Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met directly with the director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art to date in 2023. [8359/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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My Department is committed to providing ongoing support to the National Cultural Institutions (NCIs), maintaining regular contact with all NCI senior management to ensure that any matters that arise are dealt with expeditiously.

With specific regard to the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), officials from my Department keep in regular contact with the Director and her senior management team. These engagements include the formal quarterly liaison meetings required under my Department’s corporate governance procedures, the most recent of which was held just last week between the Department and IMMA.

I personally visited IMMA most recently on 2 February 2023 in advance of the announcement of four new appointments to the IMMA Board and also to launch of the Irish Gothicexhibition of works spanning the career of Irish artist Patricia Hurl. During this visit, I met the Director, the chair of the Board, board members and members of the IMMA team.