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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: I am conscious of the time. Apologies. What was the nature of the roles that were taken on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: Did the Arts Council not think of hiring somebody with an ICT background?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: The Arts Council went from 58 to 122 staff and never took on an additional ICT person. I note from Ms Kennelly's comments that the Arts Council now has senior ICT expertise in-house.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: When were they hired?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: How many staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: What is the cost in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: Each?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: Okay, so that is in addition.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: What I have here is the Arts Council, the Department and the line Minister and nobody is taking responsibility. Nobody is taking accountability. Everyone is passing the buck from one to the next. That is what it looks like. The Irish Government gave €140 million to the Arts Council and this particular project is probably 5% or 6% of that annual budget. It is not acceptable. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: I will be brief, as I am conscious of time. I want to focus in on the €60,000 from the legal redress element of it. When exactly did the Department step in to discuss the future direction of legal cases and tell the Arts Council not to incur any more costs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: Did the Arts Council consult with the Department before starting legal proceedings?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: I appreciate Ms Kennelly's input there because on the one hand, the Arts Council will want to recoup the money - which is obvious, and fair play - but the Department might not even be allowing it to continue to pursue it. The Arts Council feels it has a very strong case, and the Department is saying it is going to pull back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: Would the Department not have sought that before?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: Okay. I will move on to my next piece. On the costing of this, it was originally €2.9 million-odd going back to 2021. The cost has ballooned and everybody here is responsible in some way, whether it is the Arts Council or the Department. I am not putting anyone off the hook here. Some €6.7 million has gone down the swanny. Forget about it; it is gone. We have two...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: Would Mr. Ó Coigligh accept that public funds were mismanaged?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: I am under pressure for time. Would Mr. Ó Coigligh accept that public funds were mismanaged?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: "Yes" or "no".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: So "yes".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: Chair, I am looking for a "yes" or "no" answer, please.