Culture Policy
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-18
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Catherine Connolly (IND), Galway West

I know the Minister has a lot on her plate, but she is missing the point. A Galway culture company was established on 23 January 2023 as a successor to Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture. In February, we were told that the legacy framework would be published on the website in March, and we are now in May. I know there can be delays, but I am looking at the history of this. I have a library of questions and answers in relation to it. The language used does not help. To be positive, I welcome that there will be open bids and that applications will be open to everyone, but we should look at the language used. I am not sure if we are restricted because of European language. I ask the Minister to listen to this. There will be €300,000 "to facilitate EU and international relationships and funding"; €500,000 "to develop and support place-based cultural programme"; and €200,000 "to provide supports to the cultural and creative sector". Does the Minister know what that means, even the last one maybe?

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Sitting date: 2023-05-18