Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is probably fair to say that as more requirements were being placed on institutions to carry out particular work relating to governance, the delays in which certified accounts were provided lengthened. The delay in 2004 and 2005 was five months - which could be seen as fantastic - but this went to 39 months. In reviewing 2008 and 2009, when the HEA knew that there was no set of certified accounts three years later, was a question not asked? In a review is the question asked as to whether there is a certified set of accounts?