Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Yes. I think when UL was here last year it was announced that Dr. Thorn would undertake an examination of a number of issues in the university. While that work was going on, the university appointed Deloitte to look at matters. Deloitte reported in August. Dr. Thorn took account of that and the findings relating to that. He was commissioned to do a follow-up report. What the committee has today is the follow-up report, specifically relating to the contracts that were placed with two individuals whose employment was subject to a severance agreement. This, if one likes, dealt with one specific issue in the university.

Deloitte's recommendations were to the governing body. It is for the governing body to accept and own or, if one likes, make alternative proposals for actions to be taken. If one likes, Deloitte has no purpose in this beyond making its report to the governing body. Deloitte did not publish the report itself. It was the university that made it available to the committee following on from the committee's interest in its activities.