Kenneally, Brendan

Thursday, 23 September 2010

Committee of Public Accounts Debate

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——work far more hours than people in universities do.More Button

I have in my possession figures that were previously supplied to the committee by Ms Brigid McManus.More Button

If the figures to which I refer are correct, the long-term deficit for the State in this regard will be €750 million.More Button

I compliment the Comptroller and Auditor General on this excellent report. As he knows, I would like to see a similar report on the institutes of technology compiled. I am intrigued by these illegal ...More Button

If it were the case the governing body in UCD acted ultra vires, was it removed?More Button

Why?More Button

Therefore, it does not matter what they did with taxpayers’ money.More Button

I have no problem with what happened in NUI Galway.More Button

An error was made and it was corrected, with which I have no problem. Are academic staff in universities allowed to do private consultancy work?More Button

How come staff in the institutes of technology sector are not allowed to do consultancy work?More Button

It is an almost universal condition for all State employees that they cannot take other outside work but university staff are somehow different.More Button

If they are allowed to do it and they can do it, that is fine. If they become involved in doing outside consultancy work, is their salary from the university reduced to reflect that?More Button

So they are being paid twice.More Button

When university staff engage in outside consultancy work, does the money go to person doing it or to the university?More Button

When Mr. Costello states there are different practices, is he saying that in some universities, the money goes to the academic but in other universities it goes to the university? Could Mr. Costello ...More Button

Mr. Costello has said, however, that there are different practices. Is he willing to outline which universities allow the academics to retain the payments and which universities collect the fees for ...More Button

Does any part of the fee that academics charge go back to the university?More Button

We can take it by and large that they are being paid twice. Is the private consultancy work conducted by academics considered as part of their 40% research work?More Button

The major problem I have is what appears to be a working week of 15 hours, based on a ratio of 40:40:20. I accept the points made earlier that preparatory work must be done, but I suggest that one do...More Button

The heads of the universities have made a comparison between the practice in the UK and other places on the number of teaching hours worked. Is there a comparison on the levels of pay between academi...More Button

It might be a worthwhile exercise at some stage to get that kind of comparison. In every institution of education, no matter what the level, there will be good teachers and bad teachers. There will ...More Button

I have one last question. There is a student service charge of €1,500. Can someone give me a breakdown of what that money is for? We must have some students here today.More Button

In other words, it is being used for unintended purposes.More Button

Is Mr. Boland happy that they are operating within the law?More Button

I was going to ask a question about accounting returns. Do the universities make a return each year showing they got a certain amount of money for the student charge and how it is spent?More Button

Mr. McCarthy has very cleverly turned the whole thing around.More Button

I take it that in future it will be possible to see that.More Button

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