Results 101-120 of 319 for speaker:Joanna Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (10 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to engage the SEAI Pathfinder Programme with a school in Drogheda (details supplied) to achieve their retrofit and energy goals, and replace inadequate heating and insulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29769/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (10 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 715. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans his Department have to effectively promote and successfully implement copper switch off; whether his Department has, or is working on, an implementation plan for same; when this roadmap plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30040/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 1210. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be provided in Budget 2026 to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands and north east in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the roll out of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country. [30307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 1162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be provided in this year’s Budget to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for the Midlands and North East in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country; and if she will make a statement on...

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)

Joanna Byrne: I welcome the witnesses. I have some questions for the Arts Council about the €5.2 million that was written off for an IT system deemed not to be fit for purpose and which was eventually discontinued. When this project was first planned six years ago, it was estimated it would cost roughly €3 million and take two and a half years to complete. Ms Kennelly said that coming up...

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)

Joanna Byrne: That might have led to the council not being able to address some of the substandard work.

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)

Joanna Byrne: Does the senior expert IT expert the council brought in involve an additional cost or is it included in the cost-----

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)

Joanna Byrne: Ms Kennelly mentioned that the Arts Council is seeking legal redress against two of the contractors. Did it withhold any payments to those contractors at the time or were they paid for all the work?

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)

Joanna Byrne: They still have not been paid.

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)

Joanna Byrne: Ms Kennelly also mentioned that the council engaged with the Office of Government Procurement prior to this project. Has there been further engagement with the Office of Government Procurement regarding how we move forward on this?

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)

Joanna Byrne: With regard to the late submission of the Arts Council's financial statements, the Comptroller and Auditor General outlined in his opening statement the timeline of when it presented the accounts. The Arts Council presented them to the Department but they were not presented to the Oireachtas Library until four months later. This is probably directed more at Mr. Ó Coigligh than Ms...

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)

Joanna Byrne: The Minister was aware of this-----

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)

Joanna Byrne: The Minister did not inform Government.

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)

Joanna Byrne: I appreciate the context of that because a lot of that has been a grey area in recent times. Just so we are clear, however, the Minister was aware, followed Mr. Ó Coigligh's advice and did not take it to the Government at that stage until the audit was complete, and Mr. Ó Coigligh knew 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)

Joanna Byrne: I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh. I will go back to the Arts Council, if I may. The financial strain of everything we are discussing here is being felt in the sector. Ms Kennelly stated that demands for Arts Council funds have risen by 245% since 2020. I have some queries on why the Arts Council decided to reduce the arts grant funding programme without consultation with the stakeholders...

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)

Joanna Byrne: Will Ms Kennelly give some clarity on how an organisation becomes strategically funded or what the entry criteria for that are?

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)

Joanna Byrne: Therefore, it is at the discretion of arts council management.

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)

Joanna Byrne: Coming back to the Department, it is clearly aware of its obligations to present audited financial statements within sufficient timelines. I know this query has been put to the Secretary General already. I put it to him. While citing a failure of governance in the Arts Council, he acknowledged a failure of oversight on the part of the Department. Having listened to the responses to all...

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)

Joanna Byrne: Would Mr. Ó Coigligh make that decision again?