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

Briefly, as we are about to conclude shortly, I note that the Comptroller and Auditor General audited the financial statements of UL for the year ending 30 September 2020, as he is required to do. That was a while ago now. In that endeavour, four full years ago, he drew attention to, and I will not read all the detail out, procurement non-compliance, and everything involved in that, and the purchase of a city-centre campus, which was an issue as early as then. Part of it was outlined in that work. Regarding the overriding of controls, an investigation was completed in November 2020 into a number of allegations made in 2017. Mr. Field was aware of it. He was the financial officer at that time, although not the chief financial officer.