Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister may remember when, on her visit to Moate with Councillor John Dolan last year, she stopped at a number of locations including Dún na Sí, met the Moate performing and visual arts group and Moate Action Group and saw the great work that was done in the town in recent years. The town has been benefiting from funding from this Government. During the Minister's visit to Moate performing and visual arts group, she saw the huge facilities that need to be upgraded at the relevant location. There are a number of students and staff who are doing their very best to bring culture into the lives of younger people and back into the area and put on many performances. The club was established in 1998 and prior to that was an offshoot of another group established in 1981. The Minister will remember the performance the students gave on a very cold afternoon. She could see at first hand the passion they had in giving that performance. We need to bring culture into areas like that. Areas like that will benefit from this measure. It is good to see that schemes like this can benefit and apply under one of these measures.

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