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

Mr. Conor Falvey:

I assure the Deputy that the structures are in place. We can provide the committee with a schedule of meetings that have taken place, if that would be of any assistance to it.

I do not believe that anyone would get to the point of making an application without having the necessary resources in place. The level of engagement that we have with the cultural institutions is such that they are fully aware. We see issues in draft and discuss them. We like to have everything ready by the time an application is formally made. I spend a great deal of time at those meetings, as do colleagues. We would be happy to provide the committee with a schedule of the meetings that have taken place. We went online as a result of Covid.