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
12:35 pm
Dr. Olive Braiden:
We went to a lot of trouble to try to find a solution to this. We did ask for advice from many quarters and from the Department. The board determined that it was fair and reasonable to allow the director to travel on a weekly basis to visit his family. We all know that other organs of the State do the same.