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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will be proposing a renewal of the UNIFIL mandate for a further 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the roll-out of new ASD classes in secondary schools. [30838/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of the review of the school transport scheme. [30837/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (12 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details of the public-private partnership contract for a bridge (details supplied). [31406/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (12 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 282. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will commit to the retention of existing vital tax relief and extend for the lifetime of this Government to give certainty to the agricultural community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31355/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Reliefs (12 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update regarding farm related tax relief schemes currently available; schemes that he is considering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31354/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Inquiries (12 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 533. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 28 May 2025, to clarify a matter (details supplied). [31505/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I am conscious of the time so will be as brief as I can. To get into the specifics, the original budget was €2.97 million with a delivery date of June 2021. Is that correct? It was revised to €3.5 million with a delivery date of quarter 2 of 2022. The costs then rose to an outrageous €6.5 million by the time the Arts Council pulled the plug in June 2024. All the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I will come back to Ms Kennelly on the legal process in a second but I note remarks of the Secretary General, who stated: The Arts Council failed to seek or attain sanction for increases in the budget and resources it was applying to the project in 2021, 2022 and 2023 ... The Department failed to require the Arts Council to meet its obligations under the sanction which was provided and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: What I have here is the Arts Council, the Department and the line Minister and nobody is taking responsibility. Nobody is taking accountability. Everyone is passing the buck from one to the next. That is what it looks like. The Irish Government gave €140 million to the Arts Council and this particular project is probably 5% or 6% of that annual budget. It is not acceptable. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Ms Kennelly stated, "We have commenced legal proceedings against two contractors and are in the pre-action stage in relation to two others", and the Arts Council is vigorously pursuing its cases to reduce the loss to the taxpayer. What are the names of the contractors from which the Arts Council is pursuing legal redress?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I am sure Ms Kennelly can do so. In the case of the national children's hospital we all know the contractor is BAM.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Are those the names of the two contractors the Arts Council is pursuing legal redress from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: For absolute transparency, will Ms Kennelly confirm for the committee whether there is any connection whatsoever between either of those contractors and the Arts Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: When did the process commence regarding the legal proceedings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I note two more contractors have been added. When were they added?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Would it be fair to ask, would the Arts Council have pursued legal redress on those additional contractors if this had not become public knowledge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: The Arts Council was able to make a decision in 2021 on the initial two contractors and court proceedings started in 2021 and then these two additional contractors were added.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Apologies; it was 2022. These two additional ones were added in February or March of this year.