Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending
2:00 am
Ms Maureen Kennelly:
I will be brief. There is a very strong relationship between our heads of team and the organisations we fund and with which we partner. While it may not be apparent on the website, an awful lot of discussion goes on between people who are funded. What we like to see is that an artist comes in on something, perhaps a smaller fund like an agility award, and progresses right through the organisation. Our heads of team, who are experts in all their areas, work very hard with those organisations to try to develop and bring them through to the next step. I would feel that is true across the organisation.