Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the creative schools programme; and the level of involvement of schools in County Dublin in the programme. [26775/18]

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the creative schools programme; the level of involvement of schools in County Offaly in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26716/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 31 and 40 together.

Creative Schools is a flagship initiative of the Creative Youth Plan and Pillar 1 of the Creative Ireland Programme. The initiative is led by the Arts Council in partnership with my Department and the Department of Education and Skills.

This pilot initiative aims to develop and celebrate the arts and creativity in our schools. Last week, 150 schools across the country were chosen to participate in this initiative. These schools were chosen from over 400 applicants and include primary schools, secondary schools, Youthreach centres, special schools, DEIS schools, co-educational schools, rural, urban, single-sex and Irish language medium schools. Work will begin in September 2018 and run through to the end of the school year in 2019. Details of all the chosen schools can be found the Creative Ireland website and the Arts Council website.

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Details of Schools in Dublin in the following table:

Schools in Dublin.

Details of Schools in Offaly in the following table:

Schools in Offaly.