Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I wish to make a point generally. We have only heard a selection of the papers today. It is not possible to go on like this. We have made this point repeatedly from day one. We need help from a research officer, or whatever title the official is given. It is not possible to continue to hold systems to account on the budget we have.

In a sense, we are providing the illusion that we are doing so. We are doing our best. I pay tribute to the Chairman in that regard because he is doing tremendous work going through the correspondence and teasing it out. In itself, that process equates to a full meeting. We are then left with correspondence. We need a meeting - I do not mind if it is private or public - on how we can move forward in respect of this matter in view of the fact that we do not have enough staff to examine it. That to which I refer will become very obvious later today when we are dealing with the University of Limerick and Waterford Institute of Technology. It is simply not possible despite our best efforts.