Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

About 38. In the course of this afternoon's meeting, we have discussed persons A, B and C. That is three people. That is quite a high percentage. It is almost 10% of the staffing levels of the department. I am concerned because what I am hearing from the witnesses is that in the case of person A, the person was unwell. In the case of persons B and C, they were, the witnesses allege, malicious. I am left with that sinking feeling that all is not or was not well in the witness's department. To have three people fall foul of the system and for the witness to say the fault is not on the side of the university is to me quite extraordinary. I would need a lot of convincing that what happened here was simply somebody who was key but became unwell, but everything was hunky-dory otherwise, and that persons B and C were simply malicious. There is more to this than meets the eye. I do not think we have the scope in the course of this meeting to get into it, but I want it recorded that for three people to find themselves in - let us be diplomatic - this level of controversy with the university from a staffing level of 38 is a very high percentage. Is it not?