Written answers
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Gender Balance
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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380. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is taking any steps to promote gender diversity in Ireland's national theatres. [8726/17]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Abbey Theatre, Ireland's National Theatre is a company limited by guarantee under the Companies Act with an independent Board. As Minister, I have no statutory function in relation to the programming of the National Theatre or any other theatre. However, I am aware that the Abbey Theatre in particular has committed to developing policies to promote gender equality since the Waking the Feminist event in 2015 and this is something I support. On a more general level, I am considering requesting all national cultural institutions to put appropriate gender policies in place. This is something which I will be discussing with the institutions shortly.
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