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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: Who in the Department did Ms Kennelly primarily correspond with?
- 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 supported by the principal officer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Was it Ms Kennelly's impression that Ms Nash was not getting support from above 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: It was not being escalated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: What Ms Nash was saying and doing did not come across as the same thing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: That is a significant issue. The committee may wish to bring in other witnesses at a later date. I ask the Secretary General if what has been outlined by Ms Kennelly is normal. There were some 60 pieces of correspondence. This is important. There were some 60 pieces of correspondence. I am not saying they were all at the same level. The principal officer did not elevate it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: That is a direct contradiction of evidence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Let me check.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Is Mr. Ó Coigligh going to contradict that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: That is fine. Why was the issue not escalated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: How is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: I have managed tonnes of large-scale, multimillion euro IT projects. The issues become more costly when they are not intercepted early in the cycle.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: That did not happen here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: It has been outlined by Ms Kennelly, whose evidence I completely accept, that this was not escalated early on and that was why we ended up where we did. Does Ms McGrath have full confidence in Ms Kennelly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: The Secretary General said earlier that there is no mechanism for deferral. Why is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Across the public service, I could list tonnes of examples where there was a deferral or push-on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: We will do a bit of research and come back to Mr. Ó Coigligh. I have one more thing to address before I ask other Deputies and Senators to come in again. Ms McGrath asked for this. She asked for the contract to be deferred and recommended-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: I am sure a lot of this went on during the pandemic. Ms McGrath wanted a five-year contract. I will ask a direct question. I hope Ms McGrath does not mind that in the spirit of today. Does she believe that if we were not dealing with the impact that this project has had on public awareness, and the concern about how the issue was dealt with by the Department, an alternative view was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: Ms McGrath believes there could have been a different decision.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Alan Kelly: That is very honest of Ms McGrath and I thank her. I call Deputy Joanna Byrne. I will limit contributions to three minutes and perhaps two questions.