Ms Maura McGrath:

I thank the Deputy for the question. When I was before the Committee of Public Accounts last week, I answered the question in respect of colleagues in the Arts Council who would have an association with the National Concert Hall. I directly answered that question, and that absolutely still stands. The important thing about the National Concert Hall is that there are residencies for groups who are in the concert hall. There are rooms there. The Deputy has mentioned a number of those groups. In my view, there is no conflict of interest. I always absent myself. I have only been at one round of funding in the Arts Council since I came in and have otherwise absented myself.

The Deputy's point in respect of Generation Ireland is right.

There are two festivals there, and there is a link between the concert hall and Generation Ireland. I am not only clear but assured in my own integrity with regard to conflict of interest.