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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: Can the committee get a copy of the minutes of the ministerial management advisory committee, MinMAC, meeting and the management meeting from that time? That will clear up the matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: I have a few questions. On 3 August 2023 there was correspondence from the former director to the PO. It said the capital budget for the project has been agreed at a figure that is blanked. It is like "Blankety Blank". What is the blank?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: I call Deputy Gibney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: I have just one last question. You said earlier that mistakes were made. I meant to ask you this the last time around. You said that mistakes were made in the Department. What would you summarise as being the mistakes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: When Mr. Ó Coigligh says "litany", he is talking about corporate governance, financial governance and communications. I think he used the word "capture".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: Is that what he is defining?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: I am only asking in relation to the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: Does any Senator or Deputy have one last question? No. We will see some of you again soon. I thank the witnesses for their time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: We will now go to questions and Senator Comyn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: The Senator has them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: We dealt with this just before the Deputy came in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: So there were two rather than one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: Okay, sorry Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: I am not looking to go that far either. At the time it was-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: We discussed that earlier. It was just in relation to the fact work had been commissioned before the Department said "Stop".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: I thank David for coming in and I am sorry for his loss. His advocacy has been incredible and there is no doubt the law is going to change. This is just about ensuring we get it pristine and right. This is what this format is for. I was taken by several of the submissions. These can sometimes be quite technical, and sometimes it is about the order in which things happen too. Many of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: The legislation has a specific timeline. Is Mr. French's concern here that someone could go to a higher court and try to interrupt this process or stop the clock from starting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: I am trying to tease out if Mr. French has specific concerns.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: Yes. I will turn to the whole role of Tusla. Based on what Deputy Gannon said, we will be engaging with the Department on the report and all of that process separately, so I do not want to necessarily go into that aspect now because we will have other time to do so. Mr. French said there are - I am sorry, but the statistics matter - about seven cases a year. Am I right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Alan Kelly: Mr. French also said that he "would recommend an independent unit within the organisation submit the application to suspend guardianship". What Mr. French is specifically saying is that within the organisation there should be a unit that is almost land-locked away from what he just said.