Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

With all the correspondence that has come in about the universities, it is good that we have decided to examine it next week. There were outstanding items relating to Caranua. I do not know why the responses have not come in. It is very difficult to keep up with what we asked. There was the question of the five reports that it commissioned and the cost of the five reports. That was the first one. There is also a huge issue about rent. They were about to sign an agreement in May with the money coming out of the pool, but I read with absolute horror that it amounts to €0.75 million. The Secretary General of the Department of Education assured us he was going to look at that. Have we heard anything back? Have they gone ahead and signed it? The third issue is the review of Caranua. Where are we at with that? I am overwhelmed with correspondence - I am sure other Deputies are too - from people dissatisfied with the service. I am not happy at all with this and I was certainly not happy with what was said on the day, but that is another day's work. The main issue at the moment is the rent. If they sign a lease for rent, there are huge implications for the fund. The review and the outstanding five - I do not know why the follow-up information was not in the post the next day.