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

11:55 am

Mr. Gerry D'Arcy:

I would not necessarily agree with the Department in that regard. The case was lost but the circumstances were outside the control of the gallery. In 2002, we expected a massive development plan to commence within 18 months. That did not happen, and then we had to try to manage that situation all the way through from 2002 to 2011.