Joanna Byrne (Louth, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context

With regard to the late submission of the Arts Council's financial statements, the Comptroller and Auditor General outlined in his opening statement the timeline of when it presented the accounts. The Arts Council presented them to the Department but they were not presented to the Oireachtas Library until four months later. This is probably directed more at Mr. Ó Coigligh than Ms Kennelly, but what was the reason that the Department decided to delay the presentation of the Arts Council's 2023 financial statements? What were the unavoidable delays that were indicated to the committee back in September where they related to the IT scandal and write-down?