Síle de Valera
Ceist:37 Miss de Valera asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht the progress, if any, on proposals for a folk music centre in Ennis, County Clare. [9007/97]
Written Answers - Arts Funding.
An application has been received by the Minister under phase II of the Cultural Development Incentives Scheme 1994-1999 in respect of the international folk music centre at Ennis, County Clare. The Minister has taken decisions as to the allocation, in principle, of grant assistance to a number of the applications received by him under phase II of the scheme. The application in respect of the international folk music centre project has not been successful at this stage.
However, in anticipation of the possibility that some of the applications which have received offers, in principle, of grant assistance under phases I and II of the scheme will not go ahead within the timescale of the current round of Structural Funds, the Minister is drawing up a stand-by list of projects which may be considered for assistance in due course in this eventuality. The Minister hopes to be in a position to make his decisions on the projects to be included on that list shortly.