Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Challenges Facing Arts Venues and Theatres as a result of Covid-19: Discussion
Professor Kevin Rafter:
I will saw a few words before Ms Kennelly deals with the specifics. Young people and children are central to our strategy and policies. We have the Laureate na nÓg programme and we bring a young person onto the adjudicating panel for the Laureate na nÓg. The creative schools programme has expanded year on year. We run that and we want it to continue to be funded beyond 2022. We support The Ark and while it is based in Dublin it has a national reach. In terms of young people and children, they have engaged with the arts during the past 16 to 17 months in this digital space and it has extremely important to their health and well-being. We will continue to support that.
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