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- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Could it be verified for us?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Would Dr. Browne agree that there has been a growth in casualisation in recent years in the university?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Dr. Browne said earlier that he understands the term casualisation-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Could Dr. Browne furnish the committee with a report on casualisation within the university from 2008 up to the present day?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: That would be helpful. When we have the figures, we can decide if there is an issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Certainly.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: We will wait until we get the accurate figures in that report and we will see then. I want to move on to research and intellectual property, IP commercialisation. The witnesses may not be aware that I have raised this with several presidents-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: -----who have been in from other institutions. Can Dr. Browne first explain to me how NUI Galway commercialises its IP?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: I understand that from all of the other presidents who were in.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Who in the institution would protect the interests of the institution?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Where does the technology transfer office report back to?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Would there be a commercialisation committee in place in the university?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Does the head of research sit on that committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: And the financial controller? Is it the same across-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: So again, here is a different arrangement in place. It is different from some of the other institutions. There are variances in how the interests of the institutions are protected. There are different processes in place, as I see it. That is not to say there is anything wrong. How many spin-outs would there have been in NUI Galway since Dr. Browne was president?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: While Dr. Browne is searching, would it be fair to say that the institution would take something of a risk, or rather that it would invest in many spin-out companies?
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: The university takes a shareholding.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: What I mean is that these companies would avail of the resources of the institution.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Okay. My point is that some of them would be successful and some would not. That is the nature of it.
- Public Accounts Committee: National University of Ireland Galway: Financial Statement 2013-2014 (6 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: It is reasonable, then, to expect that the institutions would have the strongest shareholding possible, so that there is a return to the institution from those companies which are successful. Would that be fair?