Written answers

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Grant Payments

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the application process will open for the €5 million fund of capital supports for the commercial live entertainment sector; the criteria for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33641/21]

Photo of Catherine MartinCatherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I allocated €50 million to a suite of measures to assist the live performance sector in 2021.  This included:

- €25m Live Performance Support Scheme (LPSS 2021).  I was delighted to be in a position to fund 237 successful applications under this scheme, the details of which are available on my Department’s website.  These grants will help support employment and well-being opportunities across all genres and the continued production of high quality artistic output for the public.

- €14m for the Music and Entertainment Business Assistance Scheme (MEBAS) to make a contribution to the overheads of businesses, specifically musicians and related crew, that have been significantly negatively affected by COVID-19 and that do not qualify for other business supports. Applications may be made via the MEBAS application portal on my Department’s website. This funding will be allocated shortly.

- €5 million will also be made available for a scheme of capital supports for the commercial live entertainment sector.  The details of this scheme are currently being considered and will be announced in due course. 

I recently announced an additional €11.5m for a new Events Sector Covid Support Scheme which I hope to launch soon.  This scheme will target SMEs in the events sector which aren’t eligible for the CRSS and for whom MEBAS and the Small Business Assistance Scheme for COVID-19 will not make a significant contribution to fixed costs relative to the level of support that would be available under CRSS, had such SMEs been eligible for that support. 

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