David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a different understanding of the position. I understand a report was completed, at least in draft form, and sent to the Higher Education Authority, HEA. It then had to be legally proofed. I do not know whether changes have become necessary as a result of communications between the legal representatives of the HEA and the author of the report which was submitted to the HEA in November 2017. With April approaching, I am informed that it could be several months before the report is published. I am concerned by the length of time it is taking to publish it. As someone who received at least 14 protected disclosures about some of the issues addressed in the report, I am aware that its author met dozens of people in Waterford Institute of Technology. Complications may have arisen because the report may make adverse references to persons other than those who made disclosures, provided information or were interviewed. However, I do not know if that is the case because we have not had sight of the draft report.

I am also aware that at one point the Comptroller and Auditor General was considering whether to produce a report on the FeedHenry aspect of the issue. FeedHenry was the spin-out company that was sold. It was a different piece of work from the broader report being produced by Mr. McLoone.

It was more global in terms of the sale more generally of intellectual property in the institute. Is the Comptroller and Auditor General still examining the FeedHenry issue or considering producing a report on it at some point?