Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 December 2023
306. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will provide additional funding to ensure the IMMA satellite museum initiative in Ballina, County Mayo, goes ahead following the suspension of the IIP programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56204/23]
View answerAs I outlined in my response to Parliamentary Question 402 of 13 July 2023, regarding a proposal received by the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) for an IMMA satellite gallery in Ballina, County Mayo, IMMA had referred the project back to the proposers for a review of the financial considerations in light of its dependence on the now-closed Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP). Subsequently the Board of IMMA Board decided that this project sat outside the scope of IMMA’s draft Statement of Strategy for the period 2023-2027, and that it would not be possible to progress the proposed collaboration. I am advised that the project proposers have acknowledged IMMA's position and discussions between the proposers and IMMA on the matter have since concluded.
