Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 November 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Staff Appointments in the National Gallery of Ireland
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland
11:35 am
Mr. Gerry D'Arcy:
I am not aware precisely why it never got the go-ahead, except from the point of view of the gallery, it was an important requirement. We are not masters of our own destiny in that respect; we require the approval from the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. We did not get that approval until probably 2010 when it was agreed in principle.