Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. With regard to No. 1097C, there are many spreadsheets and much information. Members may use that information or come back to it at a subsequent meeting.

There are many spreadsheets for people to examine in detail.

The next correspondence is No. 1098 from Mr. Neil McDermott of the Higher Education Authority with details of expenditure regarding mergers of technological universities. I want to deal with this matter as I am alarmed about it. Deputy Kelly might want to speak on this issue. We asked for information on expenditure on accountancy and legal fees, due diligence, public relations and additional costs in the legal and accountancy area regarding the proposed mergers of the various technological institutes. The first proposed merger mentioned on the list is the Munster Technological University involving Cork Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Tralee. Between 2014 and 2017 there was expenditure of €571,803 on that. I will ask Deputy Kelly to advise us if that is going ahead. If it is not proceeding, is this what he would call nugatory, or expenditure of no value? Regarding the proposed merger of DIT, involving IT Tallaght and IT Blanchardstown, €344,000 has been spent. Regarding the alliance of IT Sligo, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and Letterkenny IT, €3,000 has been spent and regarding Waterford IT and IT Carlow, €49,000 has been spent. Does Deputy Kelly want to comment on the proposed merger involving Cork IT? He raised this matter previously.