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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I have all of that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Would Mr. Ó Foghlú draw a distinction between researchers and, for example, heads of departments or people who would have a governance or management role in institutes or universities and individuals in those positions having an interest in being either directors or shareholders in these companies? Obviously, if one is in a management or executive position, one has a function and a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Where would the buck stop in the case of an institute of technology?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: With the president. I will stop Mr. Ó Foghlú there.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: The buck stops with the president.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Exactly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Would there be any instances where a president of an institute would also be a shareholder or a director in some of these companies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Is the witness aware of any situations where a president of an institute would be a director or shareholder in research companies based in the institution for which they are responsible for governance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: It could have been before the person was president-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I will make it very simple. Is the witness aware of any circumstances where there are co-location companies based in research and development institutes in any part of the country where the president of the same institute has a shareholding or is a director in some of these companies and multiple companies? Is the witness personally aware of any situations where that is the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I did not mention that. I am asking if the witness is aware of any such circumstances.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I am not referring at all to-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I am not asking the witness to respond to any of that. I am trying to understand where there are demarcation lines-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Before the witness does that I wish to put something to him. In a response to a parliamentary question which asked whether there were any conflicts of interest, the witness referred to policies and procedures and said that his officials had been made aware that there was an internal review under way in one institution with a view to confirming that the institution's interest had been...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I will direct my questions to Mr. Mannion.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Can I return to it later because I have other questions?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: To which institute is the witness referring?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: This is the one that is under review.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Who is carrying out the review?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: What is the nature of the review? What is it examining?