The Government has ordered an external review to be carried out into yet another controversial spending of taxpayer's money.
The Government has ordered an external review to be carried out into yet another controversial spending of taxpayer's money.The project, which was meant to make funding applications easier, was shelved last year.The issue was raised at Cabinet yesterday with Ministers said to be furious about the waste of money.
“The second thing that I have done is also initiated an internal examination of my own department's role with regard to this - because obviously the money is derived from the exchequer through the department.”Minister O’Donovan said he doesn’t know when his predecessor, Catherine Martin, was made aware of this massive spend.
Minister O’Donovan has said he has also tried to initiate a review of his department and that will report directly to the Government as well. The offices of The Arts Council and Aosdana, the association of Irish artists in Merrion Square, Dublin, Ireland. Image: Alamy “Minister Donovan has directed a full investigation into the overall structures of the Arts Council - this is a really important organisation.”
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