Ms Siubh?n Nic Grianna:

We are very much focused on the ability of the arts centres to be able to plan into the future. At present, funding is approved on an annual basis. It is very difficult to plan as a result.

If the funding was provided on a multi-annual basis, maybe a three-year plan, that would place them in a better position to plan for the future.

I would like to highlight that there has been an increase in funding to those arts centres but, again, the focus is very much on being able to plan forward.