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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 October 2021

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Questions (257)

Fergus O'Dowd

Question:

257. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the proposed funding schemes that will be made available to further support regional museums and other cultural facilities in County Louth provided by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48342/21]

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My Department runs a number of schemes that are available to local and regional museums around the country, including the Regional Museum Exhibition Scheme which provides funding support for local, regional and specialised museums, to promote the marketing of these institutions through the provision of funding for capital exhibition costs that enhance the exhibition/display facilities within their museums or which promote access to the museum. The Deputy will be pleased to know that the Highlanes Gallery in County Louth was allocated €13,500 under this year’s Scheme towards publication and exhibition of extensive research and curation on the life and work of the Drogheda born artist Nano Reid.

My Department also operates a Mobility of Collections scheme to support greater regional and local access to material held in the National Collections. This demand-driven Scheme is designed to fund the transport, cost of insurance and exhibiting costs for pieces from the National Collections to appropriate institutions around the country.

The Department also runs the Co-operation with Northern Ireland Funding Scheme. This scheme provides funding support for small self-contained projects which seek to enhance, celebrate or commemorate the artistic, cultural, musical, film or heritage of the Island of Ireland on a North/South basis.

Details of these three Schemes may be found on my Department’s website, at www.gov.ie/en/publication/f2ed0-culture-grants-and-funding/

From time to time my Department also runs capital funding grant schemes provided under a competitive process to a maximum of €300,000 grants for the upgrading of the existing stock of arts and culture facilities throughout the country. There are currently no such large capital funding schemes open at present. The previous capital funding schemes were for not-for-profit organisations that had a dedicated arts and culture remit. Any new capital funding schemes for this sector would be advertised on the gov.ie website.

My Department currently has a smaller capital funding scheme open, Stream D of the Cultural Capital Scheme 2019-2022. This provides for smaller capital grants of up to €10,000 which is open to ‘not-for-profit’ arts and culture organisations and is specifically for capital adaptations or equipment necessary to assist these organisations in re-opening safely after COVID-19. Stream D would fund the likes of perspex screens, sanitisation units (not the liquid), signage, any other eligible equipment necessary or capital adaptation that the organisation needs/has needed since 12 March 2020 in order to assist the organisation in re-opening safely. The eligibility criteria and full details of this scheme are also my Department’s website, at www.gov.ie/en/publication/45e3b-creative-arts/.

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