Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Fine. If they were implicated, how could they be party to that and concurrently be heads of an organisation within which the terms of reference were set? There is an inherent governance problem there. Maybe legislative change is needed to ensure that when these types of things happen, they can be dealt with. Representatives of the Garda have been attending this committee this week. I am sure the witness saw some of it. Without prejudice to the outcome of the issue, there is a problem with people investigating themselves. Everyone might be innocent but there is a problem. To say that there was a robust process, the boxes were ticked, everything was gone through and nothing was found is fine. Maybe the outcome would be no different if the terms of reference were set by the HEA or the Department of Education and Skills and the review were carried out independently. Maybe the outcome-----