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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I ask for an opportunity to have a debate in this House about the sportsperson’s tax rebate. On retirement, Irish athletes who have lived and trained in Ireland are entitled to claim tax back on 40% of their earnings from their sport. The then Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, first introduced sportsperson's tax relief in 2002 and, at the time, said the measures were being...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter and making time for it in the schedule after last week's mishap. I thank the Minister for making time this morning. I know she is very busy as we approach the recess. I appreciate her coming to the House today to discuss an escalating crisis in early life healthcare. Our HSE public health nurses do important work. I want to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I thank the Minister. That piece of information on the six additional whole-time equivalent nurses is new. If they are beginning in September 2025, that will significantly impact in a positive way in the Dublin areas the Minister mentioned. If she has an opportunity to pass word back to the HSE and the managers in the area, it is important that, as part of that workload in September, they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: It is good to see the Minister again. I want to pick up on something quite concerning he said a minute ago. He said he does not know if we have bottomed out. He is the Minister in a time of crisis for the Arts Council, so I wish to ask him a direct question. Have the Arts Council and its board lost the trust of the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: We all did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I think the Minister should know if we have bottomed out because he is the Minister. At this point, the Arts Council is under pressure and in a time of crisis. It should have provided full disclosure and the Minster should have every piece of information in front of him that he needs. Just for the sake of the record, I think the Minister should know and should be informed as to whether we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Yes. I take the point the Minister made around the contract, wanting to have a timeline for the new executive director and to wait until the outcome of the report. I think that makes sense. We are, though, talking about the guts of €7 million gone. The Arts Council still does not have an IT system. The off-the-shelf one is still maybe an option. We are still, though, talking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I have more questions, but I will wait until the next round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I wish to get clarification on GAA+. I think its launch was postponed or cancelled in early March. Was it fully signed off between the RTÉ board and the Minister? I think the Minister would have had to sign off on it. It was GAAGo and it was reconfigured into GAA+. What is the state of play?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: For clarity, RTÉ technically still has 50% ownership of GAAGo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: So it still has that at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: GAAGo. GAA+ is a new venture and it did not need any-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Will that be addressed within the governance review as well by Professor Niamh Brennan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: That is all right; I will take it. I thank the Department officials for coming in again. I was not sure where I would start, but I might just pick up on what Senator Comyn said about the legal challenges and where those are at. I was really surprised to see the clarification in Mr. Ó Coigligh's opening statement around the cost, and when the Arts Council or the Department was told to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Chair, did we get a communication on this? The Arts Council told this committee, not the Department, that the figure was €60,000. Its representatives were asked repeatedly if it was definitely just €60,000. I asked a lot of questions about accounting and finance competencies on the Arts Council board. Did we get a communication from the Arts Council to correct the record?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Okay. I think-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Yes, it was just that it was such a talking point around money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: It would have been an important clarification to get from the Arts Council because, as Mr. Ó Coigligh said in his opening statement, these State bodies are accountable for public money. They are accountable for the money, and I think the Arts Council should have clarified that sooner than today, frankly, through the Department. It should have come straight to the committee on this...