Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I will have to come back to Mr. Love. I am going over to the University College Cork. Cuirim fáilte rompu. Is iontach an Ghaeilge a chloisteáil. To return to the Irish Management Institute, IMI, I believe Mr. Collins spoke about the seven minute limit on radio or television. We do not restrict witnesses to seven minutes; we are restricted to seven minutes. That is the first thing. There is a little imbalance here, and it is against members of the committee.

The time available to members to ask questions is restricted, whereas witnesses' time is not restricted, subject to the Chair's ruling.

Let me get my head around this. The Irish Management Institute was in trouble for a long time and could not meet its debts for a number of reasons. I could say bad management was the reason but we will leave that for the moment. Is it correct that the IMI overextended itself in residential property?