Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Of course. They are hampered too. I accept that.

I see Ms Banotti there. We spoke previously about Creative Ireland. Since we last spoke, I want to commend the work, particularly in the 24 DEIS schools on Fighting Words, that programme that was very well received, as well as the creative youth projects and others. It is important to acknowledge that work. Mr. Falvey mentioned the local authorities. It is important that there is good collaboration between the Department and Creative Ireland, and I thank them for that.

Turning to the appropriation account, there is a note here about six contracts to the value of €578,000 for non-compliance. The majority of that was cleaning and other utility contracts. However, the sixth one relates to genealogy services in the National Archives of Ireland and it has now been re-tendered. Could Ms Licken outline what happened in that regard? There are nine other contracts as well but I will get on to that in a second.