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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (29 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what supports, other than the student universal support Ireland maintenance grant, are available to students whose families are struggling financially to maintain them in third level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33200/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (29 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have had their student universal support Ireland student grant changed from the non-adjacent rate to the adjacent rate this year, due to a recalculation of the distances from students' homes to colleges; the process underway to re-examine distances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33206/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the assistance available to the owner of a building wishing to remove lead water pipes from the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33239/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Easter Rising Commemorations (29 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 645. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the sources of funding available to communities who wish to erect structures or hold events to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising; to whom in her Department applications for such funding should be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33326/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. I wish to concentrate initially on the plagiarism issue, following on from Mr. Fennell's statement. There is considerable concern at the cost involved, particularly given that the final report found that everything was fit for purpose. It does not seem to stack up with the level of expenditure involved. To go back to the beginning, this incident was...

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Then eight to ten months later, reports on this started to appear in the media. Did this come from a whistleblower within GMIT?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Considering how the institute had handled the matter initially, was it not happy enough to say that such reports were wrong, that it had followed the correct procedure and that there was no need to do anything further?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Who were those lawyers?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Through all of this that company received €39,673. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Through the whole length of the process, that is what it received. Did the solicitors for GMIT change during the process?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Of course.

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Did the board of the college then decide to have an external inquiry?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Was everyone in agreement with this?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Who then made the decision to employ or recruit Professor Bairbre Redmond?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: She was the first appointment.

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Was it on her advice to bring in Mr. Ed Madden at that stage?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: At this stage two people have been appointed and the investigation is ready to go. How was the fee of €1,500 per day arrived at? It is a staggering figure.

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: This was based on previous work done. Was the Higher Education Authority, HEA, or the Department involved in saying this is the going rate with other issues of plagiarism?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Did anyone in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, or the board question that €1,500 at the time? Did anyone say this is a significant amount of money?

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