Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh:

There are two sides to this, one of which is the governance and culture in the Arts Council and how it operates. The Niamh Brennan report is looking into that and into the communication and connection between the Department and the Arts Council. Separately, last year, I commissioned the IPA to look at our oversight processes. Following the issues at RTÉ, it gave us a report that we are implementing, so we are already strengthening governance. I set up a new unit under a principal officer, for example. I want to bring a coherent overarching culture to our oversight and governance of all our State bodies. Following this issue with the Arts Council, I asked the IPA to do some further work with us to see how we are implementing what it recommended and what further changes or recommendations are required, such as training, bringing in consistency and so on.