Vol. 505 No. 4
85 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amounts awarded to date to various groups or bodies from discretionary spending at his disposal, other than funding specifically identified under a particular heading, in the Estimates for 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14060/99]
The following are the particulars sought by the Deputy.
1.Grants recommended by the Cultural Relations Committee at their meeting of 14 January 1999, amounting to £124,208.
Grants by Cultural Relations Committee
Theatre and Dance
|
£ |
|
|
1. Billy Roche – request for grant towards the cost of staging of “Belfry” in Chicago in February-March 1999. |
500 |
|
2. Jools Gibson Ellis-Mary Brady – request for grant towards the cost of performances at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada in September-October 1999. |
2,000 |
|
3. Michelle Read – request for grant towards the cost of performances at the Tristan Bates Theatre, London in June 1999. |
1,200 |
|
4. National Theatre Society – request for grant towards the cost of staging of a production of “The Colleen Bawn” in London in March 1999. |
17,500 |
|
5. Ulick O'Connor – request for grant towards the cost of presentation of his play “Execution” in Paris in December 1998. |
500 |
|
6. Greenwich & Docklands Festival – request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in July 1999. |
1,500 |
|
7. Dubbeljoint Productions – request for grant towards the cost of an event in Munich and Manchester in March 1999. |
2,000 |
|
8. The Montforts – request for grant for performances in the US in 1999. |
3,000 |
|
Sub Total |
28,200 |
|
£ |
|
|
1. Tricycle Theatre Co. Ltd. – request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in the Annual Irish Festival, London in February 1999. |
2,000 |
|
2. Treasure Films – request for grant towards the cost of participation in the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City, US in January-February 1999. |
2,000 |
|
3. Dublin Film Festival – request for grant towards the cost of participation in the Kilwaukee Film Festival in February 1999 |
1,500 |
|
Sub Total |
5,500 |
|
£ |
|
|
1. Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann – request for grant towards the cost of a US tour in 1999. |
7,000 |
|
2. Mary Fox – request for grant towards the cost of performances in Raleigh, North Carolina in October 1999. |
500 |
|
3. International Event Management-Keith Williams – request for grant towards the cost of participation in Midem '99 World Music Convention Cannes, France in January 1999. |
1,000 |
|
4. Arts Project Australia – request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in a music festival in Adelaide in February 1999. |
2,640 |
|
5. “Rannoch”-Orlagh de Bhaldraithe – request for grant towards the cost of a tour of Australia from January-March 1999. |
1,000 |
|
6. Copenhagen Irish Festival 1998 – request for grant towards the cost of participation in the Festival in November 1998. |
1,000 |
|
7. Raymond Deane – request for grant towards the cost of performances in Budapest in January 1999. |
250 |
|
8. Jane O'Leary – request for grant towards the cost of a performance in Budapest in January 1999. |
250 |
|
9. John Buckley – request for grant towards the cost of performances in Budapest in January 1999. |
250 |
|
10. Hungarian Music Society – request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in an event in Budapest in January 1999. |
250 |
|
11. James Byrne and Connie Drost – request for grant towards the cost of performances in Soest, Germany in January 1999. |
300 |
|
12. European Union Youth Orchestra – request for grant towards the cost of travel and accommodation for the group while on their 1999 European tour. |
12,000 |
|
13. Donaghmede School of Traditional Music – request for grant towards the cost of participation in St. Patrick's Day Celebrations in Boston in 1999. |
3,000 |
|
Sub Total |
26,440 |
|
£ |
|
|
1. Peter Murray-Crawford Gallery – request for grant towards the cost of an exhibition at a number of US centres from June-November 1999. |
25,000 |
|
2. Margaret Cunningham and Annie McGinley – request for grant towards the cost of an exhibition in a number of venues in March 1999. |
500 |
|
3. Clodagh Kenny and Marjorie Vecchio – request for grant towards the cost of an exhibition in Chicago in April-May 1999. |
2,000 |
|
4. New Langton Arts-for Shane Cullen – request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in an exhibition in San Francisco, USA in April-May 1999. |
2,000 |
|
5. The Drawing Centre – request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in an exhibition in New York from January-April 1999. |
2,500 |
|
6. Elizabeth Kane – request for grant towards the cost of an exhibition in New York in March 1999. |
350 |
|
7. Danielle Kraay – request for grant towards the cost of participation in an exhibition in New York from November 1998-January 1999. |
600 |
|
8. Sandra Bell – request for grant towards the cost of a solo exhibition in New York in February 1999. |
500 |
|
9. Felim Egan – request for grant towards the cost of mounting an exhibition at the Stedalive Museum, Amsterdam in March 1999. |
2,500 |
|
10. Sandra Johnson – request for grant towards the cost of participation in exhibition “Europe in the Box” in Madrid in December 1998-January 1999. |
500 |
|
11. Ruth Jones-Catalyst Arts – request for grant towards the cost of an exchange exhibition in Valencia, Spain in June 1999. |
600 |
|
12. Barbara Cullen – request for grant towards the cost of an exhibition in India in April 1999. |
300 |
|
13. Rita Fagan and Marian Keogh – request for grant towards the cost of participation in an exhibition in Cuba in May-June 1999. |
1,000 |
|
14. Sean McCrum – request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in 1999 WOOD Exhibition in Newfoundland from May-October 1999. |
5,000 |
|
15. Nick Miller – request for grant towards the cost of an exhibition at Art Space Gallery, London in March-April 1999. |
600 |
|
16. Eamon O'Kane – request for grant towards the cost of participation in the Florence International Biennale in December 1999. |
700 |
|
17. Director, Berkeley Art Museum – request for additional funding for an event supported in February 1997. |
1,000 |
|
Sub Total |
45,650 |
|
£ |
|
|
1. Action Group for Irish Youth – request for grant towards the cost of a literary evening in London in March 1999. |
2,500 |
|
2. Desmond O'Grady – request for grant towards the cost of participation in “Ireland '98” in Naples in November 1998. |
328 |
|
3. Joseph Woods – request for grant towards the cost of participation in a seminar in Rome, Italy in January 1999. |
290 |
|
4. Sydney Writers Festival – request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in the festival in May 1999. |
800 |
|
5. Dr. Lance Petitt – request for grant towards the cost of participation in the ACIS in Virginia, USA in May 1999. |
300 |
|
6. Eva Bourke – request for grant towards the cost of participation in readings in Austrian venues in May 1999. |
1,200 |
|
7. Charles University Prague – request for grant towards the cost of an Irish Studies Course at the University. |
5,000 |
|
8. Irish College Paris – request for grant towards the cost of a series of lectures held annually in the College. |
2,500 |
|
Sub Total |
12,918 |
|
£ |
|
|
1. Ireland Literature Exchange – request for extra funding for 1999. |
2,500 |
|
Sub Total |
2,500 |
|
£ |
|
|
1. The Gate – performances at the Beckett Festival at the Barbican, London in September 1999. |
20,000 |
|
2. National Association for Youth Drama – participation in an International Forum in June 1999 in Vienna, Austria. |
2,300 |
|
3. Conor Lovett and Judy Hegarty-Lovett – staging a production of Beckett's “Molly” in the U.S. in May 1999. |
1,500 |
|
4. Pan Pan Theatre – performances in Korea in May-June 1999. |
1,000 |
|
5. Dance Theatre of Ireland – participation in the European Cultural Month in Plavdiv, Bulgaria in July 1999. |
3,000 |
|
Sub Total |
27,800.00 |
|
£ |
|
|
1. John Wojowski-Kinofilm – Irish participation in 3rd Irish Kino Film Festival in March 1999. |
2,000 |
|
2. Irish Consulate, Chicago – shipping a film print for showing in Chicago in February 1999. |
200 |
|
Sub Total |
2,200 |
|
£ |
|
|
1. Seoirse Bodley – performances and lectures on his music in Stutgart, Germany in June 1999. |
246 |
|
2. ZERO PARALLEL-Keith Williams – an event in Toronto, Canada in march 1999. |
1,000 |
|
3. The Crash Ensemble – performances at the University of Illinois in September 1999 and performances in Skinnskatteberg, Sweden in June 1999. |
3,000 |
|
4. COMPOSERS INK-Roger Doyle, Benjamin Dwyer, Raymond Deane, Brian O'hUiginn, Fergus Johnston – performances in Skinnskattenberg, Sweden in June 1999. |
1,210 |
|
5. Sean Potts – performing-teaching music in Frankfurt, Germany in April 1999. |
250 |
|
6. Celtic Brotherhood – Irish participation in Beltine 1999 in Prague in May 1999. |
1,000 |
|
7. Mr. Neillidh Mulligan – participation in a bagpipe festival in Estonia in July-August 1999. |
485 |
|
8. Association of Irish Composers – performances at the Irish College, Paris in April 1999. |
600 |
|
9. Hummingbird Productions – Irish participation in ‘From the Heart' Festival in London in March-April 1999. |
12,000 |
|
Sub Total |
19,791 |
|
£ |
|
|
1. Anthony Haughey – an exhibition in London in March 1999. |
500 |
|
2. Katie Holten – participation in a Public Art Project in Paris from May-July 1999. |
500 |
|
3. Catherina Hearne – exhibitions in the UK from August-November 1999. |
500 |
|
4. Caroline McCarthy, Mairead McClean, Lindsay Seers – an exhibition in Bremen, Germany in April 1999. |
600 |
|
5. Lucy Aine Cotter – an exhibition in Lubeck, Germany in May-June 1999. |
400 |
|
6. Clare Langan – participation in an exhibition in Trondheim, Norway in February 1999. |
400 |
|
7. John Langan – an exhibition during a residency in the UK in April-May 1999. |
350 |
|
8. Galerie Polaris – an exhibition of Nigel Rolfe's work in March-August 1999. |
300 |
|
9. David O'Donoghue – Irish participation in the 23rd International Biennal of Graphic Art in Slovenia in October 1999. |
1,000 |
|
10. Robert Armstrong, Mary Avril Gillan and Michael Dempsey – an exhibition in Soho, New York in May-June 1999. |
600 |
|
11. Lynn Gumpert, Dr. Patricia King – an exhibition at the Grey Art Gallery, New York in May 1999. |
4,000 |
|
12. Oliver Comerford – an exhibition in Reykjavik, Iceland in July-August 1999. |
500 |
|
13. Eamon Colman – an exhibition on the Island of Hirsholmene, Denmark during a months residency in March 1999. |
250 |
|
14. Irish Embassy, Warsaw – Irish participation in the Fauna Art Exhibition in May-June 1999. |
2,500 |
|
Sub Total |
12,400 |
|
£ |
|
|
1. Barbara Parkinson – poetry readings in Haarlem, Holland in April 1999. |
200 |
|
2. Dr. Mary Cosgrove – participation in the ACIS Virginia, US in May 1999. |
300 |
|
3. Ewa Sadowska – participation in the ACIS in Virginia, USA in May 1999. |
300 |
|
4. Richard Kearney – readings at Prague Book Fair in May 1999. |
250 |
|
5. Hugo Hamilton – participation in two writers festivals in Australia in August-September 1999. |
400 |
|
6. Mark Patrick Hederman – participation in a symposium in Denver, Colorado and (2) participation in ‘Thanksgiving World Assembly' in Dallas, Texas in March 1999. |
350 |
|
7. Navan Travellers – an event in Philadelphia, US in February 1999. |
1,000 |
|
8. Kerry Hardie – participation in the 22nd Anglo French Poetry Festival in Paris in May 1999. |
200 |
|
9. Professor Andrew Carpenter – lecturing in Verona University in April 1999. |
250 |
|
10. Evelyn Conlon – participation in the Age Melbourne Writers Festival in August-September 1999. |
700 |
|
11. Professor Bill McCormack and Professor Warwick Gould – Irish participation in a literature event in London in May 1999. |
1,600 |
|
12. Ruth claire Johnson and Emer Purcell – participation in the annual Medieval Congress at the University of West Michigan in May 1999. |
600 |
|
13. Poetry International Rotterdam – Irish participation in the Festival in June 1999. |
500 |
|
14. Anthony P. Quinn – participation in a conference in Ottowa, Canada in October 1999. |
300 |
|
15. Michel Savaric – participation in SOFEIR in Bordeaux, France in April 1999. |
250 |
|
16. Nicole Ollier – Irish participation in SOFEIR, Bordeaux, France in April 1999. |
750 |
|
17. Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith – participation in the Annual Congress of the College Art Association in Los Angeles in February 1999. |
250 |
|
18. Literaturburo Luneburg e.V. – Irish participation in a literature project at a number of German venues in May 1999. |
400 |
|
19. Journées Littéraires de Mondorf – Irish participation in a literature meeting in three venues in Luxembourg in April 1999. |
500 |
|
20. Joanna Fursman and Ruth Jones, Catalyst Arts – participation in an art seminar in Stockholm in May 1999. |
100 |
|
Sub Total |
9,200 |
|
Total Ireland EU Grant |
Matching Government Funds |
Total |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
CAWT Cooperation and Working Together Strategic Development of Cancer Services across borders |
393,258 |
131,087 |
524,345 |
|
CAWT Primary care across border and Communities |
209,621 |
69,874 |
279,495 |
|
Community Childhood Accident Prevention Project |
57,649 |
19,217 |
76,866 |
|
CAWTAS |
21,067 |
7,022 |
28,089 |
|
CAWT Melvin Mental Health Partnership |
176,545 |
58,848 |
235,393 |
|
CAWT Acute Services – Letterkenny-Altnagelvin |
26,124 |
8,708 |
34,832 |
|
CAWT Cognitive Therapy Training and Research |
44,434 |
14,811 |
59,245 |
|
CAWT Cross Border Acute Project |
90,590 |
30,197 |
120,787 |
|
CAWT Resource Unit Project |
176,129 |
58,710 |
234,839 |
|
Totals |
1,195,417 |
398,474 |
1,593,891 |
|
Total Ireland EU Grant |
Matching Government Funds |
Total |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Letterkenny Institute of Technology SME Innovative Growth |
56,272 |
18,757 |
75,029 |
|
St. Angela's College Sligo The Citizenship Development Project |
119,184 |
39,728 |
158,912 |
|
Leargas North-South Educational Exchange |
101,124 |
33,708 |
134,832 |
|
Sligo VEC Youth Sport West |
73,947 |
24,649 |
98,596 |
|
Education – ATESSP – Reading Recovery |
44,663 |
14,888 |
59,551 |
|
Monaghan VEC Drama, Art and Design for Mutual Understanding |
25,281 |
8,427 |
33,708 |
|
DCU Centre for Cross Border Studies |
168,539 |
56,180 |
224,719 |
|
Monaghan VEC Permaculture Design |
8,005 |
2,669 |
10,674 |
|
Donegal VEC North West Community Information |
168,539 |
56,180 |
224,719 |
|
Leitrim VEC Cross connect – Rural Schools |
98,876 |
32,958 |
131,834 |
|
Louth County Library Parents, Children and Reading Project |
14,045 |
4,682 |
18,727 |
|
West Education Library Board Production – Irish Language Materials |
29,493 |
9,831 |
39,324 |
|
Totals |
907,968 |
302,657 |
1,210,625 |
|
Total Ireland EU Grant |
Matching Government Funds |
Total |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
D/Tourism Sport and Recreation Youth Sport Foyle (phase 2) |
84,290 |
28,097 |
112,387 |
|
Bord Fáilte Integrated Marketing Strategy (P2) |
168,893 |
56,298 |
225,191 |
|
Bord Fáilte Tourism Promotion in Britain |
228,664 |
76,221 |
304,885 |
|
Totals |
481,847 |
160,616 |
642,463 |
|
Total Ireland EU Grant |
Matching Government Funds |
Total |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Dundalk Employment Partnership Newry-Dundalk Recruitment Job Fair |
21,067 |
7,022 |
28,089 |
|
FÁS Extension of Technology Based Training |
219,750 |
73,250 |
293,000 |
|
Monaghan County Council Cross Border Council Network |
8,315 |
nil |
8,315 |
|
Donegal County Council Angling Spaces on River Foyle |
42,135 |
nil |
42,135 |
|
Radiological Protection Institue of Ireland Soil Microbial Process |
14,656 |
nil |
14,656 |
|
Geological GSI – Cross Border Development of Environmentally Sustainable Earth Resources |
123,372 |
nil |
123,372 |
|
Totals |
429,295 |
80,272 |
509,567 |
