Dail Éireann · 2024-04-18
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The scheme is part of a suite of measures I have introduced to support professional arts practice, including record funding of €134 million for the Arts Council, increased funding for Screen Ireland, the highest level of funding for Culture Ireland since its establishment, a new pilot capital support scheme for arts, culture and the night-time economy, and increased funding for Creative Ireland. In researching impacts on recipients and on the ecology of the arts, this pilot scheme has the potential to change the landscape of the arts and how we fund them.
Regarding investment in the arts, while there is always more to be done, funding for the culture programme in my Department in the four years since I became Minister has grown by over 90%, funding for the Arts Council has grown by 68%, funding for Screen Ireland has grown by 88% and funding for Culture Ireland has grown by 65%.
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Tosóimid le ceisteanna don Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúr, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus na Meán le Ceist Uimh. 1.
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