David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We would all do that and I am getting to that point because Dr. Donnelly knows that I received more than a dozen protected disclosures in respect of WIT, which were passed onto the HEA and which led to an examination being carried out. We cannot get into that because it is now with the HEA and legal people but that examination was carried out on the basis of concerns that people in the institute have. That is our job and I had this out with the Secretary General of the Department and the former head of the HEA when he was before the committee in Dr. Donnelly's absence as well. We cannot ignore documentation that is given to us. It is not in our gift to ignore protected disclosures. Dr. Donnelly should be aware of that because sometimes I get a sense from him as an individual that he feels that the work of this committee is somehow personal; it is not. We have a job to do, which is to follow up on those protected disclosures and examine process only and we have done so.