Oireachtas committee to see Arts Council chief's emails warning about botched €6.6m IT system

Almost 60 pieces of correspondence — some dating as far back as 2021 — have been handed over to the Oireachtas arts committee

Emails from Arts Council director Maureen Kennelly to the department included requests for 'an urgent meeting' and highlighting 'critical priority' of recruitment into the IT role. File picture

The head of the Arts Council alerted department officials to concerns over a botched IT system as far back as 2021, a raft of emails show.

Almost 60 pieces of correspondence have been handed over to members of the Oireachtas arts committee which show that the outgoing director of the Arts Council Maureen Kennelly had sought "urgent" meetings with senior department officials and repeatedly raised the need for resources to address cost and time overruns.