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

Ms Katherine Licken:

I will ask Mr. Falvey to speak on the details, but I am happy to say that, after my previous appearance before the committee, we put a range of measures in place, including the establishment of a Project Ireland 2040 team that was staffed with economists to oversee compliance with the public spending code and guide our processes. We have established oversight groups for each of the cultural institutions in respect of their projects. Those groups comprise us, the OPW and the cultural institutions. They walk through the steps of the process and ensure there is good governance. Does Mr. Falvey wish to elaborate?