Professor Willie Donnelly:

There were three main areas. One was cleaning services, which accounted for €277,000. That contract expired in June 2012 and was not re-tendered until June 2013. A second area was patent services and legal services, accounting for €51,000 and €136,500, respectively. Developments were ongoing regarding a national tender process for the sector and we were awaiting its completion. Effectively, we used the companies that we used previously. The third area related to international students, in particular those from China. This was a new area for us and we did not have much experience with using student recruitment specialists in China. That was not unique to WIT, since engaging in China to attract students was a new experience for the whole sector.