Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The important point I am making is that the Technological Higher Education Association of Ireland receives €1.1 million in direct funding from the institutes of technology to fund the organisation. It helps with corporate governance. It is a private company listed as a charity. We have received its accounts from the Companies Registration Office. I want to move on to my next point. When I heard that this organisation provides corporate governance guidance to the institutes of technology, I asked whether there is a similar organisation for the universities and - lo and behold - I found out that there is an organisation called the Irish Universities Association, which I understand comprises the presidents of the various universities. This association receives €2.7 million in-----