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 Sin?ad O'Reilly:
I would love to come in on that one because last Friday I was in the Sport Ireland Campus with the Sports Council talking about the new arts and culture policy. One of the questions we were asked was what two words come to mind when we see the place. All I could think of was "invested in", because we could see the level of investment that was going into that amazing campus. We needed a minibus to go around it. There is a fantastic opportunity there.
One of the things we were talking about with the Sports Council is access to the per cent for arts scheme in terms of the new developments on the campus. New elements are being built and the question is how to use that funding well in a way that engages the communities who use the campus, but also their neighbours. From a national level, down to a local level, we can see the ripple effect of how we can build that collaboration. There is a fantastic opportunity to do that, both at a national and local level. I am keen to look at how we might explore that even further.
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