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D5 Subhead – Cultural Development – Current Expenditure 2009 Payments Cumann Merriman Clare €10,000 Cork Women's Poetry Circle Cork €10,000 Triskel Arts Centre Cork €200,000 The Ark Childrens Centre Dublin €100,000 World Bodhran Championships Kerry €10,000 University Concert Hall Limerick €46,000 Red Kettle Theatre Company Waterford €24,765 Business to Arts National €25,000 Introart National €19,000 Preparation of Cultural Compendium International €1,209 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue costs International €20,168 Irish Arts Centre, New York International €48,925 Louvain Institute for Ireland in Europe International €14,336 Origin Theatre, New York International €16,613 Total €546,015 D5 Subhead – Cultural Development – Capital Expenditure Payments in 2009 Visual Arts Carlow €118,379 Aras Oidhreacht, Spanish Point Clare €96,793 Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (Ennistymon) Clare €18,494 Cork Arts Theatre Cork €16,462 Cork Opera House Cork €1,450,000 Everyman Theatre Cork €9,473 National Sculpture Factory Cork €157,887 Abbey Community Arts Ballyshannon Donegal €43,157 Raphoe Diocesan Archive Donegal €3,285 Draiocht Ltd Dublin €135,088 Gallery of Photography Dublin €428,996 Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin €140,318 Irish Film Institute Dublin €985,751 Natural History Museum (OPW) Dublin €50,000 Project Arts Centre Dublin €60,000 Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin €470,099 The Abbey Theatre Dublin €196,272 The Ark Cultural Centre for Children Dublin €13,124 The Gate Theatre Dublin €322,159 Druid Theatre Galway €822,237 Solas Galway Pitcture Palace Galway €720,468 Siamsa na Carraig Kerry €52,662 St John's Theatre Listowel Kerry €48,505 Castalia Arts Centre, Callan Kilkenny €127,016 Watergate Theatre Kilkenny €38,547 Arthouse Stradbally Laois €43,303 Belltable Theatre Limerick €152,294 Foynes Flying Boat Museum Limerick €188,557 Irish Chamber Orchestra Limerick €28,784 Limerick City Gallery of Art Limerick €120,977 Backstage Theatre Longford €174,366 Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda Louth €297,060 Ballina Arts Centre Mayo €300,000 Kiltimagh Theatre Mayo €27,567 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar Mayo €21,983 Iontas Castleblaney Monaghan €14,571 Scotshouse Community Hall Clones Monaghan €2,000 Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (Riverstown) Sligo €7,500 Model, home of the Niland Collection Sligo €2,967,307 Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Brú Ború Tipperary €80,193 Theatre Royal Waterford Waterford €1,783,699 St Michael's Hall Wexford €13,782 Wexford Arts Centre Wexford €612,184 Wexford Theatre Royal Wexford €2,584,271 Fossets Circus National €192,247 National Association of Youth Drama National €7,600 National Treasury Management Agency PPP projects National €887,962 Office of Public Works PPP projects National €187,089 Technical assistance National €74,415 Total €17,294,879.

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