Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 June 2018
34. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she plans to implement the Boaden report's recommendation that the NSO become a national cultural institution (details supplied). [26710/18]
View answerThe Boaden Report made a number of recommendations including the following:
- the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) should be a national cultural institution in its own right or within the National Concert Hall;
- the RTÉ Concert Orchestra (CO) should continue to be part of RTÉ, functioning as a classic "radio" or Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) orchestra, on the model of many such orchestras worldwide;
- while operating independently, the RTÉ NSO should continue to co-ordinate activities with the RTÉ CO to ensure the two work on a complementary basis; and
- both orchestras should be returned to historical levels of staffing and activities.
I have welcomed the reports recommendations, together with my colleague the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, and we will be reporting to Government shortly on the proposed next steps.
