Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My point is that the HEA has known about it for some time. The meeting was this week arranged for next Monday, yet it has been plastered all over the papers and the representatives of the university appeared before the committee a short while ago. The HEA was in no real hurry to look into the matter, question the university and find out exactly what had happened. It is fair to say there was no real haste on the HEA's part to carry out an investigation. Until Dr. Wall said that, I had planned to ask what investigation the HEA had carried out, and then I realised it had done nothing. Dr. Wall then confirmed that the meeting had this week been arranged for next Monday. The HEA is charged with oversight of governance and Dr. Wall stated that he takes it seriously, but they did not bother their backsides - pardon the phrase - to do anything about it. It arranged the meeting only this week.