Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received the 2020 annual report for the National Concert Hall, Screen Ireland and the Arts Council; and when same will be published. [35977/21]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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My Department submits the annual reports and accounts of all State bodies under its aegis to the Government in advance of their being laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. These State bodies include the National Concert Hall, Screen Ireland and the Arts Council. In addition, it is standard practice that each of these bodies publish their annual report and financial statement once they have completed this process.

The timelines for the preparation and submission of annual reports and accounts of State bodies revolves around the completion of the audit of each body's annual accounts by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) or by other auditors appointed by the C&AG. I understand that, as yet, the C&AG has not completed its audit of any of the three bodies in question.