Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The situation is that one of the people who would be adversely affected by all of this is a former employee who has lodged papers with the High Court because, obviously, the contents of the report may put that person in a bad light, or that person may feel that. However, we can only surmise all of this because we have not seen it.

If the chairperson of the board of governors has not seen it, what is the function of the board of governors of the university? I am actually puzzled at this stage. I read all the documentation the witnesses sent us. We have been trying to follow this. The more I look at the documentation, the more I am unable to figure out what exactly the role of the governing board of the university is. I have served on a number of different bodies but I have never come across a situation like this.