asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amounts allocated by his Department from national lottery funds in each county to date.
38.
Written Answers. - National Lottery Allocations.
37.
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give details of all national lottery moneys which have been received by his Department; if he will give details of the allocation of these funds by his Department; and the commitments entered into in regard to future disbursement.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 38 together.
The provision of £400,000 in the Estimate for the Department for 1988 for the promotion of cultural relations with other countries has been funded from the national lottery. Grants are made under this heading by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the advice of the Cultural Relations Committee and go towards the promotion of Irish cultural and artistic events, lecture tours etc. abroad.
Applications for such grants may be received from groups and individuals anywhere in Ireland and in many cases are not readily identifiable with a particular geographic location. Furthermore, most of the funds granted are of their nature expended either abroad or on travel abroad. Identification of expenditure by county is not therefore feasible.
A complete schedule detailing the individual grants paid to date and grants approved and not yet paid is set out as follows. No additional commitments have been entered into in regard to future disbursement.
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Applicants |
Grant paid |
Grant committed but not yet paid |
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£ |
£ |
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Pauline Bewick |
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—Exhibition of paintings in Odette Gilbert Gallery, London. |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Exhibition of Irish Graphics |
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—Transport, insurance and storage in the Federal Republic of Germany — estimated |
1,240.00 |
2,157.80 |
|
Touring exhibition of Irish Crafts to European Countries |
5,476.06 |
4,987.12 |
|
Ceramic Art (Ireland) Ltd. |
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—Participation in international exhibition in Paris “Ob Art'86” from 5-10 September 1986 |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Participation of two Irish artists in the 19th International Festival of Painting at Cagnes-sur-Mer, 3 July - 30 Sept. 1987 |
224.83 |
|
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Danish Foundation of Muscular Dystrophy |
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—Grant towards cost of Apex airfares for Gene Lambert to attend his photographic exhibition entitled “Work in a Dark Room” in Copenhagen from 2-31 May 1987 |
260.00 |
|
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Siamsa Chomh Luadar Gaol (S.C.G.) |
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—Exhibition by 9 Irish artists at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Brittany 7-16 August 1987 |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Howard Gardens Gallery |
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—Exhibition of contemporary ceramics at the Mall Gallery, London, 9-14 November 1987 |
400.00 |
|
|
Irish-German Exchange Exhibition of Art 1988 |
13,875.00 |
|
|
Maud Cotter |
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—Participation in a stained glass touring exhibition of Germany and Austria for approximately one year commencing 1 May 1988 |
500.00 |
|
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Richard Gorman |
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—Participation in the International Festival of Painting Retrospective which will be held at Cagnes-sur-Mer, France July/September 1988 |
1,730.00 |
|
|
James Coleman |
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—Exhibition at the Museum Sztuki in Lodz, Poland which will take place in the Autumn of 1988 |
1,102.00 |
670.00 |
|
European Centre for Traditional and Regional Cultures: |
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—Irish participation in a group Exhibition at the Bethesda Chapel, Llangollen, Wales for 1-2 years from April 1988 |
1,175.00 |
5,575.00 |
|
Dr. Michael Ryan |
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—Cost of accommodation/ subsistence for three members of the National Museum to accompany and oversee setting up and dismantling of the Exhibition on Ireland which will take place in Stockholm from 18 March 1988 and to lecture on the exhibits, which are being loaned by the National Museum. |
876.00 |
1,241.00 |
|
Pauline Cummins |
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|
—Cost of exhibition in Copenhagen in June 1988 |
450.00 |
|
|
Paul Funge |
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|
—Travel expenses to the US to lecture on Contemporary Art in Ireland and to give a presentation of his works and those of other contemporary Irish artists 17-25 March 1988 |
550.00 |
|
|
Ann Cremin |
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—Irish participation in a European exhibition which will tour 14 countries up to end of 1988 |
7,500.00 |
|
|
ROSC |
||
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—Expenses of seven European art critics and two curators |
3,000.00 |
|
|
John Keating |
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—Participation in the XXII International Prix of Contemporary Art of Monte Carlo which will be held at the Musee National de Monaco from 1-23 June 1988 |
750 |
|
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Exhibition of Contemporary Irish Art —“Divisions Crossroads Turns of Mind Some New Irish Art” |
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—Return airfares for Irish artists to attend the opening on 18 March in Helsinki and to give performances, lectures, etc. for 4-5 days afterwards |
1,209.00 |
277.00 |
|
Time Stone Gallery “West of Ireland Artists for Australia 88” exhibition |
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|
—Grant towards cost of catalogue |
4,000.00 |
|
|
Michele Souter |
||
|
—Cost of a one-woman exhibition at the Stephanie Knight Gallery, London in August 1988. |
300.00 |
|
|
Irish Patchwork Society |
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|
—Travel expenses of three delegates to participate in the “Quilt Expo Europa” which will take place in Salzburg in June 1988. |
687.00 |
|
|
Association of Irish Composers |
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|
—Exchange concerts with Denmark and Wales |
283.00 |
|
|
—Purchase of copies of collection of songs in Irish language by Ossian Publications to celebrate European Music Year, for distribution abroad. |
375.00 |
|
|
John Feeley |
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|
—Participation in the International Guitar competition “Francisco Tarrega” in Benicasim, Spain from August 24-28 1987 |
320.00 |
|
|
European Community Youth Orchestra |
||
|
—Tour of the United States in April 1988 |
330.00 |
|
|
Anthony Byrne |
||
|
—Expenses of piano recital in the Purcell Room, London on 14 March 1988 |
400.00 |
|
|
St. Michael's Pipe Band |
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|
—Participation in the 1988 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Washington DC (13 March) and in New York (17 March) |
1,500.00 |
|
|
Choir of St. Mary's College, Arklow |
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|
—Participation in the European Festival of Music for Youth, which will be held in Neerpelt, Belgium in April 1988 |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Philip Martin |
||
|
—Grant towards cost of joint recitals with Penelope Price Jones in Italy in March 1988 |
287.41 |
612.59 |
|
Ceolinn |
||
|
—Grant towards travel expenses to Geneva to give performances 16-20 March 1988 |
2,000 |
|
|
Drandan |
||
|
—Grant to meet expenses for visit to Nova Scotia to give performances from 1-5 April 1988 |
1,800 |
|
|
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann |
||
|
—Grant towards expenses of US/Canadian tour 23 September-10 October 1988. |
7,500.00 |
|
|
The Liam Lynch Memorial Pipe Band |
||
|
—Participation in the 1988 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Chicago and performances at a number of Irish clubs in Chicago 18-25 March. |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Culture de Musique Irlandaises |
||
|
—Grant to meet the cost of return Apex airfare to Paris for Matt Molloy to give a concert and workshops in Montigny on 27 and 28 January 1988. |
164.00 |
|
|
—Annual meeting in Brussels of European Community Youth Orchestra Administrative Committee on 14 March 1988 |
440.00 |
|
|
Ardee Concert Band |
||
|
—Participation in the 1988 Boosey and Hawkes Concert Band Festival which will be held in the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester on 27 March 1988. |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Hot City Orchestra |
||
|
—Participation in the 1988 Boosey and Hawkes Band Competition in Manchester |
440.00 |
|
|
Edinburgh International Piping Festival |
||
|
—Expenses of Seán Potts Jr. to participate in the Edinburgh Festival which will take place from 1-3 April 1988. |
181.00 |
|
|
—Assistance to GPA Dublin International Piano Competition |
500.00 |
|
|
Gerald Barry |
||
|
—Airfare to New York in connection with a performance of his work, “Things that Gain by being Painted”, which will be performed by the New York New Music Ensemble at Symphony Space on 18 May 1988 |
545.00 |
|
|
Slievenamon Set Dancing Club |
||
|
—Performances in the United States 21 May to 5 June 1988 |
9,000.00 |
|
|
St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band |
||
|
—Participation in Pipe Band Championships in Scotland in August 1988 |
2,000.00 |
|
|
European Community Youth Orchestra |
||
|
—Grant for 1988 |
6,786.00 |
|
|
The Shetland Folk Festival Society |
||
|
—Expenses for an Irish group of musicians (“Strung Out”) to participate in the 1988 Festival which takes place from 28 April to 1 May 1988. |
916.00 |
|
|
Brú Ború (Cashel Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann) |
||
|
—Performances in Sardinia 22-25 April 1988. |
2,000.00 |
|
|
The Football Association of Ireland |
||
|
—Participation by the Augustinian Junior Choir, Drogheda in the Inauguration Ceremony of Euro '88 at the Rhine Stadium, Dusseldorf on 10 June 1988 |
500.00 |
|
|
The Lil Tully Folk Group: |
||
|
—Participation in the 2nd International meeting for young people (Tradition — Dance — Friendship) at Ioannina, Greece 10-16 July 1988. |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Clanna Mileadha, (The Milesians) Traditional Group: |
||
|
—Participation in the Waldkraiburg Festival, Bavaria and in a European Youth Cultural Festival in Alsace, France June/July 1988. |
1,500.00 |
|
|
Irish Universities Theatre Company |
||
|
—Performances of 4 plays at universities in the United States during a 6 month period commencing in October 1987 |
1,500.00 |
|
|
Irish Heritage |
||
|
—Performance at the Ambassador's Theatre in London on 15 November 1987 |
650.00 |
|
|
Charabanc Theatre Company |
||
|
—Proposed tour of US (Baltimore, San Francisco, Boston). January 8-March 20 1988 |
3,000.00 |
|
|
The Abbey Theatre |
||
|
—Performance of “The Field” and “The Great Hunger” in the USSR in February 1988 |
25,000.00 |
|
|
Graffiti Theatre Company |
||
|
—Performances in France 12-26 March 1988 |
500.00 |
|
|
Barry McGovern |
||
|
—Travel costs to Madrid and accommodation costs to enable him to undertake theatre performances and two speaking engagements there in February 1988 |
460.00 |
|
|
Listowel Players |
||
|
—Performances of John B. Keane's “Sharon's Grave” in London 11-24 March 1988 |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Operating Theatre |
||
|
—Performances of “The Diamond Body” at the 7th International Theatre Festival of Caracas, Venezuela which will take place from 17-27 March 1988 |
4,500.00 |
|
|
Wexford Arts Centre's Youth Drama Group |
||
|
—Visit to Wales 8-10 April 1988 to participate in workshops and perform at the Theatre Clwyd |
300.00 |
|
|
Fand Productions |
||
|
—Performances of the play “Exit Entrance” at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London for 4 weeks in March/April 1988 |
10,000.00 |
|
|
Dublin Youth Theatre |
||
|
—Performances at an International Drama Festival in Grodno, Russia from 19-26 May 1988 |
2,450.00 |
|
|
Operating Theatre |
||
|
—Expenses in connection with rehearsals for the one woman play “The Diamond Body” which will be performed at the International Theatre Festival of Caracas, Venezuela 17-27 March 1988 |
500.00 |
|
|
Barefoot Dance Company |
||
|
—Travel to New York to participate in a Dance exchange with Kaleidescope Dancers, 21 October - 16 December 1988 |
1,320.00 |
|
|
Irish participation in a special series on the oral traditions of various countries organised by India International Centre |
630.00 |
|
|
St. Mary's University Halifax |
||
|
—Grant for 1987 |
2,253.00 |
|
|
—Grant for 1988 |
2,253.00 |
|
|
Participation of three Irish Lecturers in a conference at the Cushwa Centre, University of Notre Dame, April 1987 |
550.00 |
|
|
Professor Gearoid MacEoin |
||
|
—Return travel expenses of Miss Jacqueline Wardlaw to Poland to lecture in Irish at the University of Poznan during the academic year 1987/88 |
170.35 |
|
|
Roisin Ní Mheara-Vinard |
£ |
£ |
|
—Irish participation in a Celtic Seminar in Vienna from mid-October - mid-December 1987 |
1,200.00 |
|
|
London-Irish Commission for Culture and Education (LICCE) |
||
|
—Grant towards the expenses of the Siol Padraig Festival in London 8 Sept. -20 December 1987 |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Madame Jacqueline Genet |
||
|
—Participation of Edna Longley in a conference on Anglo-Irish Literature at the University of Caen on 8 and 9 January 1988 |
200.00 |
|
|
Professor L.M. Cullen |
||
|
—Grant towards travel expenses of Irish participants in joint meeting of Irish and French Historians, Marseilles, France Autumn 1988 |
2,000.00 |
|
|
Scottish Poets' Exchange Spring 1988 |
3,000.00 |
|
|
Canadian Association for Irish Studies |
||
|
—Grant towards 21st Annual International Conference at the Marianopolis College, Montreal, 2-6 March 1988 |
2,000.00 |
|
|
Julia O Faolain |
||
|
—Return economy airfare from London to Adelaide to participate in the Adelaide Writer's Week in March 1988 |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Dr. Carla de Petris |
||
|
—Expenses of Richard Kearney and one poet to participate in a conference on “Celtic Identity Today: the Sleeping Role of the Poet” at the University of Turin on 15 and 16 April 1988 and to do a lecture tour of major universities in Italy for 1 to 2 weeks afterwards |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Yeats Society of India |
||
|
—Expenses of Professor Augustine Martin to enable him to give the Yeats memorial lecture in New Delhi on 28 January 1988 and to lecture at other venues in India |
1,005.00 |
|
|
Professor Peter C. Woodman |
||
|
—Participation in the Centre for Field Research Conference (Earthwatch) in Boston and to lecture at selected venues in the Mid-West and East coast of the US 15-29 February 1988 |
400.00 |
|
|
Conference of Irish Historians in Britain |
||
|
—Participation by seven Irish experts in the Sixth Conference of Irish Historians in Britain which will be held in the Trevelyan College, University of Durham, 18-20 March 1988 |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Professor Brigit Bramsback |
||
|
—Travel expenses of Grainne Yeats who will give a lecture and musical performance at the University of Uppsala, Sweden in late April or May 1988 |
380.00 |
|
|
Lectureship in Celtic Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden |
||
|
—Grant for the 1987/88 academic year |
1,300.00 |
|
|
Dr. Stewart Donovan |
||
|
—Grant towards the cost of tour of Canadian Universities by Paul Durcan in March 1988 |
670.00 |
|
|
Mr. Wilfred Lockwood of the Chester Beatty Library |
||
|
—Grant to meet the cost of return airfare to New Delhi to give a lecture in March 1988 |
400.00 |
|
|
Professor Oliver MacDonagh, Australian National University |
||
|
—Grant towards the expenses of Irish scholars to participate in the 3rd Irish-Australian Canberra Conference which will be held from 30 August to 2 September 1988 |
1,540.00 |
1,540.00 |
|
Dr. Padraig O Gormaile and Professor William Smyth |
||
|
—Cost of giving lectures at the World Conference of the International Council on Francophone Studies, Montreal, 12-16 April 1988 |
550.00 |
|
|
Professor Bekker-Nielsen, Odense University, Denmark |
||
|
—Travel expenses of Professor F.X. Martin to lecture at the 7th Viking Symposium at the University on 3 and 4 May 1988 |
265.20 |
34.80 |
|
Charles John Benson |
||
|
—Travel expenses to the US to give a lecture at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania and at other US Universities April/May 1988 |
200.00 |
|
|
Maire Uí Mhaicin |
||
|
—Grant to lecture at the 11th Conference of Europe of the Regions Copenhagen, 23-27 June 1988 |
300.00 |
|
|
The Irish Branch of the Celtic Congress |
||
|
—Irish participation in the International Meeting of the Celtic Congress at Newquay, Cornwall, 4-9 April 1988 |
750.00 |
|
|
American Committee for Irish Studies |
||
|
—Expenses of Irish lecturers to participate in the 1988 Conference at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota 20-24 April 1988 |
1,244.00 |
488.00 |
|
Organisers of the 3rd International Feminist Book Fair |
||
|
—Expenses of Nell McCafferty and June Levine to participate in the Book Fair which will be held at the University of Montreal in June 1988 |
464.00 |
624.00 |
|
Linda Uhlemann, Jewellers and Metalworkers Guild |
||
|
—Participation in the International Crafts Conference in Sydney, Australia 8-13 May 1988 |
830.00 |
|
|
Spanish Association of Anglo-North American Studies (AEDEAN) |
||
|
—Request for lecturer from Ireland to participate in the 12th Annual Conference which will be held at the University of Alicante, Spain 19-22 December 1988 |
400.00 |
|
|
Professor Sean Lucy |
||
|
—Internal travel expenses in the United States to give lectures at Vermont and Maine for 3-5 days in late April or early May 1988 |
260.00 |
|
|
Bernard Loughlin |
||
|
—Participation in the Conference of the European Network of Cultural Centres at Arc-et-Senans in France 29 April - 1 May 1988 |
174.00 |
|
|
Vincent Deane |
||
|
—Participation in the annual meeting held by the Centre de Recherche sur James Joyce at the Sorbonne Paris 6 and 7 May 1988 |
100.00 |
|
|
Association of Artists in Ireland |
||
|
—Airfare for Brian Maguire to take place in a symposium in Strasbourg on 26 and 27 May 1988 |
280.00 |
155.00 |
|
Cultural Agreements |
||
|
Comite France-Irlande |
||
|
—Annual Subvention (1987) |
560.00 |
|
|
Embassy of Ireland, Madrid |
||
|
—Local costs involved in arranging the exhibition “Beckett Country” in Madrid in February 1988 |
1,846.00 |
|
|
Cultural Agreements with Germany |
||
|
—Berlin European City of Culture 1988 (i) Piano recital by Hugh Tinney (ii) Participation by John Banville in a writers' seminar |
650.00 |
1,025.00 625.00 |
|
Projects under the Cultural Agreement with Belgium (Flemish Community; Spain; and Federal Republic of Germany |
||
|
—Airfare of Professor Patrick Gallagher to participate in a seminar organised by the Spanish Irish Cultural Association in Madrid on 21 and 22 May 1988 |
392.00 |
3,688.00 |
|
Summer School Scholarships for Foreign Students |
8,367.00 |
|
|
Australian Bicentennial |
||
|
Professor Holland (UCC) and Professor Laffey (UCG) |
||
|
—Participation in the International Mathematical Olympiad in Sydney and Canberra July 1988 |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Time Stone Gallery — Bunratty (Ms. M. Hannon) |
||
|
—Funding for “West of Ireland Artists for Australia 1988” |
5,000.00 |
|
|
Mr. Oliver Whelan |
||
|
—Exhibition of paintings in Melbourne |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Lt. Col. Con Costello |
||
|
—Lecture tour of Australia |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Dr. S. C. O Mahony (Mid-West Archives) |
||
|
—Lecture tour of Australia |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Dr. Seamus Grimes (UCG) |
||
|
—Lecture tour of Australia July/August 1988 |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Prelude Brass Quintet —Concert tour of Queensland July 1988 |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Professor G. O'Tuathaigh (UCG) |
||
|
—Australian Bicentennial Seminar January 1988 |
2,000.00 |
|
|
Purchase of copies of Dr. Eduardo Coghlan's second volume of work on the Irish in Argentina to be distributed to institutions abroad |
500.00 |
|
|
Professor Jacqueline Genet |
||
|
—Purchase of copies of “Gaeliana” No. 8, for distribution abroad |
532.00 |
|
|
Refurbishment of Irish College, Paris |
4,058.99 |
1,537.82 |
|
Funding for a programme of cultural exchanges with Britain within the framework of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Council |
10,000.00 |
|
|
Federation of Irish Societies |
||
|
—Irish participation in “The Sense of Ireland Festival” 1988 at the Riverside Studios, London 1-21 May 1988 |
40,000.00 |
|
|
Irish Embassy Athens |
||
|
—Printing costs for a broadsheet introducing the exhibition “Ireland and the Hellenic Tradition” Athens, from 9-29 February 1988 |
250.00 |
|
|
Irish Newfoundland Association |
||
|
—Expenses of Irish Week in St. John's Newfoundland from 12-19 March 1988 |
500.00 |
|
|
Cumann Merriman |
||
|
—Welsh Summer School to be held in Cardiff 3-6 June 1988 |
2,000.00 |
|
|
Book Purchases for donation to institution abroad |
1,327.73 |