Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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690. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bodies under the remit of her Department that have not yet published audited accounts and their annual report for 2016; the names of these bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3389/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, following audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Annual Reports and Accounts of state bodies are submitted to Government prior to publication. I am advised that six bodies under the remit of this Department have fully completed this process and have published audited accounts and their annual report for 2016:

- The Arts Council,

- The Heritage Council,

- The Chester Betty Library,

- The Crawford Gallery,

- Údarás na Gaeltachta, and

- Waterways Ireland. 

I am advised that the annual reports and accounts for 2016 for:

- The National Gallery of Ireland,

- The National Concert Hall, and

- An Coimisinéir Teanga

have now been submitted to Government and publication is expected shortly.

I am further advised that the four bodies listed as follows are now in the final stages of preparation and expect to be in a position to circulate their audited accounts and annual reports for 2016 for Government approval shortly:

- The National Museum of Ireland,

- The Irish Museum of Modern Art,

- The National Library of Ireland, and

- The Irish Film Board.