Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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322. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Aosdána members that applied for cnuas funding in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and that were then refused a cnuas; and the reason for these refusals. [31558/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Aosdána is an initiative established by the Arts Council in 1981 to honour creative artists who have made a significant contribution to the arts in Ireland. There are currently some 250 members of Aosdána. Individual members of Aosdána can qualify for a means-tested payment known as the Cnuas if they are resident in Ireland, are full-time practising artists and if their income is below the threshold for qualification. Details of Aosdána membership including the names of members who receive funding are published every year in the Arts Council's Annual Report and on the Aosdána website at .

Operation of the scheme is the responsibility of the Arts Council and my Department has no role in relation to it.