Professor Shane Kilcommins:

The contract was signed on 4 August after the presentation to governing authority. At that stage, it was approved and, in good faith, I signed the contract. I signed the contract with a memo from the external solicitor saying that I could sign as agreed, that this had all been agreed. I dealt with it as a delegated signatory and - it is important to know this - the chief financial and performance officer, who was an executive sponsor of the project, had already signed the contract. I signed as a delegated signatory. I did so on the basis of the external legal advice and the internal legal advice that I could sign as agreed.