Written answers
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Culture Policy
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown in tabular form of the projects relating to arts and culture that have been supported by the Shared Island Unit, including the amount of funding provided to each project. [4501/24]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The Creative Ireland Programme within my Department is deploying funding from the Shared Island Initiative to increase opportunities for cross-community cultural and creative exchange through support for the following projects:
| Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Clare County Council | €250,000 |
|---|---|
| Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Cavan County Council | €250,000 |
| Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Dublin City Council | €50,000 |
| Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Cork County Council | €50,000 |
| Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Fingal County Council | €50,000 |
| Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Donegal County Council | €50,000 |
| Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Leitrim County Council | €50,000 |
| Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Waterford City & County Council | €50,000 |
| Creative Communities on a Shared Island – Limerick City & County Council | €50,000 |
| Cruinniú na nÓg 2023 | €81,899 |
| Creative Youth on a Shared Island - flagship initiative - Fighting Words | €160,000 |
| Creative Health & Wellbeing on a Shared Island : Creative Connections for Mental Health | €45,000 |
| Creative Climate Action : Divergently Together | €250,000 |
| Creative Climate Action : Shifting Tides and Sea Change - Creative Coastal Conversations | €230,000 |
| Creative Climate Action : Creative Boardroom : Collaborate4Climate | €250,000 |
| Total | €1,866,889 |
In addition, the Creative Youth on a Shared Island funding scheme is currently open for applications. Further information on these projects is available on the Creative Ireland website: www.creativeireland.gov.ie
In September 2023, I along with the Taoiseach and Tánaiste, announced five new all-island Arts Capital investment projects, which are being delivered with a total allocation of €7.4m from the Government’s Shared Island Initiative. These Shared Island allocations will complement capital support for arts and cultural infrastructure with a defined all-island focu s.
| Irish Architectural Archive (IAA) - digitisation project | €100,000 |
|---|---|
| Irish Film Institute (IFI) - archival project | €200,000 |
| Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) studio space and digitisation | €1,000,000 |
| Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig - new visual art studio | €1,500,000 |
| Bellaghy Bawn Writers Residencies - facilities development | €4,600,000 |
| Total | €7,400,000 |
In addition to the capital allocations being made available, the Arts Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland will be working together to support Arts programming on a collaborative cross-border basis.
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