Written answers

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Department of Education and Skills

Third Level Institutions

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to date of all National University of Ireland Galway legal fees in relation to court cases involving a number of staff (details supplied); the estimated final cost of all legal fees in respect of these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29858/20]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Universities are autonomous institutions within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997 and the subject matter in relation to these cases is for the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) to manage. The legal costs in relation to these cases are a matter for NUIG.

Under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, the University is obliged to record relevant legal costs incurred in their financial statements.

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