Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Many hours have been spent in the House discussing the proportion of Creative Ireland's budget which was spent on advertising. That said, I am very interested in what has been achieved in practical terms. The Minister mentioned conferences, courses, festivals, grants and so on, but I ask her to address the specifics of the commitments given in the programme.

Pillar 2 of the Creative Ireland programme is entitled Enabling Every Community. There are six specific commitments under that pillar, one of which is Cruinniú na Cásca. As the Minister will be aware, Cruinniú na Cásca was very successful in its first term and I understood it was intended to be rolled out every year. However, it was scrapped and in its place Cruinniú na nÓg, an event to celebrate creativity for children, was introduced. Will the Minister set out the roadmap for the way these events, projects, concerts and conferences are being measured in terms of what they are achieving? What measuring tool is the Minister using to determine if they are achieving the criteria and objectives set out by Creative Ireland in the first place?

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