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

Heather Humphreys: TheCreative Ireland Programme, which I launched in December 2016, places a special focus on “Enabling the Creative Potential of Every Child”. Building on the Arts in Education Charter, this will involve the development of an integrated plan – Creative Children –to enable every child in Ireland to access tuition in music, drama, art and coding by 2022. My...

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

Heather Humphreys: Stream 3 of the Arts and Culture Capital Scheme 2016-2018 is geared towards providing capital grants of up to €20,000 to not-for-profit organisations with a defined arts and cultural remit. I opened this scheme for applications in May 2017 with a closing date was 16 June 2017. Grants under this scheme will make a significant difference to individual arts and culture organisations...

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

Heather Humphreys: ..., 5-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022 (building up to the centenary of the foundation of the State) which aims to place creativity at the centre of public policy. The programme is being led by my Department in partnership with other Government Departments and Agencies, local authorities, the third level sector, arts and culture organisations (including the National Cultural Institutions)...

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

Heather Humphreys: I understand that the Deputy may be referring to the new funding framework(Making Great Art Work Funding Framework)as recently announced by the Arts Council. The Arts Council is statutorily independent in relation to its funding and executive decisions. The strategic context for the Arts Council’s support of arts participation and all other artforms and areas of arts practice is set...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...to place creativity at the centre of public policy. The programme is being led by my Department in partnership with other Government Departments and Agencies, local authorities, the third level sector, arts and culture organisations (including the National Cultural Institutions) and relevant NGOs. The launch document for the programme identified ten actions for 2017, under five specific...

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

Heather Humphreys: ..., 5-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022 (building up to the centenary of the foundation of the State) which aims to place creativity at the centre of public policy. The programme is being led by my Department in partnership with other Government Departments and Agencies, local authorities, the third level sector, arts and culture organisations (including the National Cultural Institutions)...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ..., the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection will provide for the classification of self-employed professional artists in consultation with representative artists organisations such as the Visual Arts Ireland and the Irish Writers Centre. This new mechanism allows artists to be classified as self-employed for the purposes of accessing social welfare supports....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...of initiatives to be implemented under Pillar 2 of the Creative Ireland Programme. Local authorities can use these plans to identify the issue of the  provision of suitable studio places for the arts, where that is appropriate. In terms of practical support, so far this year I have announced funding of over €10 million under my Department's Arts and Culture Capital...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (26 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.  This...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (26 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: TheCreative Ireland Programme, which I launched in December 2016, places a special focus on “Enabling the Creative Potential of Every Child”. Building on the Arts in Education Charter, this will involve the development of an integrated plan – Creative Children – to enable every child in Ireland to access tuition in music, drama, art and coding by 2022. My...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: In terms of practical support, so far this year I have announced funding of over €10 million under my Department's Arts and Culture Capital Scheme 2016-2018 to a total of 122 arts organisations around the country in 2017. This allocation included over €900,000 in funding for 12 projects involving artists' studios and creative spaces.  In addition, as part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I understand that the Deputy may be referring to the new funding framework (Making Great Art Work Funding Framework) as recently announced by the Arts Council. The strategic context for the Arts Council’s support of arts participation and all other artforms and areas of arts practice is set out in Making Great Art Work: Arts Council Strategy (2016 –2025).  A key...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...of State offices are consistently maintained within the staffing limits set out in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices.The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established in June 2011, this was reconfigured in 2016 to become the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, and further...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 721 and 722 together. The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established in June 2011, this was reconfigured in 2016 to become the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, and further reconfigured in July 2017 to become the Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The information sought by the Deputy is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 725 to 727, inclusive, together. The allocations for the National Cultural Institutions, referred to by the Deputy, together with the Irish Film Board and the Arts Council for the years 2011 to 2017, and that spent to date in 2017 are as set out in the following tables. Year National Museum of Ireland Current Capital Total 2011 €12,240,000...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (11 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The funding allocation to the Heritage Council in each of the years 2011 to 2017, both capital and current allocations and representing the Vote (B.3) of the previous Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (2011 – 2016), Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (2016-17) are set out in the following table. These figures exclude any additional...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Jul 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...2017 – see https://creative.ireland.ie for further information. The Creative Ireland Programme is not a funding body and as such does not administer any grant or funding schemes. However, my Department, through the Creative Ireland Programme is taking the opportunity in this, its initial year, to engage and collaborate with several key cultural partners at various important...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (26 Jul 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Details of the financial allocations for 2017, including those to bodies under the aegis of my Department, are published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services (REV) 2017 which is available at the following link: Under the revised Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies published by DPER in August 2016, Performance Delivery Agreements have taken the place of service level...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (26 Jul 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...publications are available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and on the website of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. The 2017 allocation to the Arts, Culture and Film Division of my Department is €158.261m. Most of this is allocated to the agencies under the aegis of the Department, including the Arts Council and Film Board,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (13 Jul 2017)

Heather Humphreys: High quality infrastructure is critical for a vibrant arts and culture sector and investment in cultural infrastructure underpins social cohesion and supports strong and sustainable economic growth. For example, yesterday I unveiled the plans for the major €10m capital investment plan for the National Library of Ireland’s historic Kildare Street premises. The investment will...