Gerry Adams
Ceist:358. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding in the years 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016 that the Arts Council allocated to projects in County Louth. [18366/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 28 June 2016
Ceisteanna (358, 359, 361)
Gerry Adams
Ceist:359. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocations that were made by the Arts Council to each county on a per capita basis in the years 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016. [18367/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra
Catherine Murphy
Ceist:361. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to request the Arts Council, An Chomhairle Ealaíon, to provide details of the number of local authorities which have published an arts plan or a cultural strategy within the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18404/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
I propose to take Questions Nos. 358, 359 and 361 together.
Primary responsibility for the support and promotion of the arts at all levels is devolved to the Arts Council. The Arts Council operates under the provisions of the Arts Act 2003, which provides, inter alia, that the Council is independent in the performance of its functions and in funding the arts.
The Arts Council publishes significant information on its website, including details of funding awards and the reasons for those awards, at www.artscouncil.ie.
The publication of individual local authority arts plans is a matter for the local authorities themselves.
In terms of specific matters referred to in the Questions, I have asked the Arts Council to communicate with the Deputies directly.