Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish the Minister well in her brief. I asked if she would support the Labour Party's campaign to ensure the capital allocation for the 1916 Rising commemorations, which involve important work at cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Ireland, was maintained in future years as a national endowment for the arts. I do not know whether she is aware that salaries, for instance, in the arts are low, particularly among women. I am not sure whether she is aware that turf cutters receive more of a mention in the programme for Government than the arts sector. Given that the arts are so important to us as a nation, will she support the Labour Party's campaign to have the funding maintained as a national endowment to promote the expansion of the arts?

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