Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Obviously I do not want to suggest what the committee needs to do but we have examined this issue and the implications of it for St. Angela's and I did not feel there was anything I needed to report to the committee in regard to it. It obviously relates to matters from some years ago and the court case involved was some years ago as well. It became a stumbling block to the amalgamation of St. Angela's and NUIG but the notes that are provided now suggest that agreement has been reached and that stumbling block has been gotten over. That was really why it became a live issue again in recent times. It is expected, according to the correspondence that is here, that matters will be resolved with NUIG and that the amalgamation will proceed. If that happens then I would consider it is a matter in the past.