Cork Institute of Technology denies report amounted to 'effectively investigating itself'

Review examined the college’s relationship with some of its subsidiary companies

Alan Kelly: Wrote to PAC seeking more answers from CIT. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has denied that a report, carried out at the behest of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) into the college’s relationship with some of its subsidiary companies, amounted to the institution “effectively investigating itself”.

The review, by professional services firm Mazars, was completed in April 2019. It resulted from a report published by PAC itself in July 2017, and examined potential conflicts of interest stemming from employees of CIT also receiving remuneration from its subsidiaries.