Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 31 January 2024
61. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a breakdown in tabular form of the projects relating to arts and culture that have been supported by the Shared Island Unit, including the amount of funding provided to each project. [4501/24]
View answerThe Creative Ireland Programme within my Department is deploying funding from the Shared Island Initiative to increase opportunities for cross-community cultural and creative exchange through support for the following projects:
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Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Clare County Council |
€250,000 |
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Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Cavan County Council |
€250,000 |
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Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Dublin City Council |
€50,000 |
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Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Cork County Council |
€50,000 |
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Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Fingal County Council |
€50,000 |
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Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Donegal County Council |
€50,000 |
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Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Leitrim County Council |
€50,000 |
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Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Waterford City & County Council |
€50,000 |
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Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Limerick City & County Council |
€50,000 |
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Cruinniú na nÓg 2023 |
€81,899 |
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Creative Youth on a Shared Island - flagship initiative - Fighting Words |
€160,000 |
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Creative Health & Wellbeing on a Shared Island : Creative Connections for Mental Health |
€45,000 |
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Creative Climate Action : Divergently Together |
€250,000 |
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Creative Climate Action : Shifting Tides and Sea Change - Creative Coastal Conversations |
€230,000 |
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Creative Climate Action : Creative Boardroom : Collaborate4Climate |
€250,000 |
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Total |
€1,866,889 |
In addition, the Creative Youth on a Shared Island funding scheme is currently open for applications. Further information on these projects is available on the Creative Ireland website: www.creativeireland.gov.ie
In September 2023, I along with the Taoiseach and Tánaiste, announced five new all-island Arts Capital investment projects, which are being delivered with a total allocation of €7.4m from the Government’s Shared Island Initiative. These Shared Island allocations will complement capital support for arts and cultural infrastructure with a defined all-island focu s.
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Irish Architectural Archive (IAA) - digitisation project |
€100,000 |
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Irish Film Institute (IFI) - archival project |
€200,000 |
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Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) studio space and digitisation |
€1,000,000 |
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Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig - new visual art studio |
€1,500,000 |
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Bellaghy Bawn Writers Residencies - facilities development |
€4,600,000 |
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Total |
€7,400,000 |
In addition to the capital allocations being made available, the Arts Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland will be working together to support Arts programming on a collaborative cross-border basis.
