Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

As I explained this morning, and it has been explained at previous committee meetings, in the past, following the Walsh report and even some time before that, a funding model was put in place in Templemore. There was a per capita grant per student. I do not want to speak for people who were there before me but until 2006, the Commissioner was not the Accounting Officer. The Accounting Officer was the Secretary General at the Department of Justice and Equality. The evidence we have identified to date would indicate that there was certainly knowledge in other Departments, including the OPW, about some of the arrangements that had been put in place. This capitation grant grew, particularly around the time of the accelerated recruitment. Surplus funds began to build up in the college. In terms of the oversight, it would appear that certain parties knew about this but it is not clear if it was anticipated to the totality of the surplus that would-----