Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Under this recommendation, reward schemes are to take account of potential situations where staff have a financial interest in the company acquiring the intellectual property. Their shareholding is a private matter but if they are part of the staff, surely they should be treated in a uniform way. If some of the staff happen to have, in a private capacity, a shareholding, how can one distinguish that from the reward scheme? I ask Mr. O'Toole to explain that to me. Is it any of the HEA's business? I know that some committee members might not like me putting it this way but it is their private business. We have not been told today how much Professor Donnelly made because it is his private business. We might be curious but it is his private business at the end of the day. Is the HEA straying into the private business of individual staff members?