John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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We will proceed to the appointment of the director of the National Gallery of Ireland, on which three findings and three recommendations have been made. The first finding is that while removal and relocation expenses can be paid in limited circumstances when an appointment of a person based abroad is being contemplated, no guidelines are in place governing when such payments are deemed appropriate. The second finding was that the payment of relocation expenses on the appointment of the director of the National Gallery was not in accordance with the sanction of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. An issue arose as to whether the payment had been sanctioned.