Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

These are very serious issues. At the end of whatever investigation the University of Limerick might choose to carry out we hope that if it is thought it was not appropriate to make the payments from public funds, the university would move to have the funds recouped to the taxpayer. We had it here with the Department, the Higher Education Authority and Cork Institute of Technology when funds were spent in a way that was not appropriate. Measures are put in place in that regard. We want to tell the people that if taxpayers' money is spent inappropriately in a State institution, moves will be made to recoup the money. Does Professor Fitzgerald understand the principle?