Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Some €15 million is being made available for that. I am hoping to travel to Galway on 12 or 13 April to discuss that subject. The title of European Capital of Culture is very important. I and my Department will do what we can to support that, because we want to highlight the cultural activity we have in this country, and having the European Capital of Culture in Galway would be a wonderful way to showcase everything good about our culture. It is important that we provide some funding for it. I have met the chairperson of the board. It is a very competent and proactive board which has really hit the ground running in terms of getting everything up and running for 2020. There is much work to do. I believe it is very important that we integrate the grassroots, local artists and people into the project. The board is reflective of that. It is made up of a wide range of people and it will work very well.