Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand that two finance staff of the museum, including the former financial manager, have taken personal injuries cases to the High Court for bullying within the National Museum of Ireland and that these cases were settled out of court by the museum. A finance manager was made redundant recently and the finance department of the museum is now populated mostly with agency staff. It is not good enough for the Minister to build a paper wall between herself and the National Museum of Ireland because this is costing money. Approximately €3,500 is spent every week on agency staff in the finance department alone. Only one member of the finance staff is left there. We also know that over the past number of years a large number of reports and agencies have been involved and that has cost the State massive money. What has been the cost of this dysfunction within the National Museum of Ireland and how many protected disclosures have been received from the National Museum of Ireland by the Minister? Is the Minister happy, given that there is no financial manager there, that the correct governance and financial oversight is in place within the operation?

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