Departmental Bodies
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Christopher O'Sullivan (FF), Cork South-West

I completely understand. The Senator is representing people who are being frustrated by this process and who are agitated by it. I totally understand. Fair play to the Senator for representing those people.
As I outlined, I cannot get into the weeds in terms of the day-to-day running of the organisation. If Tailte Éireann has requests for me or the Department that will help to improve efficiency, we are there for those. It is onboarding staff who are now in the training phase. I hope that when that onboarding and training are complete, we will see further efficiency.
I also referenced that the organisation is making a lot of operating changes. It is revising its procedures to ensure it does not become a bottleneck in the process. Work is ongoing. I ask for a bit of patience, although I acknowledge that the Senator raised the issue in February. Let us see how the onboarding and training go and give Tailte Éireann a chance to ensure it can work out a lot of those issues.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09