Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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A huge amount of damage has been done, although some very good things are happening in the FAI now. However, the damage to the Olympic Council and the damage to the FAI because people were asleep at the wheel, or because there was not the right kind of oversight, is immeasurable. It is not only about financial cost; it is also about reputational cost and opportunity cost in terms of volunteers and all the rest of it.

I want to move on to another area, which is the National Archives. I am not sure how the National Archives is funded, and it appears to be slightly different from the National Museum and the National Gallery. Can we get a note on the National Archives? I know that a big building programme is under way, which is welcome. A huge number of records were not even catalogued and there should be a big digitisation programme. We have underspent on these institutions for decades and there is a lot of catch-up to do. However, it is not very obvious how it is funded. Is some of the activity directly funded by the Department? It is not easy to figure that out.