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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 655. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form a list of all external public relations firms hired by her Department and associated costs incurred from 2007 to 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4537/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is obvious that there is a great deal of concern regarding what is in the ether at present. In the context of what Captain Cullen and Mr. Reidy had to say, there is also much misinformation. People's jobs are at stake and it is not just a case of connectivity, although that is an issue of major concern in the mid-west region where I live. A great deal of emotive language is being used....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: We are just discussing the City of Dublin Educational and Training Board. However, do we know if that practice is widespread with others? Has that been looked at?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: So it is probably an established practice.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I would like to go back to the questions Deputy McFadden asked. I know that Ms Fahy is limited in what she can say. From the public’s point of view, how do we know that there is not more missing from the National Library than the items being looked for? According to media reports these items were missing for up to a year before that was even detected?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is that complete?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Other material could be missing.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How can the public help to recover material that is missing and being sought if the library does not tell the public what is missing?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: People are potentially going to antique fairs, car boot sales and sales of work where artefacts owned by the State are put up for sale and buying them.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Regardless of what marks are on an artefact owned by the State, if a nice book comes up for sale from the boot of a car at a mart and winds up on someone’s coffee table the person does not know it is the property of the State and has been robbed. At what stage does the library say it must tell people what is missing in order to recover these things?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: There are a lot of artefacts missing.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does Ms Fahy accept my point, that unless the public and the media know what has been stolen and is potentially for sale-----

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: They would be the last people the person would sell back to.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: They are not going to sell it to legitimate librarians, with the greatest of respect. If they have stolen material from a library they are hardly going to offer it to the British Library.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Do you accept that the material will not be brought to your colleagues in other libraries?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is fair to say it will never be recovered unless you tell people what is missing. It will never be presented to colleagues in national libraries or universities around the world.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is it the practice of the library or has it been advised not to tell people what is missing?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is fair to say that we will never find out. I will move on to island airports. Could Mr. Hamill tell me whether the Department is paying a charge to the Irish Aviation Authority, IAA?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I realise the Department was the funding Department for the Limerick City of Culture initiative. I am wearing a parish jersey now. What was Mr. Hamill's overall impression of the year in terms of value for money and the events that were held? How has it positioned Limerick in terms of a possible bid for European City of Culture?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What did Mr. Hamill think of the State broadcaster's coverage of the "Granny"? I am sure he was down there.