Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position

Debate contribution by Ms Kate Nicholl on 14 January 2025.

MLA: Ms Kate Nicholl
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 14 January 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Arts Council: Budgetary Position
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4736524

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I thank the Minister for his answer. I wholeheartedly agree that our arts are underfunded. There is widespread recognition of that. The Department for the Economy has added funds through the in-year monitoring rounds to the year-end totals of arm's-length bodies. Is the Minister agreeable to looking at that and putting in place a similar agreement for the Arts Council so that it can adequately plan and budget for programming for the year ahead?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 1351/22-27.

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