Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 June 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding

9:30 am

Mr. Conor Falvey:

No, but the way we manage projects now is quite different. Part of that was the experience of the gallery which showed us the opportunities that would present in the national cultural institutions but also the potential risks. We have an elaborate process under the public spending code managed by the OPW and ourselves at a programme level and then on a project-by-project basis with the institution, the OPW and the Department. That has a preliminary business case, identifies options and potential costs and makes cautious provision for inflation and contingency so that when the political system is making decisions about resourcing these projects, it is aware of------