Richard Boyd Barrett
Ceist:167. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to increase funding to achieve the aims of Creative Ireland. [10804/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 2 March 2017
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Freagraí scríofa
The Taoiseach and I launched the Creative Ireland Programme/Clár Éire Ildánach 2017 – 2022 on the 8 December 2016 as the Government Legacy Programme for Ireland 2016 and as the main implementation vehicle for the priorities identified in Culture 2025/ Éire Ildánach, the draft cultural policy which I published in July 2016.
In Budget 2017, I secured €5m to commence implementation of the Creative Ireland Programme which includes an ambitious plan to deliver 10 major initiatives by the end of this year, further details of which are available on http://creative.ireland.ie.
Budget 2017 also includes:
- an additional €5m for the Arts Council
- an additional €2m for the Irish Film Board
- increased funding for all of the National Cultural Institutions;
- an increase of €1 million for Culture Ireland;
- an additional €1 million to the Heritage Council
All of this represents real and substantial funding increases across the arts and cultural area and has been welcomed across the sector.
It re-affirms the commitment of this Government to progressively increase funding for the arts as the economy improves, as set out in the Programme for a Partnership Government.