John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)

I hear what the Deputy is saying. Is it agreed that we write to the Department seeking further information? Agreed.

No. R0213 is correspondence from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage providing a response to matters raised at our meeting of 19 June 2025. Similar concerns were raised by other members and by me regarding the ICT system for the Residential Tenancies Board involving a huge overrun and the project being two years behind schedule. The initial estimated cost of €3.3 million escalated to €8.5 million, which is a huge overrun. Members have spoken about other State agencies where similar issues have arisen. We heard about the Arts Council, HIQA and RTÉ, and there are other organisations of concern, including in the criminal justice system. It has been agreed that we write to all Departments seeking an inventory of all ICT projects that are in the implementation stage or agreed in terms of tendering, indicating the estimated timeframes for implementation and any cost overruns, both current and historical over recent years. We need to get a true picture as to how extensive the issue is that was raised by Deputy Farrelly and others. It is an issue to which the committee has a duty to give particular focus and one, on foot of writing to all the Departments, to which I expect we will return. At that point, we will agree on witnesses to call. Is it agreed that we write to all Departments regarding agencies? Agreed.