Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Yes. That type of attack may well be counterproductive. There is an attitude within some of the third level sector - I do not say it is the entire sector - that this concerns their independence, that they have put in 20 years of hard work but that we are sticking our nose in. There are very valid issues in terms of spin-out companies, the funding of universities and all of the rest of it. It is welcome that the additional money allocated to the Comptroller and Auditor General is for this sector because it is the sector where issues keep on reoccurring.

What can we do? There is very little we can do except make sure to invite people in when that kind of an attack happens.