David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

They separate them out. In fairness to Mr. Beausang's letter, the Department accepts that the Comptroller and Auditor General's report was a very narrow focus and that the McCloone report was a much wider review. Notwithstanding whatever response the Department gets back in response to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report the other issues stand.

One of the last things that Dr. Graham Love told this committee when he was here was that the facts were not in question. In Dr. Love's view, Mr. McCloone had established facts but the problem was the HEA could not publish the report because it was outside its scope and powers. The facts have not changed and some mechanism is needed to ensure those facts are put on the public record. At this point, appointing an investigator is probably the only way to do that.