Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Galway 2020 legacy plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48220/21]

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the evaluation of Galway 2020 by an organisation (details supplied); the amount paid to the organisation to date to carry out the evaluation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48221/21]

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Galway 2020 performance delivery agreement was extended after 1 July 2021 pursuant to her comments in Dáil Éireann on 22 June 2021; when the Galway 2020 performance delivery agreement is due to expire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48222/21]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 253 to 255, inclusive, together.

Galway 2020 is undertaking a focused stakeholder consultation process with creative, community, business, Government and European stakeholders. This consultation process, together with the monitoring and evaluation programme report, will inform the development of a sustainable strategic legacy plan for Galway 2020. This legacy plan is due to be finalised and published before year end and €1m from my Department’s overall €15m commitment remains to support the legacy plan.

The monitoring and evaluation of Galway 2020, which involves close to 200 surveys, focus groups, data collection skills workshops, interviews and consultations, is now at an advanced stage with the final report by The Audience Agency scheduled to be published before year end. Just over €170,000 of the €199,450 contract cost has been paid to the organisation to date.

On 1 July last, the Performance Delivery Agreement between my Department and Galway 2020 was extended to cover the period up to 31 December 2021 to provide for appropriate ongoing engagement and oversight for the legacy planning phase up to year end.