Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Some people expressed the view that they were of the view that it was a fait accompliand there was no input they could have had. Looking at the reference to the convention centre, for example, on page 58 of the report, it was booked on 19 April 2022 before the meeting on 28 April 2022. I imagine the booking of that venue would have put some time pressure on as well in terms of getting everything moved along. Very few questions were asked then from there up to the first show in December 2022. I am posing this question to the witnesses who were board members at the time. Did anyone ask questions? There is nothing in the minutes to suggest that questions were asked. I refer to questions about ticket sales. Did anyone ask about ticket sales at that time? I ask this question because in the Grant Thornton report people expressed the view that they were concerned this was a big venture and they had not been consulted. Why was nobody asking about this venture subsequently, until it opened and everyone realised then that it was a flop?