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

Is the Minister satisfied that what Creative Ireland is doing through its local authorities does not undermine in any way the Arts Council role in all of this? I spoke to many artists and there is a concern, which I mentioned previously to the Minster, that Creative Ireland might not have the arm's length approach that is respected and understood to be happening within the Arts Council. To return to the question, the most important aspect of any funding streams is delivery but also to analyse the projects being delivered to determine if they are meeting the aims and criteria in terms of what they were set up to do. What is the Minister's measuring tool to ensure that Creative Ireland and the programme pillars are achieving what they set out to do?

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