In July 2009 the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes (also known as the McCarthy report) suggested, as part of a long list of proposals, that the Institute be amalgamated into either University College Dublin or Trinity College, Dublin.
Im Juli 2009 schlug der Bericht des irischen Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes (auch als McCarthy-Bericht bekannt) unter anderem vor, das Institut entweder mit dem University College Dublin oder dem Trinity College (Dublin) zusammenzulegen.