Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 45 of 5 May 2022 and 75 of 24 February 2022, the status of the legacy framework arising from Galway 2020; when the legacy framework will be published; if she will provide a breakdown of the way the remaining €1 million will be spent under the legacy framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32230/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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My Department has received and is examining the proposed legacy framework arising from the designation of Galway as Ireland’s 2020 European Capital of Culture. While the details for the implementation of the legacy framework remain under consideration, the overall framework focusses on a number of key strategic areas, including:

- Sustaining and strengthening existing partnerships, networks and opportunities in Europe and internationally, as well as forging new opportunities for Galway based artists and cultural organisations

- Drawing on the successful delivery of projects under the Galway 2020 programme to support new place based cultural programming including through the Irish language

- Supporting the Galway cultural and creative sector to build capacity through training, advice and networking opportunities.

The European dimension will remain central and to that end, legacy implementation will include a focus on relationships built during the delivery of the programme, ensuring these relationships and networks are drawn on support a strong presence for Galway based artists and cultural organisations in Europe. This is one of the most important legacies for a Capital of Culture.

In addition, the Board to the Company, which retains the Chief Executives of Galway City and County Councils, is making a number of new appointments from senior representatives from local education, business, broadcast, regional and development authorities to drive the delivery of actions under the framework.

The make-up of the board brings together these key agencies with responsibility for cultural delivery in the region who will work towards a more collective creative vision and provide comprehensive guidance and support to the sector taking into consideration the existing arts plans and cultural strategy.

It is expected that the legacy framework will be published in the coming weeks, once all details for implementation have been finalised and agreed.

The remaining €1 million from my Department's commitment to Galway 2020 will be spent on supporting the overall implementation of the legacy framework, with a particular focus on place based cultural programming and continued capacity building for the cultural sector in Galway including a focus on EU engagement. A breakdown of allocations from the Department commitment under the three strategic areas will be included in the publication of the legacy framework.