Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is far worse. The fact is that there were contract amendments that were not brought to the executive committee or governing authority and the absence or extent, or non-extent, of due diligence was not disclosed to the governing authority at key stages, and it goes on. It is shocking that UL did not demonstrate compliance with the public spending code and did not provide evidence of systematic appraisal of alternative options and the cost-benefit analysis or absence of it. There was no evidence of such an appraisal being provided to the HEA. The HEA should have been asking questions as well-----