David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----because the correspondence was raised previously? I wish to raise the issue of Waterford IT. I was informed by the head of the Higher Education Authority that, in December, the report commissioned by the authority into the funding of intellectual property and the activities relating to commercialising intellectual property in Waterford was complete, with the authority and being examined by its legal team. I was then told that the report would be published as quickly as possible, probably in January. There was a supplementary report, a different report, that examined the global issue, the bigger issue of how that area is governed. We have that report. It was published. We are going to come back to that at some point. It is now March, however, but the Waterford report still has not been published. How is it taking so long? It concerns me. Why is it with the legal team for so long? I understand and am mindful of the fact that the organisation has to protect the author of the report and the integrity of those named in it, as it may be sensitive, but we are into March and the report has been with the authority since December. It is an issue we have been working on and chasing up. Could we contact the authority again and achieve some clarity on the matter?