David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Institutes of technology cannot borrow. They are not allowed to borrow. They are also not allowed to have deficits. That is the difficulty here. Waterford Institute of Technology is not the only offender, but it would be useful if the committee wrote to the Higher Education Authority to ask for a breakdown of the finances of each institute of technology to ascertain which were in deficit. This would give us a picture of how Waterford Institute of Technology compares to others. Can that be done?