Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 22 May 1996

Vol. 465 No. 7

Written Answers. - Cultural Relations Committee.

Michael Ring

Ceist:

45 Mr. Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will furnish a list of the successful applicants at the recent meeting of the Cultural Relations Committee 1996; and the persons on this committee for 1996. [10545/96]

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Spring)

Information on funding provided in 1996 on the recommendation of the Cultural Relations Committee will be available at the end of this year, and I shall arrange for the Deputy to receive at that time a list of the organisations and individuals whose applications for funding were successful.

The members of the current Cultural Relations Committee are Brendan Kennelly (Chairman), academic and poet; John Behan, artist and member of Aosdána; Siobhan Bourke, theatre company manager; Paul Brady, musician; Cecily Brennan, artist and member of Aosdána; Terence Brown, academic and writer; Ann Deeney, teacher; T.V. Honan, theatre manager; Fionnuala Hunt, musician and artistic director of the Irish Chamber Orchestra; Alf MacLochlainn, librarian; Jackie McKenna, artist; Emer McNamara, arts officer with Macra na Feirme; Chris Meehan, musician; Adrian Munnelly, Director, Arts Council; Peter Murray, curator, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork; Doireann Ní Bhriain, broadcaster and Irish commissioner of "L'Imaginaire Irlandais"; Michael O'Siadhail, poet and member of Aosdána; Liz Sharkey, National Youth Federation.