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- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Was that a mistake on his part?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Was there a loss of €718,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: That would be a fairly big mistake, would it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: A further €760,000 then had to be spent on a second supplier, is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: How did that go?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: I will make a general point, which I have made already. This committee is going to produce a report on the third level institutes. The HEA's role in examinations and investigations should form part of it. The committee needs to consider whether it is satisfied with the use of these external companies and the handsome money they are paid to do work, and whether that is truly independent,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Did the report on DIT go beyond the money spent on the library? Did it go deeper than that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: In addition to the matters discussed earlier about the lack of management oversight, no formal contract and no risk analysis, it also found €29.5 million spent over three years that did not pass through proper internal approval processes. That was a claim in the programme, is it correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: The point is that they were not put through the proper internal approval processes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Procurement issues often come up in the opinions of the Comptroller and Auditor General, mainly in respect of the HSE but also in the third-level sector. Can Dr. Love tell me whether there has been a recent review of that overall issue by the HEA?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Was a report done?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Was it furnished to this committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: That would be useful for our work and report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: That is very helpful. I thank Dr. Love for his reply. We would like a copy of that document. Did CIT ever procure the services of PR firms?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: For what purpose?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Would it be one firm or multiple firms?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: What is MTU?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Would any PR firms be hired to train staff on how they perform in the media or when they come before Oireachtas committees?
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: No, but it could be today's meeting or previous sessions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Was there training for previous sessions?