Dr. Alan Wall:

We would have had an opinion on the ice rink and expressed it, in fairness, over the years. To contextualise this a bit, the institute acquired the ice rink in an overall package, 80% of which is being used by the student body all the time. This is 20% of the overall package. As I understand it - and this is where my limits are - there have been ongoing negotiations. Ms Nugent may have further information. Those negotiations reached a certain point with one organisation but it did not succeed and the process has moved to another party. Overall, we have made suggestions over the years about the ice rink. In general, 80% of what was bought is being used appropriately.

Dundalk Institute of Technology has an issue in that we would like to see better income from it and we have certainly spoken about that. Perhaps Ms Nugent has further information on the ice rink?