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

Shane Ross: I met Mr. Gillen last week and he has a point. We had representatives of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine here and they talked about the current leases. Mr. Gillen said there were many vacant properties in Howth and that the Department was doing nothing about them because there was no incentive to lease them. He has been seeking to lease one of them but has been unable to...

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

Shane Ross: I would be happy to go and see it if somebody would come with me.

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

Shane Ross: We should write to the Department.

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

Shane Ross: I have one more question. Where do we stand on the court case?

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

Shane Ross: Where do we stand on the court case being taken by Angela Kerins?

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

Shane Ross: It seems to have disappeared into the ether. We are very relaxed about it, but it would be useful to know exactly.

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)

Shane Ross: No.

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)

Shane Ross: That is okay if he is going to be as brief as Deputy Costello.

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)

Shane Ross: I have in front of me a list of the bodies and agencies that fall under the custodianship of the Department. I think I am right in saying the Department has a role in corporate governance. Could Mr. Hamill tell me what that role is?

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)

Shane Ross: The Department is the watchdog with regard to corporate governance.

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)

Shane Ross: Mr. Hamill referred to gaps. Where were the gaps?

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)

Shane Ross: Where were gaps discovered after the Department sent out a template form with a kind of checklist to all these bodies?

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)

Shane Ross: Where were the gaps? Where were they at fault?

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)

Shane Ross: Mr. Hamill really does not know.

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)

Shane Ross: When board places are being filled, there is an obligation on the directors to oversee that process and to fill in gaps where there are skill set problems. Are they fulfilling that obligation?

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)

Shane Ross: Yes.

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)

Shane Ross: The Department has to do a proactive job to ensure the boards are filling some sort of role, there are people with different skill sets in those boards and they are complying with corporate governance requirements.

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)

Shane Ross: Is that the state in all these boards?

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)

Shane Ross: Yes.

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)

Shane Ross: What has the Department been doing in the last few years, apart from the 2013 template that was sent out? What has it been doing as a watchdog to oversee the boards and ensure they are fulfilling the corporate governance regulations it is supervising?