David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I accept that due diligence is important, especially from a legal perspective, and that the HEA must do this. The report was due in November and the Committee of Public Accounts is still waiting for the report as we go into June. Does Mr. Love accept that a seven-month time gap is more than late? Does he see this as acceptable from the committee's perspective? We focused on this issue and we asked for an independent examination. A report was done and someone obviously did a huge piece of work on it. The report was submitted to the HEA, and while I understand that due diligence must be followed, we are seven months down the road and we still do not have that report. It must also be borne in mind that this committee was hoping to use the report as an opportunity to explore the wider issue. This situation is holding up the committee's work, and if an independent report is done, it must be published so we can see exactly what the problems were, if there were problems.