Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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384. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to ensure that the funding previously allocated to the O'Carolan Harp Festival will be restored in 2016 to ensure that this festival can continue. [14954/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I understand that this festival has been funded by the Arts Council in the past. In this regard, 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. It may be noted that the Arts Council operates an appeals procedure which the applicants may wish to consider.