Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)

Okay. I will move on to my next piece. On the costing of this, it was originally €2.9 million-odd going back to 2021. The cost has ballooned and everybody here is responsible in some way, whether it is the Arts Council or the Department. I am not putting anyone off the hook here. Some €6.7 million has gone down the swanny. Forget about it; it is gone. We have two additional staff who were hired at roughly, give or take, €200,000 per annum. That is the cost to the State going forward, and adds on to the doubling of staff. We have €60,000 spent on legal cases that may or may not be recoupable. We have a streamlined system that cost €1.5 million upfront, with an ongoing cost of €240,000 per annum. We are looking at a situation now where this is well over €10 million. It started off as a €2 million project, and the headline thing is €5.5 million and then €6.5 million but we are now way over €10 million. All I see is the Department blaming the Arts Council and the Arts Council blaming the Department. Everyone passes the buck and the Minister is nowhere to be seen.