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Arts Funding

Volume 456: debated on Wednesday 31 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public money allocated to the (a) West Belfast Festival and (b) Gasyard Feile in Londonderry in each of the last two years, broken down by Department. (116892)

Details of the public moneys allocated to the (a) West Belfast Festival and (b) Gasyard Feile in Londonderry, in each of the last two years is given in the following tables:

(a) West Belfast Festival

£

Funding source

2005-06

2006-07

DCAL - Arts Council of Northern Ireland

90,000 (ASOP)

99,000 (ASOP)

25,000 (Lottery)

35,000 (Lottery access)

9,250 (Lottery arts project)

DCAL - Community Festivals Fund

45,000

DCAL - Foras na Gaeilge

12,000

15,000

DCAL (direct funding)

20,000

100,000

NIO Probation Board NI

5,220

DSD - Belfast Regeneration Office

121,548

OFMDFM - Community Relations Council

8,000

5,700

DFP PEACE II

58,420

Total

291,018

358,120

(b) Gasyard Feile

£

Funding source

2005-06

2006-07

DCAL - Arts Council of Northern Ireland

42,350 (Lottery access)

9,416 (Lottery arts Project)

DCAL - Community Festivals Fund

8,000

OFMDFM - Community Relations Council

1,900

Total

61,666