Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is quite annoying. We made a specific request. We try to help witnesses when we are looking for information because they might not have it with them and we ask them to write back in. I asked when each institution put in an employee assistance line. They wrote back with a general response saying, "These are examples..." I do not want examples. I want to know specifically when each institution put in an employee assistance line. This just makes work. I did not mind if they did not have it in a week or two, and I was not expecting it straightaway. I have had to go and write out a table which lists off the institutions and then ask them to put in the dates when each one was put in place. This is just chasing our tails. The HEA should write to all institutions and ask them to come back within two weeks to confirm the date when they put this in place, fill that in and send it on to us.