Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020
9:30 am
Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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I know there has already been allocation for the grant applications made by 1 March. Some €40 million is available and €16 million has been allocated for equipment. Is it possible these applications will be dealt with together with the budget for 2022? I know the witnesses cannot say that will happen. However, rather than people having to do the whole process all over again in 2022, is it feasible to do it as a two-year project rather than a one-year project, in view of the restrictions on voluntary organisations over the past 18 months?