Professor Willie Donnelly:

Let us get this straight. I think it was very reasonable for me to say to the person that I had a serious concern about the matter and ask to be provided with the supporting information which allowed the particular conclusions to be reached, which I would then forward on. When the supporting information did not arrive, I forwarded the matter to the person responsible for the management of conflicts of interest, namely, the financial controller. I did what was appropriate, which was to ask for the supporting evidence and then pass on the matter to the person responsible for the management of conflicts of interest.