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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...will have heard the Minister for Finance outlining the fact that the budget will be very tight this year. Naturally, I will of course be making the case for all remits of my Department: the arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht. Last year we benefitted from considerable increases and the good news is that we will hold onto these. I will make the case and we will know more about the budget...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...the chief executive and the artistic director have been appointed. The salaries are a matter for the company board. It would not be for me to determine their salaries. The Senator mentioned arts officers in local authorities, which is a matter for each local authority. I think nearly every local authority has an arts officer. I meet them regularly and we are working on the Creative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I will first address the arts in education. I increased resources for the Arts Council by 8%, to €65 million, in 2017. The Arts Council has, in turn, increased its funding for the children-related initiatives from €3.1 million to €3.7 million. I thank Deputy Niamh Smyth for her comments. We are working very closely with the Departments of Education and Skills and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...of the events and festivals partnerships at which we had stands such as, for example, Electric Picnic. Again, we were getting involved and putting out the message about the importance of the arts. There were many other events. I have a list of them here that I can give to the committee. We spent €490,000 in that area. We spent €400,000 on digital content and a further...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: We have been able to increase funding to arts organisations every year for the past three years, for example, the Arts Council, the Irish Film Board and cultural institutions. The arts were impacted upon by the economic downturn and the difficult time that we went through, but I am glad that we have been able to improve funding year on year. Through the Creative Ireland programme, we are...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ..., as it is a pilot scheme for visual artists and writers. The initiative's design involved significant work by my Department, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Arts Council, which worked closely with us, as well as consultation with artists' representative organisations, specifically Visual Artists Ireland and the Irish Writers Centre. I was glad to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...possible for me to comment on the outcome of budgetary negotiations at this stage. However, the Government has already shown its determination to deliver on the commitment in A Programme for a Partnership Government to work to progressively increase funding to the arts, including the Arts Council and Irish Film Board, as the economy continues to improve. To this end, I secured...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Arts Council and the Irish Film Board are independent in their decision making processes and it is a matter for the boards of each body to set out its plans. However, both the Arts Council and the Film Board play a central role in delivering the Creative Ireland programme, which is a cross-Government initiative to mainstream culture and creativity in the life of the nation and to promote...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...It is about promoting that image to the world. Creative Ireland is not an oversight body. It is not about that. It is about enabling people to work collaboratively. The independence of the Arts Council continues, and I absolutely respect that. It is funded and I will make a case for increased funding in the run-up to the budget. We work extremely well with the Arts Council....

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...it given the many great things that are happening in the Department. We have a very good team and we have strong working relationships with all of the other organisations involved, including the Arts Council, the Irish Film Board and the cultural institutions. A great deal is happening in this space. I wish John well in his new position. A lot is happening in Creative Ireland and it is...

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...2016 commemorative co-ordinators, an initiative that worked extremely well. I went back out to meet the different stakeholders in the local authorities and what they said to me was that they - the arts officers, the museum curators, the heritage officers and the different sections within the authorities - had worked together for the first time. This is a legacy programme from 2016. We...

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ..., which aims to place creativity at the centre of public policy. The programme is being led by my Department in partnership with other Departments and agencies, local authorities, the third level sector, arts and culture organisations, including the national cultural institutions, media organisations and relevant non-governmental organisations. The launch document for the programme...

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: .... We have had the teacher-artist training programme, which has been rolled out and extended to provide training for the largest number of teachers this year. Six centres in 2013 rolled out that arts in education training. It has now gone right across to all 21 education training centres. I was in Scoil Éanna in Ballybay only a couple of weeks ago and two teachers there had availed...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...services and social networks that support a high quality of life. The Plan contains 276 actions which aim to improve both the economic and social fabric of rural Ireland spread across five pillars. Arts and Heritage are covered under the fourth pillar of the plan - Fostering Culture and Creativity in Rural Communities.  The key objectives of this Pillar are to: - Increase...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...and €30,000; - 77 employees on salaries below €25,000. There are 2 employees in the National Gallery of Ireland, 3 in the National Concert Hall, 4 in the National Library of Ireland, 9 in the National Museum of Ireland, 2 in the Chester Beatty Library and 2 in the Irish Museum of Modern Art on salaries between €75,000 and €100,000. I am advised that there is 1...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Funding for the arts at all levels is primarily a matter for the Arts Council. In this regard, I secured significant additional funding for the Arts Council in Budget 2017.  The increase in the Arts Council's allocation in 2017 is €5 million, or 8%, and will assist the Council greatly in implementing its 10-year strategy Making Great Art Work (2016-2025). Based on this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...after one year, applies to visual artists and writers. Design of the initiative involved extensive work between my own Department, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, the Arts Council, as well as consultation with artists' representative organisations; in this case Visual Artist Ireland and the Irish Writers Centre. Under the new mechanism, the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts and Culture Capital Scheme (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I am aware of the issue regarding the provision of affordable studio space, particularly as a result of the changing property market. My Department has had discussions with the Arts Council, Dublin City Council and the OPW to consider some possible short-term and longer-term approaches to the issue, both in relation to specific issues in Dublin and to wider national approaches. So far this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Funding for the arts at all levels is primarily a matter for the Arts Council.  I secured significant additional funding for the Arts Council in Budget 2017.  The increase in the Arts Council's allocation in 2017 is €5 million, or 8%, and will assist the Council greatly in implementing its 10-year strategy Making Great Art Work (2016-2025) across the country. The Creative...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: In February this year I announced details of more than €9 million in capital funding for existing dedicated arts and culture centres across the country under Stream 1 and 2 of the Arts and Culture Capital Scheme 2016-2018. This is the most significant investment in arts and cultural centres in a decade and is targeting investment at a range of different facilities, including arts...