Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will leave it at that. You have come into a new role and are having to deal with these issues. We will look to him to see a resolution of this. I also acknowledge Mr. McFeely's role in this but I reiterate the point made by colleagues. I am concerned about the performance of the individual who instigated the behaviour that is of concern and equally why, with the exception of Mr. McFeely raising the issue, it continued for a decade. Those are the two issues the public want to see explored.

I want to go back to the earlier report in September 2010. While I do not wish to land additional material on top of Dr. Neavyn, although I am sure he is well able to respond to it, one of the issues noted in the earlier report from the Comptroller and Auditor General was that evaluation of teaching and programme quality was not mandatory. The Comptroller and Auditor General observed in many cases that recommendations at Department level had been executed but those at faculty and university levels had not. He then urged that there should be a quick and visible response from the university leadership following an external review on the issue of the quality of university courses and how they are evaluated. Could Dr. Prendergast respond to that point? How is Trinity responding to an observation like that on the quality of courses at the moment?