Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Finding out how long each of those have been in receipt of an occasional arrangement will give us an indication how many are permanently on it.

Following up on Deputy Catherine Murphy’s point, the university said it will affect its capacity for research and knowledge transfer. We want the university to give us an information note on the research and knowledge transfer activity for the past three years, as well as it plans and arrangements for this and next year. Based on the figures it gave us, €700,000 seems to be a large figure if it is only had €10 million external research and development over a long period. It might represent a small proportion or it could be the most of it. I have no idea. We want to know the level spent in this area in each of the past three years, this year and the plan for next year. We can then see the impact. Has it closed the whole operation? Has it had a significant impact? I have no idea based on the reply we got.

We need the details on the two points. Is that agreed? Agreed.

We want a copy of the risk register and a note. There should be an audit and risk committee as part of the board. It should have been their job. We want to know what they have been saying.