Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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I have a couple of topical questions, the first of which may be for Dr. Doona. The Solas Galway Picture Palace building is in the public consciousness. Approximately €9 million of public money is wrapped up in it, yet the project is not complete. For the best reasons, the Irish Film Board was involved in trying to get it under way. Is Dr. Doona confident that the State's investment is protected? What is her opinion on the issue of non-compliance?

I will give Dr. Doona a couple of seconds to think about that matter and will ask Ms Heaney about something else. Recently there has been a discussion in the media about the HR element within the National Museum of Ireland. I understand there are difficulties in its finance department regarding a number of individuals who are bringing High Court cases against the museum. Another individual was either made redundant or took redundancy recently. Is it possible to fix what is happening? It obviously has a cost for the State because, from the outside, there seems to be at least an allegation of dysfunction that is leading to HR difficulties. There is also a cost for the High Court cases - perhaps Ms Heaney might give us the details - that are being taken to try to resolve the issues involved.

I have a question about the National Concert Hall which received approximately 300,000 or 350,000 visitors.