Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 June 2017

Public Accounts Committee

University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements

9:00 am

Mr. Diarmuid Collins:

We have an independent assessment looking at the IMI. At this stage, one of the key risk mitigation aspects of a governing board decision was to acquire the asset of IMI. I am not saying that we were taking a punt. We totally believe in the IMI and that it will be a success. It is on an upward trend. When it resolved its pension liability back in 2012, for the IMI, that was really the path to sustainability. It no longer had that liability on its balance sheet. It was on an upward trajectory since then, back growing revenues and back in profits. The market for executive education is predicted to grow by €20 million to €25 million and the IMI has the greatest market share. The key assurance-----

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