Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The overall budget increase for the culture side of my Department was 2% this year, which is €4 million, bringing the total funding for the area to €193 million. Out of that, for the first time in more than a decade, €250,000 will be allocated to amateur dramatic and musical societies throughout the country. That is very much to be welcomed. We hope to have a mechanism set up, probably in conjunction with the Drama League of Ireland in the coming weeks. I am sure there will be many groups of players in Limerick that will be very interested in this initiative.

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