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

My understanding is that the High Court is finished with it and it has two interpretations of the decision. NUIG and St. Angela's College have formally merged now but to advance that in terms of the taking over of the property NUIG's legal people are taking one interpretation of the implications of this case and the owners of St. Angela's, namely, the nuns, are taking another interpretation and that is holding up progress. I suggest that we would invite them in, even if it is after Christmas, just to see if a public airing of some of the issues could advance matters. I think it would be worthwhile. In the event that the committee decides not to proceed, given the person who made contact with the committee sought that I should recuse myself from these matters, I would like any letter going back to him recording that the committee decided not to proceed noting that I was a dissenter on the matter because I would prefer that we would have a public airing of it.