Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 March 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Galway Art House Cinema
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I want explanations for this. I came from this as a person ar an gcoiste, a bhí buartha faoi costais maidir le cíos. An smaoineamh agus an coincheap atá agamsa ná go mbeadh sé i bhfad níos éifeachtaí morgáiste a bheith ag an bhForas. I believe Foras na Gaeilge should have a mortgage on the building, which is what lead me to look at this in the first place. I am asking very specific questions. What monitoring was in place? What was the business case put forward? When did the Department become aware that there were two agreements? When did it become aware that in addition to the moving costs there were other costs for the refurbishment of the building tied into the rent? Can the witness comment on that for me? I will not interrupt.