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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: 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-----
- Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: I think the Leas Cheann-Comhairle is wrong.
- Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: Hear, hear.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (10 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: 133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government as part of the national home energy upgrade scheme one-stop shop, the number of homes in Carlow–Kilkenny that have had retrofitting works completed to date in 2025; the number of homes in Carlow–Kilkenny that are currently undergoing works; and the number of homes in Carlow–Kilkenny that are on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (10 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: 136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on progress on the Programme for Government commitment to enact legislation in 2025 to accelerate the roll out of district heating systems. [30119/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (10 Jun 2025)
Peter Cleere: 201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with his European counterparts in relation to the EU Mercosur free trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30455/25]