why did rental income increase so much in one year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: In what way are the rents set? Are they based on market values? Does the university have its own system in place?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: What percentage-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: What percentage of students are on campus?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: I want to ask about the shareholding in the spin-out company InfiniLED, associated with the Tyndall National Institute. Could the witnesses outline the process engaged in by the university to dispose of its shareholding? How did it get involved in the first instance? What kind of company is it? What is the set-up? I see the university still has not got all its moneys from the sell-off.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)
Bobby Aylward: Was it a profitable return based on the investment?