Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Minister taking a hands-on approach in as much as she can do that but she is not answering my question. I come from a bilingual city, chathair dhátheangach. I asked the Minister a specific question about the Irish language officer. It would have been helpful if she had responded. With regard to governance structures, if we have learned anything, even with the most recent debacle relating to the President's Establishment and expenses, we want robust structures that we can rely on. It is good to meet with the chairperson but alongside that we need robust management structures. The Committee of Public Accounts is retrospectively examining a project that became a debacle, namely, the Pálás Cinema, a public building which is now under a private entity. We are all very proud of Galway, the multicultural city that it is and its bilingual status, but this is not coming across in Galway 2020. Recently, the company failed to provide a spokesperson for a discussion in Irish on a radio station. I am reluctantly raising this matters because I am proud Galwegian who is very happy that the city will be European Capital of Culture in 2020. However, I will certainly not remain quiet when I see a number of people walking out a door with no questions being asked or properly replied to. Is the Minister confirming that no money other than the €250,000 has been provided?

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