Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I can see a straightforward path in terms of where we want to get to on this, but we have to assemble the information first. Members should note that on foot of further items of correspondence received by the committee and discussed at our meeting last week, we will be writing to Maynooth University with further specific queries.

The next item of correspondence, No. 2522, is from Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, President, NUI Galway, dated 31 October 2019 providing an information note requested by the committee on the number of non-compliant procurement contracts in 2018. The details are all there. We will note and publish this. Members can use it as they see fit in the meantime, but we will include it as part of our information gathering process as just discussed. We will come back to it. I note that some of the 2018 non-compliant contracts mentioned are no longer non-compliant. The contracts have been corrected. We will keep the pressure on and will assemble the information over the next month or two.