Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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205. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reinstate the Arts Council funding which funded extremely successful and noteworthy projects such as the Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival (details supplied). [22539/15]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Arts Council operates under the provisions of the Arts Act 2003, which provides, inter alia, that the Council is independent in the performance of its functions in funding the Arts. As Minister, therefore, I have no role in relation to any decisions of the Arts Council in relation to funding.

It may be noted that the Arts Council operates an appeals and complaints procedure, and, like other agencies under the aegis of my Department, is subject to the Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012.