Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

We spoke about this at the last Question Time. It is a national scandal and that is why we spoke about the one-stop shop at the last Question Time. As Deputy O'Shea says, we have too many agencies and too many organisations draw money from several agencies. That is why Deputy McHugh was frustrated. When one tables questions, the information is not with one Minister but it is with another Minister. This causes frustration. One wonders whether the Government has organised this in such a way that it will not answer the queries. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is under this Department or the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism and no organisation should be able to draw down funds from two Departments if one Department has control of the organisation. Is everything received by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann audited and does the Department receive audited accounts every year?

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