Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Today we learned about the latest example of public waste - in the Arts Council - where €6.7 million of public funds went towards an IT system that will not be used. We learned about it today, but it appears from reports that the Cabinet and the Minister learned about this as early as the summer of last year. The council's annual report has not published yet. What is being done to ensure accountability and to make sure €7 million in public money is spent? How can that go to waste so easily? Will the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media come before the Dáil to answer questions on this very important issue?

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