David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand, but an Accounting Officer would normally make a more substantial response in his or her opening statement. However, that is a matter for Professor Donnelly.

I thank Mr. McCarthy and his office for their work and report. I will turn to page 20, which covers the review of intellectual property management and conflicts of interest. Paragraph 2.17 discusses the review by the HEA and Knowledge Transfer Ireland of intellectual property policies. That review came as a result of work done and questions asked by this committee on a number of issues, mainly relating to WIT but also other institutes of technology.

Our work was in two areas. We were focused on management of conflicts of interest as well as whether the institutes were being fully and properly protected in their share in equity. These were essentially the issues we were concerned with.