Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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352. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will publish the Culture 2025 strategy document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18360/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Significant progress has been made in drafting the first National Cultural Policy - Culture 2025. This followed a major public consultation process in 2015, including a national cultural workshop held in October at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Work by my Department, the Steering Group and a wider Expert Committee continued on the document in early 2016 and is currently ongoing. The Expert Committee has broad representation across arts and cultural interests.

The Programme for a Partnership Government commits to the publication of Culture 2025as a priority. As I have stated previously, this first such policy will be a living document and will form the basis of an ongoing dialogue with all who are interested in cultural policy. My Department is continuing to consider inputs on the draft document from the Steering and Expert Groups which I established and I expect to forward a draft for consideration to the relevant Oireachtas Committee shortly.