Chairman:

The arts, culture and film spend has been reduced by approximately 16%. Some of that is attributable to the cuts in the capital spend for the 1916 commemorations, but this falls under the headline of "A Decade of Commemorations". There is a concern that some of those commemorations may have lost steam, in that there has not been the same level of meetings with stakeholders regarding the commemorations that happened this year and will happen next year.