Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know from the period that I was involved in this brief that it works out at €20 per pole per annum to rent poles from a private company that was a publicly owned company up to 1999 before it was privatised and is now owned by a French consortium. We can seek that information. Given that €2.7 billion or €2.8 billion of taxpayers' money is being dished out, I hope that we will not be left in a situation where there are no penalties and targets can be missed by such an amount without any comeback for the public purse. We will include that question along with the Deputy's.

Next is No. 690B from Ms Katherine Licken, Secretary General of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, dated 24 June, providing the information requested by the committee regarding the timely laying before the Houses of the accounts of the National Library of Ireland, Screen Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland. We request explanations from all bodies within the remit of the committee that do not comply with the timelines set out in circular 7 of 2015 for the laying of accounts before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The proposed action is to note and publish this correspondence. Deputy Munster flagged this correspondence for discussion. Does she wish to comment on it?