Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a copy of a press release from the Minister, dated 7 March, that referred to 10,000 employment days. It stated the 2021 scheme supported 350 events and the funding supported 10,000 days of employment, but it is not clear whether that relates to 2021 or whether it is a cumulative total up to 2022. Either way, it does not seem to add up. Will the Minister check that information and revert to me? Perhaps the press release was inaccurate.

I also have a couple of questions about the distribution of the funds. Following Deputy Cairns's question about when the payments are made, I appreciate the Minister is making the funding available to the local authorities. Will she clarify how that is being distributed to artists?

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