Kildare North TD Aidan Farely said it is the "latest in a litany of spending scandals involving the needless waste of taxpayers’ money".
The Government is expected to announce a full review into the operations of the Arts Council after Ministers were told €7 million had been wasted on a proposed new IT system that has since been abandoned.
Kildare North TD Aidan Farelly said it is the "latest in a litany of spending scandals involving the needless waste of taxpayers’ money".
Minister for Arts and Culture Patrick O’Donovan briefed ministerial colleagues at this morning’s Cabinet meeting.
The department is understood to have been made aware of the issue last June.
This morning's briefing, however, is the first time that the Government as a whole has been formally briefed.
Farrelly, the Social Democrat party’s Arts Spokesperson, said questions need to be answered as to why the massive spend has only come to light now.
While the government has since ordered an external review of the Arts Council, the newly appointed Arts Minister, Patrick O'Donovan, is now facing calls to address the issue in the Dáil.
Farrelly said the Public Accounts Committee should conduct an examination of the Arts Council’s annual report and financial statements once the committee reconvenes.
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