Professor Shane Kilcommins:

The example I wanted to give to the Deputy is that a consideration has already taken place around this matter at executive level. The position of the executive is that it supports the view taken by the Comptroller and Auditor General that our approach to protected disclosures has been overly narrow, overly legalistic and defensive. Going forward, it would be expected in a university, which is concerned with intellect, you would expect much more willingness to embrace ideas.

Even if a decision is upheld on a narrow basis, we should look more broadly at the controls and the extent to which they are operating.