COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 08, 2019

QUESTION NO. 29

QUESTION: Councillor Peter Kavanagh

To ask the Chief Executive to report on the lack of funding available to Oireachtas na Samhna, a major Irish language even coming to CityWest in 2019. In 2015, €40,000 was provided to help run the Oireachtas through the now defunct South Dublin Tourism.

Given that there is a budget line of over €1.2m for tourism promotion, and that this festival brought in over €8m in increased revenue in 2015, could additional funding be assigned to ensure South Dublin County does not lose out in future years?

Attached is correspondence between SDCC and Oireachtas na Gaeilge, and between Oireachtas na Gaeilge and me.

REPLY:

As set out in the attached SDCC letter dated 15th January 2019 the 2019 budget is committed to a number of projects. As also indicated a co-funding proposal from the Chamber Tourism Sub-committee in relation to the Oireachtas festival could be considered but it would be envisaged that such an application would be at a more modest level of funding than that provided in 2015 on the basis of historical commitments made by the former Tourism Company.