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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 13, 2021

QUESTION NO 16.

QUESTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

In response to the reply to Question 17 from the October County Council, if €5,000 of the €50,000 of funding announced by Minister Catherine Martin for every local authority in 2021 under the Community Strand of the Decade of Centenaries Programme, is being allocated to local groups, what is the remaining €45,000 being allocated to; is there a closing date for proposals; and can non-history societies e.g. Tidy Towns groups apply?

REPLY:

The Community Strand of the 2021 Decade of Centenaries Programme funded the following projects:

Historian in Residence	€10,000.00
Artist in Residence	€15,000.00
Purchase of Decade of Centenaries related book stock for school libraries	€3,096.08
Production of ‘Riots, Rifles and Rebels’ book on the revolutionary period in South Dublin County for distribution to all 5th class students across the county.	€20,282.70
Grants to local history societies for Decade of Centenaries projects	€4,000.00
Decade of Centenaries Lecture Series	€6,498.00
Total	€58,876.78

The 2021 programme is complete with all funding allocated. Grants for groups including Tidy Towns Committees will be considered for the 2022 programme.

Details of the full programme are attached.

Contact: Paul Fusco, County Librarian; Síle Coleman, Senior Executive Librarian.