Mr. Tom Boland:

I did. When issues arose on the question of expenditure in the president's office, I asked to meet the president to establish his take on the situation. My concern was for the reputation of Waterford, given all the other things that were happening. I had a fairly lengthy meeting with the then president and he was adamant - I had no way of knowing otherwise - that he had no case to answer and that all of the expenditure was entirely appropriate. That is the basis on which we left our conversation.