Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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957.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 29 May 2024, the status of the drawdown of the €1 million in Galway 2020 legacy funding; the amount drawn down to date; the breakdown of the funds drawn down to date that have been allocated; the amount allocated via open calls for funding applications to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33128/24]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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A key deliverable of the European Capital of Culture designation was the development of a legacy framework to sustain and build on the capacity, networks and opportunities arising from the cultural programme of Galway 2020. A Performance Delivery Agreement is in place between my Department and the Galway Culture Company to ensure the appropriate oversight of the implementation of the legacy programme and the expenditure of the Government's funding allocation of €1 million.

My Department officials continue to work closely with the Galway Culture Company in this regard. Quarterly meetings between the Department, the Chief Executive of the Galway Culture Company and the Chair of the Board of Galway Culture Company have taken place on 29th November 2023, 31st January, 13th March and 20th May 2024. At each meeting, Galway Culture Company provided an update to the Department on programming and expenditure. The minutes of the quarterly meetings are published bilingually on the Gov.ie website.

Galway Culture Company has now drawn-down the total €1 million allocated to the Galway 2020 legacy programme. The final drawdown of €18,294 was paid on 17^thJuly 2024. This funding has supported each of the three strategic objectives of the legacy programme as follows;

• €191,919.60 supported the first strategic objective to ‘Facilitate International and EU Relationships and Funding’,
• €537,412.60 supported the second strategic objective ‘Support to Place based Cultural Programming’, and
• €270,667.80 supported the third strategic objective the ‘Provision of supports to the cultural and creative sector’.