John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fair enough. Professor Donnelly, there is a bigger subtext in respect of the current status of Waterford Institute of Technology. With regard to what we have been dealing with in respect of the institute, namely, regularising what seems to have taken place, we are at a point where we must move on, as the Controller and Auditor General is making clear. Financial systems and the health of the institute have been dealt with. Since the Comptroller and Auditor was there in April, he contributed an awful lot to that. We are at the point of moving on but the more significant subtext concerns the status of the merger with the institute in Carlow. That has always been the bigger issue. Could we have a status report on the merger? I understand it is in phase 2 and that it is expected that could be completed early next year.