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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (10 Feb 2015)

Heather Humphreys: The nature of employment within the arts sector encompasses a wide range of activities. It can include those engaged in the arts practice within specific artistic genres and can encompass areas that flow from such artistic pursuits. It may also embody the industrial creative sectors, including audiovisual production.The Government appreciates the importance of the arts, culture and the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts in Education Charter (3 Feb 2015)

Heather Humphreys: The Arts in Educations Charter was launched in January 2013 and both the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, and I are very committed to its implementation. A High Level Implementation Group, chaired by Professor John Coolahan, Professor Emeritus at NUI Maynooth, was established to oversee the implementation of the Arts in Education Charter. The Group meets regularly...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The most important thing is that all involved in the arts sector work together to promote and encourage more people to get involved and participate in the arts. The Taoiseach has said he will double the overall budget for arts, culture and sport over the next seven years. We can meet that target by implementing sustainable increases on an...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Direct funding from my Department for arts primarily relates to capital funding for individual projects, as well as the promotion of Irish arts and culture abroad through Culture Ireland. A small number of summer schools and similar events receive funding from my Department. Details of these are on my Department’s website atwww.ahg.gov.ie. Budget 2016 included over €48 million...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Council (2 May 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Policy on providing access to the arts for people with disabilities is a matter for the Arts Council. As the Deputy is aware, the Arts Council is entirely independent of my Department in its funding and executive decisions. That said, I will ask the council to revert to the Deputy directly on the policy it is devising which I am sure it will be more than happy to do. In terms of my...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (10 Feb 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ...anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising is a major priority for me. This programme is underpinned by a €4 million current budget in 2015, which will support a wide range of activities across the arts, cultural and educational sectors. In particular, I have been working closely with my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Ms Jan O'Sullivan, T.D., on the development of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Aosdána is a unique initiative established by the Arts Council in 1981 to honour creative artists who have made a significant contribution to the arts. There are some 250 members of Aosdána, including seven new members who came into membership last week. The scheme is the responsibility of the Arts Council and not my Department. It should be noted that under section 24(2) of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (25 Nov 2014)

Heather Humphreys: Thank you, Chairman. As the new Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, I am delighted to have the opportunity to address the committee today. I see this as a valuable opportunity to set out my priorities in coming year. In the time allotted I will deal with as many issues as possible. I will firstly address the committee’s report on utilising the arts to combat...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Centres (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I recently announced details of more than €9 million in capital funding for arts and culture centres across the country. This capital scheme is the most significant investment in arts and cultural centres in a decade and will target investment at a range of different facilities, including arts centres, theatres, galleries and museums, as well as artists’ studios and creative...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: As I set out in my reply to Priority Question No 32, the Programme for a Partnership Governmentcontains a very important commitment to work to progressively increase funding to the arts, including the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board, as the economy continues to improve. Other priorities, in line with the Programme for a Partnership Government, include: - The publication of Culture 2025,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 and 487 together. Most of my Department's arts and culture budget is allocated to the agencies under its remit. Within these allocations, the Arts Council is the primary State agency for funding the arts. I secured significant additional funding for the Arts Council in Budget 2017 of €5 million, or 8%. Details of the Council's funding decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 and 197 together. The nature of employment within the arts and heritage sectors encompasses a wide range of activities, from theatre and music to archaeology and tourism. It may also embody the industrial creative sectors, including audio-visual production. My primary role is to support artists and the creative industries in Ireland using the mechanisms...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (11 Apr 2017)

Heather Humphreys: In accordance with the government's 2014 Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards, I am pleased to say that I have achieved the gender ratio target on the Boards of the Arts Council, the National Concert Hall, the National Gallery of Ireland, the National Library of Ireland, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Art Gallery. The Public Appointments Service operates a dedicated...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Aosdana is a unique initiative established by the Arts Council in 1981 to honour creative artists who have made a significant contribution to the arts in Ireland.  There are currently some 250 members of Aosdána, including seven new members who came into membership last week. The scheme is the responsibility of the Arts Council and not my Department. I understand that the maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Professional Artist scheme under jobseekers allowance is an initiative of the all-of-Government Creative Ireland Programme, introduced while I had ministerial responsibility for the Arts.  The scheme was initially introduced as a pilot scheme and was available to professional writers and visual artists.   In September 2019 the Professional Artist Scheme was introduced...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (8 Dec 2015)

Heather Humphreys: As Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, I am acutely aware of the impact the economic crisis has had on sectors under my remit, including the direct effect it has had on artists trying to make a living in the sector. The reality is that budgets across my Department were hit hard following the economic collapse. This reflected the burden shouldered by people throughout the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (20 Oct 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 181 and 203 together. While the provision for arts in the education system and the content of the school curriculum is primarily a matter for the Department of Education and Skills, I am firmly committed to continuing the work of the ongoing partnership between the Department of Education and Skills, my own Department and the Arts Council, in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (7 Mar 2017)

Heather Humphreys: .... This is a cross-Government initiative to mainstream culture and creativity in the life of the nation and to promote individual, community and national wellbeing. This will focus on boosting cultural provision and participation in communities and harnessing the goodwill and engagement generated by the 2016 commemorative programme. The core proposition of this programme is that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I congratulate my constituency colleague, Deputy Niamh Smyth, on her appointment as Fianna Fáil spokesperson on the arts. I look forward to working with her on national and local issues. She has a great interest in the arts, particularly given her role in the Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board, ETB, arts in education initiative which was very successfully piloted through...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...the issue regarding the provision of affordable studio space, particularly as a result of the changing property market.  In general, I would consider that local approaches driven by artists, local arts officers and the owners of vacant buildings are best suited to respond to the specific local circumstances involved and provide the most effective outcomes.My Department is involved in...