133. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he will publish the report of Professor Niamh Brennan into governance and culture at the Arts Council; and the timetable for the implementation of the recommendations within that report. [4113/26]
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290. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has made the Arts Council aware in writing of his objective as expressed publicly on a programme (details supplied) that they should support comedy; if so, the date; and if not, if he will do so. [62303/25]
232. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to clarify if it is within the scope of the review being conducted into governance and culture at the Arts Council (details supplied) to examine the exclusion of artforms from funding by the Arts Council, considering his statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Culture, Communications and Sport that he is awaitin…
81. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if, in light of his contribution to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Culture, Communications and Sport on 2 July 2025 that the Arts Council should not exclude comedy, he is prepared use his powers under section 5(3) of the Arts Act 2003 to give a direction in writing to the Council requiring it to comply with the polic…
512. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount by which the Arts Council arts grant funding scheme increased or decreased each year since 2019; and the amount by which overall funding for the Arts Council increased or decreased each year since 2019. [25254/25]
109. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason he has, in response to successive parliamentary questions, refused to identify the most senior official in his Department who was aware of the problems relating to the Arts Council IT project and who failed to inform the Minister; the reason he has refused to publish correspondence between the Arts Counc…
8. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the precise date on which his Department was first made aware of problems with the IT project of the Arts Council; if he is satisfied with the decision by his Department’s officials not to inform the then Minister or Secretary General of the problems and the associated financial loss of almost €7 million; who is bein…
216. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will identify any positions relating to IT which the Arts Council sought to establish or fill since 2018 and required clearance from a Government Department, as well as the length of time it took for such a request from the Arts Council to be granted clearance to do so by the relevant Departmen…
217. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform what representation his Department had on the project steering group overseeing the Arts Council’s IT project which received sign-off from his Department; what knowledge or personal sign-off did the then-Minister and Secretary General at the time have when sign-off was conducted in 2019 and again whe…
218. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will publish in full every correspondence between the Arts Council and his Department in relation to the IT project and its problems since it received sign-off from his Department in 2019. [8747/25]
260. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will offer his full support to the Arts Council’s efforts to recoup costs incurred by the IT project through legal redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8695/25]
261. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will identify any positions relating to IT which the Arts Council sought to establish or fill since 2018 and required clearance for from a Government Department, as well as the length of time it took for such a request from the Arts Council to be granted clearance to do so by the relevant Department and the r…
262. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will clarify the meaning of the ‘lessons learnt programme’ conducted in the Arts Council following the incorrect correspondence promising Next Generation Awards funding which had to be rescinded, as outlined in the 2023 Annual Report he recently signed off for publication; and if he will make a statement on t…
263. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will outline the composition of the project steering group overseeing the Arts Council’s IT project throughout its existence; and the representation his Department had on the group. [8743/25]
264. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will identify the most senior official in his Department who was aware of the Arts Council IT project problems prior to receipt of the 2023 Annual Report in summer 2024; how early they knew about the problems; and the reasons they decided not to inform the then Minister or Secretary General of the waste of al…
112. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer informed the then Minister of the review conducted on the Arts Council digital transformation programme in 2024 or of the issues raised by the Arts Council in 2023, if so when and if not why not; what issues were raised by the Arts Council wit…
60. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance when his Department was first made aware of the financial problems arising from the Arts Council IT system spend; and to publish any communications between his Department, the Arts Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media on the matter. [6444/25]
69. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when his Department was first made aware of the financial problems arising from the Arts Council IT system spend; and to publish any communications between his Department, the Arts Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media on the matter. [6443/25]
172. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the 2023 annual report for the Arts Council has not been published or laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will do so without delay. [5202/25]
173. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when his Department was first made aware of the overspend by the Arts Council on a digital transformation programme; to confirm that this overspend amounts to €7 million; the original estimated cost was for this digital transformation programme; if he is aware of the reasons for the overspend; if a new IT system wi…