Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is not true. There is a significant issue, which the Minister knows. This report has five conclusions. I referred to the third one already. The fifth one refers to "The ‘commitment’ to Trinity College Dublin by the Department of Health of €2 million per year for research funding". A commitment was made. The Minister is disputing the fact that a commitment was made, which is staggering. Either the Minister believes this or he is pretending to believe the report. Either he believes it or not. That goes to the core of it. Did Robert Watt commit €2 million of taxpayers' money in breaching all the protocols? The Minister is now trying to say that it was not really linked to Tony Holohan, for whom we all have huge regard.

It does not matter which individual it was. No one individual should be linked to this type of funding. I am not going through the letter again but the Minister knows what is stated in it. It refers to Dr. Holohan's wages. The commitment was for his wages. There were other parts of it but it was linked to Dr. Holohan. Does the Minister dispute that too?