Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Crawford Art Gallery: Chairperson Designate
2:15 pm
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
We thank Ms McHugh. We can see from her CV that she is very busy. The Crawford has a long and proud history in Cork. Often people are appointed to boards and it is rubber-stamped and ignored by committees. This committee believes it is important not to do that but to invite in the new chairpersons so we can build a relationship with them and get a better understanding about their specific objectives. This is a two-way relationship so, as Ms McHugh said, if this committee can be of any use in developing her remit and objectives, whether in terms of funding, legislation or the structures under which she operates, we will be all ears and we would love to be able to help.
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