Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do. I want to know what is in place now, what will they improve on, when is it going in and so on. We sit as a committee so often, and we were here on Tuesday. The Pálás Cinema project did not have robust governance structures in place. That is why the cost went from in the region of €6 million to approximately €8 million over a period from 2006 to 2018. Regarding this one, I checked this today. Let us stick to the facts. The latest person to resign was the chief executive officer.

Yesterday I received an invitation to an event which was signed by the personal assistant to the CEO. The website for the Galway European Capital of Culture still lists Ms Kiely as CEO. One might say these are minor details but they are a reflection of the situation. It sends the wrong message if the website still lists her and letters are being issued on her behalf by her personal assistant inviting people to an event in spite of her having left her post over two weeks ago. There are many other issues which may not be within the remit of the committee, such as the lack of an Irish language officer and so on, but in the context of value for money, what robust structures are in place to safeguard the spending of the €15 million being allocated by a Department? What will be delivered for that money? What service level agreement is in place? A performance level agreement is now under discussion. At what stage is that process?