Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2018
1223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cultural institutions in receipt of State funding which is located in an area (details supplied); and the organisations that are trying to locate or establish themselves in this vicinity in the future. [44987/18]
View answerWithin the area referred to there are three cultural bodies for which funding is provided through the Arts Council, namely the Gate Theatre (€860,000 in 2018), Poetry Ireland (€333,000 in 2018) and the Irish Writers' Centre (€100,000 in 2018). The Gate Theatre has also been allocated capital funding for works to the theatre under my Department's Arts and Culture Capital Scheme 2016-2018 in the amount of €24,680.
My Department also provides direct current operational funding for the Irish Museums Association (€40,000 in 2018), which is also located on Parnell Square, and the James Joyce Centre (€162,000 in 2018) located on North Great George's Street.
In respect of National Cultural Institutions near the geographical area cited, one of the National Museum of Ireland four sites is located at Collins Barracks (which focuses on Decorative Arts and History). The allocation for the National Museum in 2018 is €13,546,000.
Further, The Abbey Theatre receives its current State funding (€7 million: 2018) from the Arts Council and its capital funding (€400k in 2018) from my Department. An indicative funding level of €80m has been included in Project Ireland 2040 for the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre.
