Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Creative Ireland: Discussion

1:30 pm

Photo of Fintan WarfieldFintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am uncomfortable with the idea, which we have seen with the strategic communications unit, of Government policy being spun back at taxpayers at their own expense and, in this case, at the expense of artists who could have benefited more. I commend the increases across the board. The budget was strong. On the Culture Ireland front, however, certainly the money spent in previous years on advertisements was outrageous. That should be suspended. Is there a social media policy? Is there a content plan for the Creative Ireland accounts, for example, the Twitter account? How does that work? Are there content plans?

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