Ms Mary Dunnion:

They were a group of professionals who were commissioned by the board of Oberstown to conduct a review, which was independent and based on their expertise in the area. We regulate and monitor against nationally mandated standards. However, we did meet both professors when they were conducting their own review. We fed into that review and indeed, they would have commented - anecdotally - on our findings, which correlated with their own findings.

The 90-odd recommendations in the report were aligned to many of our recommendations. However, I would nuance that by saying we only saw the recommendations and have not seen the report. Therefore it would be difficult for us to make an assessment of those recommendations without seeing the supporting findings and narrative to the recommendations.