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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Tuigim é sin, an ceist ná, what monitoring was in place? What was the oversight process the Department had in place in terms of this building? When did the Department become aware there were two agreements? When did it become aware that one agreement was for rent and one tied the refurbishment costs into the rent? I heard the Department say that it wants to learn. Creidim go láidir i gcúrsaí Gaeilge agus í a chur chun cinn.

Was the Department aware from day one that this was happening or when did it become aware? Does it represent value for money? Was a tender process instigated? Is part of the building still empty? Where is the business case? Where is the review