Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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We will probably end up returning to that. Before we conclude, I thank all the witnesses. This was an extraordinary meeting for reasons that I, as Chair, did not necessarily assume at the beginning. I thought some of the contradictions in the evidence were alarming. There are serious governance issues that go back a considerable period of time we are going to have to return to. There are also thematic issues with IT projects across the public service, which we will also probably have to stir the pot on because there are quite a number of agencies under this Department. I also find the ethos of how the Department has dealt with this issue concerning. I am not happy with the manner in which some of the replies were given to some questions, particularly in later evidence.

As it is the last time, and this is probably one of the few good things to come out of this, I thank Ms Kennelly on behalf of everybody for her service to the Arts Council over the past number of years. At the end of the day, this is the arts committee. I thank her for her service through the years and wish her the best for the future.

I thank all the witnesses for attending. I look forward to meeting a number of them again in the near future.