Professor Desmond Fitzgerald:

The Deputy has raised a serious concern in the public's mind about protected disclosures within the university. In the last year, since the appointment of the new governing authority, a lot of work has been done to ensure we have in place within the univeristy a robust system for the making of protected disclosures. It has gone through the finance committee and the governing authority and is being implemented. The process does not involve people in the institution in the first phase. We have received very good legal advice on the matter and are making sure that if people want to make protected disclosures, there is a robust system in place to enable them to do so.

I want to move on. Obviously, there is the University of Limerick, which has elements like Plassey and Mary Immaculate College. There appears to be a facility to move people sideways. Are staff still moved sideways between these institutions?