Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Can I respond briefly to that?

I do not disagree with any of that. It is important that we are all open to feedback and to getting better at things. We have to be open to learning and we always have to strive to improve at everything we do. Having spent a lot of time on it, I believe that everyone involved was acting in good faith. I believe the proposed secondment - most of us here probably believe - would have been valuable, that is, to have Dr. Holohan with his unique experience leading academic research.