Mr. Tony McFeely:

As the president has said, he was in Waterford for a relatively short period of time to carry out a review. It was my understanding that the flight in question, or the aeroplane in question, was made available to him for his use and that it would not be charged to the institute.

It was a major surprise when I learned subsequently that the bill had come to the college for payment. We were under the impression initially that an aeroplane had been placed at his disposal because there had been an exceptional set of circumstances which required him to travel to Dublin urgently.