Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport

Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh:

There has been a little bit, but most ministries in Europe are called the ministry of culture. It is okay for the French Ministère de la Culture. It encompasses the arts. The Department has been the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. It has changed. I do not think anything should be read into that, except that we want it to be accessible in terms of people reaching us. People could never understand the previous names and I think there was a great feeling, and the Minister was very keen on this as well, that we have a name that is strong, so the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. Culture covers part of the media; communications also covers part of the media. It is a strong brand for our new Department.

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