Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-05-14
============================================================

Josepha Madigan (FG), Dublin Rathdown

As Deputies are aware, Culture Night usually takes place in September. This year, it is due to take place on 20 September. Proposals are being developed to deliver it online in light of the need for social distancing. It is regrettable that that is necessary but, as Deputy Farrell mentioned, there have been successful initiatives such as Dear Ireland and Ireland Performs. People will be as creative as before and we can bring it online and, it is to be hoped, create a buzz around it. In 2019, approximately 430,000 people visited national cultural institutions such as the National Museum of Ireland. It is a unique and special occasion. We wish to ensure that we recreate it in a digital way this year. Obviously, planning is under way and, in order to err on the side of caution, we will bring it online. I thank the Deputy for raising that issue.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2020-05-14/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:48:17+00:00
Sitting date: 2020-05-14