Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

It is a priority. I support Dr. Love's comments. We must be very careful that the primary responsibility is with the accountable person within each institution and the governance role with the governing body of each institution. The most important frameworks are the codes of practice for the two sets of institutions and the HEA's oversight of those. What Dr. Love is referring to is the partial legislative lacuna relating to the universities when a very serious intervention is needed. We have some powers of investigation, and stronger powers of investigation with regard to institutes of technology. In the case of the University of Limerick, we worked very closely with the HEA. Together, we engaged with the University of Limerick and with its agreement, the HEA led on an independent review. It was possible but we had to get its agreement to do it. Furthermore, with the HEA, we have come up with a concept of rolling reviews, which has also worked well. As Deputy Cullinane mentioned, spin-out and procurement were two examples. They were very helpful in terms of advancing policy.