Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There is great support there for the arts sector and details of projects funded are available on the website of Galway Culture Company. These include previous projects such as Dear PrEUdence, an art exhibition with themes around mental health, and the PULSE drums programme. Ongoing projects and open calls include an artist bursary open call that provides support for artists from or living in Galway city and county and is being run through the Galway Arts Centre. Branar, a theatre company for children, has been commissioned to create Rocking the Classroom, a musical education programme in Irish and English for children in junior and senior infants, first and second class. There is a creative arts programme in four Galway DEIS schools across a range of art forms. Scéal na Gaillimhe is an open call to artists, performers, makers, designers and creatives from Galway city and county working through the medium of the Irish language. There is a designer in residence programme through which five talented graduate designers from the west are placed with companies. Macnas is also offering bursaries to individual creative practitioners living in Galway city and county to travel to and learn from highly skilled artists and professional across Europe. Departmental funding has also supported Irish translations and graphic design and has assisted in companies' fulfilment of the legal and financial requirements under the performance delivery agreement.

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