Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion
Ms Tania Banotti:
We are familiar with Grainne O’Keeffe, the challenges facing the Ludgate hub and the lack of even three full-time jobs to be sustained in Ludgate, because Creative Ireland also supports creative economies. I suggest perhaps inviting in the chair of the County and City Management Association, CCMA, culture committee if this committee has another hearing on this. This is something that has to be driven and the blockage addressed by the chief executive of Cork County Council.
It is one of the things that is probably missing here. We have referred to the role of local authorities but there is no representative of the chief executives present at the meeting. My advice is that the committee should invite the chief executives to appear before it. There is a special committee in the CCMA that covers cultural infrastructure. My colleague, Ms Nash, handles arts capital grants and may be able to add to the discussion.
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