Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and added to its brief are regional development and rural affairs. I am looking forward to taking up the new role. To assist me, I have the Ministers of State, Deputies Seán Kyne and Michael Ring. With a bigger Department comes more staff and resources which I can use for the benefit of the arts, given that they are part of a much bigger Department. I am very committed to working to improve them across the country. Culture is so important and so much part of what we are as a people and we must invest in it. I want to see increased investment in the arts as the economy improves. They will not be left behind.

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