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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: I have no apologies from any of our colleagues. Today's meeting concerns matters relating to the termination of the Arts Council grant management IT system. The meeting has been convened with the chair of the board of the Arts Council and relevant members of the executive team alongside relevant officials from the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport to discuss matters relating...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Would the Secretary General mind answering the question? Is the Department supportive of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: I again ask the Secretary General to answer the question please. Is the Department supportive? Either it is or it is not and it is not conditional.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: I am not sure we got to the bottom of the matter but let us move on. We might return to the topic and I might return to it myself. The next person due to speak was Senator Alison Comyn who was to join us online for the first time. As we cannot get the Senator online we will move on to the next speaker who is Senator Ní Chuilinn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Both.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: I call Deputy Malcolm Byrne.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: I ask the witnesses to be very brief.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: I am sorry but I must move on to the next speaker.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: As we have gone through the full list, I have a few observations and questions. Observing what happened when the Arts Council came before the Committee on Public Accounts and again today, it is a big issue that this came to light but in many ways Ms Kennelly is almost a sacrificial lamb for what is after happening here. I feel a great deal of concern regarding what has transpired here....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Has he experienced anything like this before?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: This is the RTB project.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: It lost €5.2 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: I am not saying that Mr. Ó Coigligh commissioned the project. He should not worry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: There is a track record here. I do not mean that in respect of Mr. Ó Coigligh, but he is aware that this keeps happening.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Mr. Ó Coigligh was an assistant secretary in the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: When this was commissioned.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Did Ms Kennelly feel let down when the Department would not support her, given it was not a core part of her role? The Department would not give her somebody senior to help with the project.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Did Ms Kennelly feel she was let down?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Why does Ms Kennelly think the Department did not support her?