Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Arts and Education: Discussion
1:30 pm
Ms Sinead Copeland:
Many people have covered the Creative Ireland programme already and Creative Youth is a massive part of it. We are hoping Creative Youth will be the framework to bring us all together. Many people from the groups here have already contributed and there are 18 actions included in it. That is a start. There is much work to be done this year and next year, but it is a framework and we are hoping to work with all the groups here today to progress it. Dr. Sweeney in the Department of Education and Skills is a key partner. That is the space in which we can progress. There are many new initiatives along with the initiatives already in place under the Arts in Education Charter. We will be taking up some of the ones mentioned by Senator Warfield earlier and fast-tracking them. It provides the collaborative space. Many people have mentioned collaboration and shown that it is difficult. We are hoping that space will be where we work together on these things.
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