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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I want to go back to some of the underspend on cultural infrastructure and development. There was an underspend of €6 million in 2020. The Department attributed that to a number of large-scale projects that did not progress due to the time frame relating to various issues, including Covid-19 delays. Ms Licken stated that the full underspend was to be carried forward into 2021....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: To be honest, I had been thinking capital.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We can certainly go into other areas. What I want to try to get a handle on first is what has been put off on the capital side of things and also if there were increased costs associated with Covid delays, especially during 2020. We know that 2021 has been slightly different.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I understand. Perhaps I could ask Ms Banotti about some of the Culture Ireland programmes that were mentioned by Ms Licken that had to be cancelled or could not happen.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Excuse me.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is fine as I am getting a real flavour of it. I also get the flavour of how much opportunity was missed both in the execution of the work and, more important, for the artists who would have had an opportunity and platform from that. It sounds like a long list. From the much more prosaic perspective of the Committee of Public Accounts, what is the cost of losing those opportunities?...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is important. I take it from the list given that many of the artists were in the US. Were they there for long or were they able to get back quickly?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We were not putting up somebody in Manhattan for six months or anything like that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is all right then.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Sure. I have a minute left and the Vice Chairman might advise if anybody has asked about the up-to-date position on the purchase and redevelopment of the national 1916 monument at Moore Street.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I appreciate the confusion and Ms Licken will understand why I asked.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps taken to make rent supplements accessible for victims of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57203/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current wait time for a standard citizenship application; the steps that are being taken to reduce the wait time throughout 2022 to meet the target of a nine-month wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57024/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (25 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the establishment of the Afghan admissions programme; the expected opening date for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57023/21]

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State for sharing time and Deputy Gannon for bringing forward this important Bill. Everything we are doing to have this conversation more openly and in this House contributes towards getting this work done quickly. I have raised this issue at least 12 times here since June 2020. The Minister of State is aware of the campaign of sort of low-grade harassment almost...

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Will copies of the Minister's speech be circulated?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I absolutely concur with my colleague, Deputy Bruton. I keep thinking about this child-centred focus from the perspective of the child and the child's needs. Speech therapists, occupational therapists and psychological supports should be brought into the child's school rather than the child having to be othered or made different by travelling to another place. I keep thinking this is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am very pleased to be able to discuss this matter along with my colleague, Deputy Bruton, and I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. The difference between the provision of supports for children with special educational needs in their schools and their having to go somewhere else after the school day finishes is transformative for the children, for their convenience, for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Health and the HSE to ensure the booster vaccine roll-out includes the prison population given the nature of the congregated setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57789/21]