Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 25 Jul 1996

Vol. 468 No. 4

Written Answers. - Non-Arts Council Arts Funding.

Mary Wallace

Question:

299 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding which has been allocated by or through his Department for arts purposes outside of the Arts Council process; if he will give details of the recipients; and the amount received by each recipient. [15932/96]

Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (Mr. M. Higgins)

The funds made available from my Department for arts related activities in 1994 and 1995 are as follows:

1994.

	£
L'Imaginaire Irlandais	121,575
Galway Theatre	500,000*
Longford Theatre	300,000*
National Theatre Society	300,000
Arts Awareness Intervention:—
—CAFE	75,000
—Galway Centre for the Unemployed	9,500
European Community Literary and Translation Prizes	2,943
Film Institute of Ireland	5,000
Total	1,314,018

1995.

	£
Frankfurt Book Fair	50,000
Thurles Theatre	25,000
Centenary of Cinema	2,500
James Joyce Cultural Centre	70,000
L'Imaginaire Irlandais	424,751
Arts Awareness Intervention:—
—CAFE	81,000
—Public Art Development Trust	6,000
—Curriculum Development Unit	9,000
Galway Municipal Theatre Trust	8,000
Galway “Black Box” Theatre	148,219
Galway Theatre	1,500,000*
Longford Theatre	370,000*
Total	2,694,470

* Funded under the EU Operational Programme for Tourism 1994-1999.

Funds were also allocated in 1994, 1995 and 1996 as set out below in respect of certain cultural institutions under the aegis of my Department which have an arts remit, i.e. the National Gallery (which has its own Vote), the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the National Concert Hall:

	National Gallery	IMMA	National Concert Hall
	£(000)	£(000)	£(000)
1994	1,411	1,253	446
1995	1,738	1,409	530
1996	1,859	1,390	485