Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One is looking at a break-even situation in regard to WIT's outgoings versus getting the money back. Clearly there are salacious elements in the details of the case, but why did reason and common sense not prevail with regard to people sitting down to examine the case? The Deloitte report indicates that between 1 January 2009 and 31 May 2011 the president's office incurred almost €1 million in expenditure and estimates that approximately 40% of this expenditure, or €368,000, provided insufficient evidence of value for money. Why did nobody realise the institute would end up pursuing a court case until two reports later? Why did reason not prevail?