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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I want to go back to the Secretary General about the IT systems. Flawed IT systems within the Department have been all over the news. Will the contractor the Arts Council used ever be used again? Is it still in the framework to be used by other Departments?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I will again go back to the review that was done by Niamh Brennan. Mr. Ó Coigligh confirmed that there was no payment in regard to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Is there nobody among the 500 staff who could do a review, so that we must go for an external review?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Do reviews of that kind involve an applications process? How do people get such contracts?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: What I am trying to find out is who decides on the person.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Is that for a paid role or an unpaid role?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: But there is not an application. Nobody has to apply for it.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Is that me done?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 253. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current staffing levels in the Passport Office; his targets for recruitment; and the additional time it may take to process a first time application in cases where additional documentation has been sought. [27330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the Israeli Defence Forces opening fire while Irish diplomats were present in the Jenin refugee camp; the steps he will take to ensure the safety of Irish diplomats from the Israeli defence forces; the response and sanctions he intends to levy against Israel in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28427/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (29 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the provision of hot school meals in primary schools; her response to reports highlighting poor nutritional value, waste and facilities in relation to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28835/25]

Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (28 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: This Bill will better protect employees’ unpaid wages and entitlements if their employer becomes insolvent. I would commend the Government on introducing it but let us be real. It is a matter of obligation more than choice. The Government did not push to protect worker entitlements when they were denied on foot of the Vita Cortex insolvency in 2011, nor did the Government spring...

Apology to Shane O'Farrell and his Family: Statements (27 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: The death of any person on our roads is a tragedy. The death of a child is a tragic hardship that no parent should have to bear. Shane O'Farrell was just 23 years old when he was struck and killed while out cycling near his home in Carrickmacross. The driver fled and while the man who took Shane's life handed himself into An Garda the next day, it seems as if in the intervening 14 years...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: In 2009, then Sinn Féin TD for Cavan-Monaghan Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin described Fianna Fáil's closure of the accident and emergency department at Monaghan Hospital as a "mortal" blow for the people of Monaghan. He warned that lives "will undoubtedly be put at risk" as they then had to travel for up to an hour to Cavan hospital. The average wait time at Cavan hospital's...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: By way of introduction, I was a councillor in Monaghan for the past 12 years and I was recently elected to the Dáil. Sinn Féin has appointed me as spokesperson on tourism and the diaspora, so I am delighted to be on this committee to see how we can work. I thank the Minister of State for coming in today and giving us his briefing. I am sorry I missed it. I had to run out for a...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Okay. I am just trying to get a handle on things to see where aid goes. Can we get the budget sheets on them to see what the money is spent on? Perhaps we could get that at some stage so we see where money is going. It is welcome that it goes to Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan. I would just like to see how it is spent, especially with the aid trucks not able to get into Gaza at the moment. Where...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (27 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur Trade Agreement and the negative impact it would have on Irish farming families. [25490/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (27 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number waiting by three-month intervals; the number of who received an assessment to date in 2025; the number of whom received their assessment within six months of application, by county; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (27 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 654. To ask the Minister for Health the bodies that operate under the aegis of her Departments; those bodies which her Department funds on an annual recurring basis; those similarly funded by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26927/25]

Broadcasting (Oversight of RTÉ Accounts) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I acknowledge the work of Deputy Ó Snodaigh in preparing this Bill and Deputy Byrne for proposing it today. Those in RTÉ have wantonly squandered the public moneys with which they have been entrusted. They have spent money lavishly entertaining themselves. They have spent the money of ordinary people on flip-flops for themselves. RTÉ has paid so-called stars obscene...