Mr. Tom Boland:

We do not have a role at all in certification or awards. In fairness, as I said, when one considers the system as a whole, one notes that it is by and large, and, indeed, overwhelmingly, very compliant with appropriate process. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General would have seen that down the years, notwithstanding that there have been difficulties. I do not believe we can extrapolate from the NCAD a picture of a complete failure of accountability in the higher education sector. That is unfair to the institutions and the HEA.