Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Chairman that we should bring forward the meeting with the Department. I would like to read into the record the letter sent by the Secretary General to the president of the college:

The Department, however, has established from an analysis of the schedule submitted by the President with his letter that it includes additional unauthorised payments which were not previously notified to us. The information contained in the schedule is regrettably incomplete and the outstanding data have been sought from the university.

The correspondence refers to the public sector payments that were not authorised. He stated further: "I have directed the President to cease with immediate effect all remaining additional payments contained in the schedule which remain extant and to confirm to me by the 15th May that this has been done." As tomorrow is 15 May, I suggest we meet the Department on some date this month. The meeting would prove valuable as the Department could deal with this matter and all of the other issues outlined by the Chairman.