Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have one question on that. The Department already has extensive knowledge, wisdom and experience of operating a successful sports capital scheme and seeing the benefit that brings to communities across the country. It leverages and unlocks local endeavour, local fundraising and local work, and it develops a great degree of local community pride. Has any thought been given to replicating the sports capital scheme by creating an arts capital scheme? The Department has all the machinery, knowledge and technical aspects. It would not be a difficult endeavour to work with communities to simply develop arts facilities, instead of developing sports facilities. It is a huge void in how we invest in communities across the country. Does the Minister have any plans to explore that opportunity?