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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Does Mr. Ó Coigligh have anything to add to the second part of my question, what actions were taken on foot of those revelations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: What actions were taken, though? I looked at the report, but what were the actions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Thank you. I am going to leave it there, because I have a few more issues to delve into. Either Ms McGrath or Ms Kennelly made a point of questioning the appropriateness of expectations of small expert agencies leading on complex IT projects. It was also stated that one of the explanations for the project management failure was that the Council did not have and was unable to secure expert...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The Arts Council was also in a position to engage the OGCIO via its parent Department at any stage in the design and management of the project. Why was that not done until after the surfacing of the total failure of the project and the associated financial cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Speaking of past projects, has the Arts Council done an audit of other significant projects, IT based or otherwise, during the past six years to identify whether any other projects were subject to significant overspends or write-downs or did not result in a functional result?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Okay. Who was the decision-maker, or decision-makers, who decided not to take the off-the-shelf IT solution in the first place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Sorry, I am under pressure for time. Was there an internal decision-maker who decided, with all of that consultation, to not go with an off-the-shelf solution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Of the board or somebody internally, who was the decision-maker who put this forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Okay, apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: On the HEO appointment, did Ms Kennelly seek sanction for a higher grade initially?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a list of all missions since 2006 that Ireland participated in which were not established by the UN but received a UN Mandate, by year, number of troops deployed, and purpose of mission, in tabular form. [31105/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a list of all missions, including those which were authorised under section 3 of the Defence Amendment Act 2006, since 2006 that Ireland participated in which did not have a UN mandate, by year, number of troops deployed, and purpose of the mission, in tabular form. [31106/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the up-to-date figures relating to Defence Forces recruitment of personnel broken down by service, rank and reserve or non-reserve status, by month from the period 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31107/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the up-to-date figures relating to Defence Forces personnel who have left the Defence Forces broken down by service, rank and reserve or non-reserve status, by month from the period 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31108/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 29 April 2025, if there is any formal tabular measurement of the regional balance with respect to the Government’s NDP capital investment commitment of €165 billion 2021-30 or budget 2025 provision of almost €15 billion and €3 billion proceeds of the AIB sharing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 29 April 2025, if his Department envisages any further improvements to the provision of information to Dáil Éireann and public on specific capital spending projects supported by the public purse. [31213/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has conducted any scoping exercises on how any potential increase in overseas deployments will impact the State’s ability to monitor and patrol Irish seas and airspace, in light of the ongoing difficulties with recruitment and retention in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31236/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (12 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason, under the Government’s proposed changes to the triple lock, adherence to the principles of the UN Charter and international law underpin deployment of troops instead of adherence to the UN Charter and international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31238/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how his Department plans on addressing the ongoing problems of understaffing in critical Defence Forces infrastructure, such as air traffic controllers; if his actions will be in line with the Defence Forces Group 2021 recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31237/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review the current provisions for teacher allocation to schools to avoid or minimise instances where the loss of a teacher necessitates the introduction of multigrade classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31131/25]