Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 May 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending

2:00 am

Photo of Joe NevilleJoe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

If they are all external in different companies but have all ended up in arbitration with the Arts Council, maybe that raises a different question.

I will move to Dr. Campbell. On Deputy McGrath's point, the money ultimately comes from the State because it is all tax. If money is being taken out of one pot, it does not matter whether it comes from commercial because it is ultimately filling a gap somewhere. Will Dr. Campbell give me an example of that commercial funding and the gap? Where does the National Gallery get that commercial funding and where does it come from?

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