Written answers

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Grant Payments

Photo of Dessie EllisDessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for grant funding that were made under the live performance support scheme; the number of applications that were successful; the criteria and scoring system for determining whether an application is successful or not in tabular form; the number of applicants who received more than one grant; the number of grants they received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34261/21]

Photo of Catherine MartinCatherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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Government allocated €50 million in 2021 to a suite of measures to assist the arts and culture sector. As part of that funding, on Tuesday June 15th I announced the allocations for the €25m Live Performance Support Scheme (LPSS 2021).All allocations of funding for arts, culture and entertainment purposes made by my Department are subject to approval by me as Minister.

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. There was a very high level of interest in this scheme, with over 400 applications requesting funding in excess of €80 million. Given the available funding of €25 million, difficult decisions had to be made and it was not be possible to award grants to everyone who applied. The 237 grants awarded to the 237 successful individual applicants will help support employment and wellbeing opportunities across all genres and the continued production of high quality artistic output for the public. Details of the successful applicants and their individual projects can be found on my department's website here - www.gov.ie/en/service/ca5d7-live-performance-support-scheme-2021/#list-of-grantees.

All applications were referred to an Evaluation Panel for assessment and recommendations for allocations which were then subject to approval. The Evaluation Panel consisted of five members, independent from the administration area running the scheme, comprised of two departmental officials and three external members. All panel members were required to sign a declaration regarding conflict of interest and confidentiality in relation to this scheme.

The evaluation panel assessed applications and scored under the following headings as outlined in the table below.

Maximum Marks

Meeting Aims and Objectives of the Scheme - Employment opportunities, Audience strategy, Ensuring ongoing cultural activity in non-subsidised venues 30
Track Record - Prior experience, No. of events held, Income generated, other observations 20
Feasibility - detailed breakdown of production costs, Completion of budget template, realistic audience targets for live/online, rates of pay in line with industry standards, realistic project timeline 20
Contracts of employment for Project- Artists, creative, crew, support staff, - Artists costs as % of production costs 15
Other Factors - Flexibility of approach, geographic spread, H&S report, diversity of genres 10
Quality of Application 5
Total Score 100

Officials in my Department are engaging with applicants in relation to queries regarding the outcome of their Live Performance Support Scheme application. Information in relation to the appeals process for this scheme is available on my Department's website here - www.gov.ie/en/service/ca5d7-live-performance-support-scheme-2021/.

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