Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the section of her Department that was responsible for drafting the eligibility criteria for the live performance support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37046/21]

Catherine 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, the allocations for the €25m Live Performance Support Scheme (LPSS 2021) have been announced. Details in relation to the 237 successful applications under this scheme are available on my Department’s website.

The Arts and Culture Division of my Department designed and processed this scheme and an independent Evaluation Committee reviewed and scored the applications.

LPSS 2021 builds on the successful pilot Live Performance Support Scheme in 2020, which provided thousands of days of employment to hundreds of musicians, actors, crew and technicians in tandem with a pipeline of high quality on-line much needed entertainment for Irish audiences.

This scheme has been developed and administered through the Arts Division of my Department. The 237 grants awarded through this scheme will help to support employment and wellbeing opportunities across all genres and the continued production of high quality artistic output for the public.