Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport

Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Maureen Kennelly:

Yes. We had a workforce plan that we gave to the Department in November 2021. I consistently highlighted that the key, critical appointment in that was the senior IT resource. I did that all throughout 2022. To answer the next question, the CIO who was brought in back in 2023 was brought in externally. It was not an internal staff member. That was because we were still trying to get the Department to give us the approval at the senior grade.