Written answers
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
Arts Funding
9:00 pm
Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 354: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will respond positively to the request from a group (details supplied) seeking a meeting to outline their concerns for the absence of funding for touring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9176/08]
Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The Arts Council Touring Programme provides annual funding for touring.
Under the Arts Act 2003 the Arts Council are statutorily independent in the conduct of their day-to-day business and I have no role to play in the Council's funding decisions. Grants of â¬757,000 have been made available to the Arts Council in 2008 for touring, effectively doubling the Arts Council annual allocation for this initiative. I hope to build further on this in the coming years as part of increasing access to arts.
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