Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

The primary issue is that an accountable person is accountable to the committee and operates on that basis. I will note that there is an issue concerning evidence from one institution in higher education and we will come back to that at another time. The committee has had issues with the University of Limerick. We are very concerned about that and we have acted on that concern. To be clear, when accountable persons are before the committee, it is their role. I may not think their conduct outside of here is very advisable behaviour, either as presidents or accountable persons. If, however, there is a concern, the primary responsibility for the behaviour of a president of an institution is with the governing body. It is not for the HEA or the Department of Education and Skills to intervene in that regard. That is where the primary responsibility for an overview of that person's behaviour is.