Results 61-80 of 296 for speaker:Séamus McGrath
- 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) Séamus McGrath: I will turn my attention to the Department. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General referred to €56.4 million in unspent capital in 2023, some of which it was possible to carry over. The large part was returned. Will Mr. Ó Coigligh please explain how such a sum went unspent?
- 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) Séamus McGrath: I thank everyone for staying on for additional questions. First, to the Arts Council and the issue of projects with 22-plus external contractors and so on, did all those have professional indemnity insurance? Was that a check that was carried out before engaging their services?
- 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) Séamus McGrath: With such a large number of contractors, there will be a small number which were project management type which were leads in this project.
- 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) Séamus McGrath: I presume all of those had?
- 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) Séamus McGrath: They would have had insurance cover.
- 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) Séamus McGrath: And all those being pursued through the courts had insurance cover?
- 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) Séamus McGrath: Okay. I am not looking for a name, but who in the organisation was responsible for the project? Who, ultimately, was charged with overseeing this project?
- 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) Séamus McGrath: Therefore the role changed in the overall responsibility.
- 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) Séamus McGrath: Okay. We are tight for time. I will switch back to the gallery. What is the room that was initially intended to accommodate the X-ray machine being used for now? Who made the decision that was more of a priority over and above making the machine operational?
- 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) Séamus McGrath: Okay. I know it was touched on earlier but why did it take seven years for the gallery to make the decision to order the cabinet to accommodate the machine?
- 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) Séamus McGrath: But it took seven years to carry out those checks and reviews?
- 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) Séamus McGrath: Yes, I know. I am caught for time. The last point I would like to make is that this is as an organisation that is funded by the Exchequer to the tune of 78%. I do not think the argument stacks up that the additional cost will not fall back on the Exchequer. From an accounting point of view, it may well be coming from the gallery's own resources, but, ultimately, there is an opportunity...
- 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) Séamus McGrath: And that was not foreseen at an earlier stage.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (29 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved over the past five years; the number of applicants associated with these claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27764/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (29 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views of current levels of investment from credit unions into the approved housing bodies fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27763/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (29 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a full update on the proposed main flood scheme at Ballinhassig, County Cork; the current stage of the project; and to provide clarification on the remaining stages and estimated timelines. [27808/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Access (29 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: 190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position on the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. [27341/25]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Appeals (27 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I welcome some of the reply regarding some of the improvements already in train. I very much welcome that the Minister, Deputy Calleary, has met the appeals team and additional staff are now being employed, bringing the total number of staff to 64. This is certainly welcome. With regard to the new appeals regulations, there are positive...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Appeals (27 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Topical Issue. I refer to the long period people have to wait for a social welfare appeal to be decided. As the Minister of State knows, this places huge stress on individuals and families who are waiting for decisions to be made. Invalidity pensions, domiciliary care allowance and carer's allowance are some of the applications subject to very...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I thank the witnesses from the Central Bank and the ESRI for their opening statements, which give a good snapshot of their position on the housing situation at present. Both organisations' predictions for delivery in 2025 are similar, at in or around the 35,000 mark. There is a distinction in terms of 2026, with the Central Bank forecasting a figure of 44,000 and the ESRI saying 37,000...