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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: 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: 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: It is €10 million.
- 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: This is my last question before I go. I am really conscious of time. There were obviously huge communication issues between the Department and the Arts Council. What is the Department going to do to sort them out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: I will put the same question to the witnesses from the Arts Council because I know it is frustrating for them as well.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the possibility of making the driving theory test a mandatory element of the transition year cycle programme will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31104/25]
- Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: Two and a half minutes, is it?
- Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: I appreciate the opportunity to speak here this afternoon on such an important topic. As Deputies know, the housing crisis is the single greatest issue facing this generation. I, like many of my colleagues, have spoken to so many people who still feel locked out of the property market. They are, perhaps, living at home, or are young people living abroad because they see a better quality of...
- Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: I think the Leas Cheann-Comhairle has the time wrong. I thought it was five-----