Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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200. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, under pillar 5, she will consider reinstating the board of Culture Ireland and recruiting a new external director when the current director leaves; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7710/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Culture Ireland was established in 2005 under my Department to promote Irish arts abroad. Following a review in 2012, the Government committed to maintaining Culture Ireland as a division of my Department and to expanding its remit to work on a cross agency basis to ensure maximum impact from investment in Irish arts. An Expert Advisory Committee was established to guide and oversee this work and I am satisfied that this arrangement is working well. Culture Ireland has played an important role in building Ireland’s global reputation through the promotion of Irish artists worldwide and will play a pivotal role in the Creative Ireland Programme.