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

Photo of Séamus McGrathSéamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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I will turn my attention to the Department. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General referred to €56.4 million in unspent capital in 2023, some of which it was possible to carry over. The large part was returned. Will Mr. Ó Coigligh please explain how such a sum went unspent?