Mr. Tom Boland:

I think we can rely to a very significant extent on the extent to which former audits have been conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General in respect of the other institutions. It does not show an absolutely clean bill of health all round, nor would one expect it to. However, in general, the system is operating very well in accordance with appropriate governance procedures. As CEO of the HEA, I do not have any anxiety that there is widespread or any significant abuse of governance procedures.