Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 June 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works

9:30 am

Ms Rosemary Collier:

We held a series of concerts annually, with accommodation for approximately 60 to 70 people. We would have had income of between €20,000 and €30,000 for concert events at Castletown House.

That is fairly modest. We do not charge for community events, as the Deputy knows. There are huge events that happen such as park runs that involve people in the thousands. Several thousand people might attend our market events, the Irish wolfhound gathering or whatever. They are completely free of charge, so there is no income accruing to the State from those community events.