Professor Declan McGonagle:

Following our discussions with officials from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, we have put a whole raft of measures in place over the last ten or 11 months to cover many of these issues. Some dimensions of this matter cannot be addressed quickly, but they will be addressed. I made it clear in my briefing document that we are working hard with the officials in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Department and the Higher Education Authority to achieve our intention of meeting our obligations by the summer of this year. We have put in place a whole raft of measures, including new procurement procedures, procurement training and audit arrangements - the registrar might list them - that we have discussed with officials from the Higher Education Authority on foot of this process. The evidence needed to answer the question about whether we are going to do it is already in place. We are doing it.