Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 July 2013
412. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for the future governance of the National Gallery of Ireland, the Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Gallery in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36477/13]
View answerIn the context of the Public Sector Reform Plan, the Government has agreed a range of reform actions in respect of the National Gallery of Ireland, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Art Gallery Cork. The range of reforms includes the updating and streamlining of the corporate governance framework for all three institutions. In addition, the number of board members will be reduced, and members will serve pro bono. There will also be ongoing shared service arrangements between all three institutions in order to ensure more effective use of resources. The reforms will respect the curatorial and artistic independence of the directors of all three institutions. The process of preparing the draft legislation to give statutory effect to these reforms is underway. In the meantime, I am pursuing the administrative implementation of them.
