Contents ontents Introduction 02

Foreword by the Chairman of Council 03

Director’s Report 05

Implementing the Arts Plan 06

Artforms 08 - Architecture 08 - Dance 09 - Drama 10 - Film 11 - Literature 12 - Music 13 - Opera 14 - Visual Arts 15 - Aosdána 16 The ArtsCouncil - International Arts 18 - The Arts in Irish 19

Development 20 - Policy Development and Partnerships Annual Report1999 - Local Authorities 20 - Údarás na Gaeltachta 21 - Arts and Health 22 - Arts and Disability 22 - Arts and Science 22 - Venues Development 23 - Audience Development 23 01 - Education, Children and Young People 24 - Combined Arts - Arts Centres 25 - Festivals 25 - Community Arts 26

Public Affairs 27

Capital 28

Finance 29

Membership and Staff 33

Awards and Grants by Artform 37

Financial Statements 53 Introduction Foreword by the Chairman of Council troduction foreword by the chairman of the council The Arts Council is an autonomous body established Besides the preparation of the Arts Plan, the Council in 1951 to stimulate public interest in, and promote during 1999 was actively engaged in the process of the knowledge, appreciation and practice of the arts. appraising proposals for bursaries, project awards The Council is the Government’s principal instrument and annual revenue grants. So much detail involved for the development and funding of the arts in a steep learning curve for those members (all save Ireland, and acts as an advisory body to Government two) who had been newly appointed to the Council on arts matters, operating under the Arts Acts of in 1998. Members gave generously of their time in 1951 and 1973. committees devoted to the performing, creative and combined art forms. In the second half of the year, As an advocate for the arts, the Council commissions they also participated actively in working groups and publishes research and information, and concerned with support for the individual artist, and undertakes a range of development projects, often with various aspects of the implementation of the in partnership with other public sector or non- Plan. Having identified a more developmental role, governmental agencies. we set about realising one aspect of this - the experimental introduction of multi-annual offers of The Ar The Arts Council is a voluntary body comprising 16 funding - immediately on securing Government

members and a chairman appointed by the Minister approval for our plan. ts Council for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands for a Dr Brian Farrell term of five years. The eleventh Arts Council was The Plan itself is radical. It involves not merely new

appointed in 1998 under the chairmanship of Dr 1999 was a year of significant activity for the Arts ways of operating but fundamentally new ways of Annual Repor 1 Brian Farrell . It has an executive staff of 32. Council, one in which it formulated and published a conceptualising the relationship between the Council second strategic plan for the arts, 1999 - 2001. and the arts communities. Inevitably this gave rise to

The Arts Council supports all aspects of the arts, in Funding in 1999 increased to £28m, and in some internal tensions and misunderstandings. These t 1999 Irish and English, including architecture, dance, announcing Government’s adoption of the plan, were part - sometimes a rather painful part - of the drama, film, literature, music and visual arts. The Minister Síle de Valera indicated that its £100m cost necessary process of change and adaptation. Like Council funds individual professional artists through would be funded in full over the three years. The many busy organisations operating in the

direct awards and bursaries and through Aosdána, Arts Plan reaffirms the Council’s long-standing challenging climate of greater transparency and 03 the affiliation of creative artists. The Council also commitment to artistic excellence and innovation, public accountability, we found ourselves “refitting supports multi-disciplinary arts through activities and and to extending opportunities for access and at sea”. Even had a “dry dock” been available, facilities such as arts centres, festivals and participation in the arts. In addition, as a means of however, it would not necessarily have been community arts. The Council annually assists achieving these primary objectives for the arts, the desirable. Our ideas and our understanding of the hundreds of organisations involved in the arts Council has identified the need to build capacity in feasibility of putting them into practice need to be throughout Ireland through grants or project the arts sector. continually challenged by the process of live debate funding. with the people who have most at stake in their Consultation with the broad community of artistic realisation. In partnership with local authorities and with Údarás practitioners played an important part in helping the Na Gaeltachta, the Council part-funds 31 county, city Arts Council to make a new plan. The Council was and Gaeltacht arts officer posts and their year-round encouraged by the welcome that was extended to programmes. The Council co-operates closely on a the Plan by the sector on its publication in mid-1999. wide range of programmes and projects with the Continuing dialogue with the sector will Arts Council of Northern Ireland. undoubtedly contribute to the achievement of the plan’s targets, which are ambitious ones. But we must not rest with dialogue between our immediate community and ourselves. Too many people still feel a sense of exclusion from the arts, and it is the responsibility of all of us who are active in the arts to reach out to the wider community.

Triskel Arts Centre Cork - “Intermedia 2000” - Photographer: Peter Casey

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1 Dr Farrell resigned in February 2000 and was replaced by Mr Patrick J. Murphy. Firkin Crane’s European Youth Start Iniative with members of the Youth Movement to Dance Foreword by the Chairman of Council (continued) Director’s Report oreword by the chairman of the council directors’report Many other aspects of the Plan were put into place Not everything in the Plan has moved forward as in the course of 1999. We made a submission to the rapidly as the Council would wish. We fully agree The way we chose to put a new set of funding National Development Plan, published in October, with the suggestion, made in a submission to the possibilities into place was a prototype exercise with stressing the need for a co-ordinated approach to Arts Plan, that “a child...is entitled to the about 16 organisations, representing a gamut of the development of a better arts infrastructure development of his/her artistic intelligence in the artistic interests. We had some precedents from throughout the country. As part of our own same way as his/her scientific, mathematical, abroad but mostly we, and they, trusted the process contribution to the achievement of this, we put in historical or linguistic intelligence”. of intensive discussion to yield the conditions under place a project team (called Auditoria), to provide which multi-annual targeted funding could be accurate information and advice on how this We met with the then Minister for Education and introduced. Many of the things that emerged infrastructure could be developed with the maximum Science, Michéal Martin, to stress to him directly our through this process were not new: people had been benefit. serious concerns about the place of art in the formal telling us for years about their longer-term and out-of-school education system. The Arts development needs. In 1999, we started to address We published a four-year perspective on local Council has offered every possible assistance to the these in a meaningful way. authority expenditure on the arts, which suggests Departments of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the that growth in local funding has not kept pace with Islands, and of Education and Science, in realising At the same time, we also brought forward a The Ar that from central government. If the arts in Ireland better policy provision for this crucially important comprehensive review of our support for individual

are to achieve their full potential, central area. artists, and towards the end of the year saw the ts Council government must enable local authorities to have Patricia Quinn emergence of a clearer and more dynamic approach. access to more funding and resources to enable At the end of 1999, the death of Kevin Kieran,

them to take a more proactive approach to planning Consultant Architect to the Arts Council, was a To support a more strategic approach to funding, Annual Repor and providing for the needs of the arts in their local tremendous loss, not just to those within the Council 1999 was an important year for the Arts Council, and to make our work easier to understand, we area. Supporting the local authorities in making this but to many outside, including his students and the beginning of a process of transformative change adopted a wholly new approach to analysing and

case represents a major priority for the Arts Council. professional colleagues. A man of considerable within the organisation. The preparation and planning for expenditure in the second and third t 1999 intellectual presence and personal charm, Kevin submission to Government of our second strategic years of the Plan. Traditional artform budgets have demonstrated a deeply-felt commitment to plan for the arts provided an opportunity to confront been replaced by activity-based — or functionally- developing greater understanding and appreciation some demanding issues in the interpretation and based — programmes of expenditure which cross all

4 of architecture as art. His passing leaves colleagues, realisation of our brief. The decision of Government, artforms and arts development areas. 05 students and family with much to mourn, remember on the recommendation of the Minister for Arts, and celebrate. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dhilis. Heritage Gaeltacht and the Islands to accept the When the Arts Plan was first published, it was widely plan and fund it in full marked a sea-change for the welcomed by people who work in, and care about, Finally, in looking to the future, the Council arts in Ireland. For the first time, the Arts Council the arts. Their biggest concerns centred on its welcomed the announcement by Minister de Valera was provided with a forward commitment of implementation, as indeed did ours. We said in the in October that the Government would review the funding over three years and, moreover, a Plan that this would be a difficult undertaking, and Arts Act - the enabling legislation from which the commitment which represented a very significant so it proved to be. One of the biggest obstacles for Arts Council draws its purpose and its mandate. growth in our funding, building on the growth seen us to overcome was a sense of disbelief in the arts There can be no doubt that the Arts Council in the term of the first Arts Plan. community and elsewhere that we meant to change. entering the 21st century is a very different Tallaght Community Arts Centre’s Street Carnival: “Urban Jungle” with the organisation to that established by the Arts Act of Receiving what we asked for placed a new kind of We are fully persuaded that to serve the needs of Killinarden Street Dancers - photographer Frank Scalzo 1951. The breadth and scope of the Council’s responsibility on the Council. Having analysed the the arts in Ireland we must transform our operations. Ongoing co-operation between the two Arts activities have grown enormously and require (as the needs of the arts, and identified hand-to-mouth We have counted the cost and the feasibility of Councils, North and South, was reflected in the experience of this sometimes turbulent year has deficit funding as one of the greatest barriers to change on this scale, and we relish the challenge. publication of A Handbook on Arts and Disability, revealed) a quite different legislative environment to development, it was up to us to convert our new which will prove a useful resource to those seeking the one drawn up 50 years ago. We look forward to measure of security and resources into an improved arts opportunities for disabled people throughout contributing to the discussion that will undoubtedly climate of opportunity for people working in the arts the island. Other important development resource surround the preparation of the new Arts Act. in Ireland. The realisation of this objective was the material produced during 1999 included: a series of biggest piece of work we undertook in the course of Patricia Quinn advisory publications for arts centre managers, The the year, and it involved everybody in the Director Role and Responsibility of the Chief Executive, and organisation - both staff and members of the non- Financial Procedures: An Overview for Managers of executive Council. Arts Venues. Brian Farrell Chairman Implementing the Arts Plan mplementing the arts plan • The development of the capacity to measure and experimental new functional or activity-based groups The Council welcomes as long overdue the analyse the impacts of our expenditure; and (information organisations, and performing arts emergence of both formal and informal sectoral • A new quality of dialogue with the arts sector. production companies). The effect of this new style groupings dedicated to the promotion of policy of funding will be to give much more accurate issues, including the Theatre Forum, an Tóstal (the 1999 saw a start made on each of these three areas. information to the Council and others about the network of arts centres), the Limerick Arts Forum, strategic effects of expenditure, linked to stated and networks of music, film, dance and visual arts Systems and structures objectives in the Arts Plan, and for the first time to practitioners. These are seen as evidence of the In September, the Institute of Public Administration clarify to recipients of funding what exactly the growing maturity of the arts sector and will was retained as management consultants to advise Council expects to achieve as a result of the funding undoubtedly contribute to the Council’s capacity to on and provide support for the improvement of it provides. plan better for the arts in the future. human resources, information and management systems. Their work began with a comprehensive In December, the Council consolidated the re- The pilot multi-annual funding project provided the diagnostic review of the organisation, carried out in analysis of its budget into five expenditure opportunity to introduce a more focused and the last quarter of 1999. programmes, replacing previously used artform and purposeful style of dialogue into the Council’s other general categories. The new programmes, funding relationships with those organisations that

Japanese sculptor Jiro Okura with Japanese Ambassador Mrs Kazuko Yakoo at The Ar the Tallaght Community Arts Centre In October, the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht which will come into use in 2000, are: have expectations of year-on-year grant-aid.

and the Islands announced a review of the legislation • Awards ts Council It is five years since the Arts Council produced its governing the Arts Council (the Arts Acts, 1951 and • Projects / Schemes The Arts Plan 1999-2001 is available on The Arts first published strategy statement. The Arts Plan 1973). This would take account of changes in the • Grants Council’s website at http://www.artscouncil.ie. The

(1995 to 1998) set out a statement of purpose and a economic and social environment and facilitate the • Major capital grants Arts Plan and the consultative review are also Annual Repor series of policy goals, many of which were achieved Arts Council in its plan to become a developmental • Research and Communications available in print from The Arts Council. Succeeding thanks to Government recognition and a significant agency, bringing it into line with contemporary Better is available from the Government Publications

increase in funding over the period. In 1998, the governance practice Dialogue Office. t 1999 Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands The other extensive programme undertaken commissioned an independent review of the Impact analysis immediately after publication of the Plan was a achievements of the plan, relative to the total In July, immediately following the publication of the series of briefing meetings with leaders and

6 funding of £81m that had been provided. The Plan, the Council invited two groups of organisations representatives of a range of arts sectoral groups, 07 review, Succeeding Better, commented on the to work intensively with staff on a pilot project to including county arts officers. In all, 16 meetings achievements of the Plan relative to targets set, and devise the nature and terms of new multi-annual were held, to elaborate the thrust of the new plan made recommendations concerning the barriers to funding agreements. These groups were drawn not and invite reflection and comment. further development and the ways in which the Arts from traditional artform categories but from Council might better realise its strategic objectives in a future plan.

The new Plan that the Council published in 1999, following its adoption by Government, was informed by the recommendations of this review, and also by an unprecedented programme of public and sectoral consultation. The summary outcomes of consultation were published as a companion volume to the Plan.

The Arts Plan 1999-2001 incorporated a statement on management implications, which identified three key areas for attention within the operation of the Arts Council, if the strategic ambitions of the plan were to be realised. These key areas were: • Changes in the systems and structures of the organisation;

Ballina Arts Events - Teenagers Painting Exhibition - Photographer: Stephen Kearns Cork City Ballet - “Ballet Spectacular 2000”- Photographer: Stephen Kearns Artforms Antoinette O’Neill, Gaye Tanham, rtforms Consultant on Architecture artforms Dance & Opera Officer Architecture Dance

As a body with a prescribed status under planning The Arts Council and the Arts Council of Northern Expenditure regulations, the Arts Council continued to play a role Ireland continued the collaboration initiated through Direct financial support for dance increased by 3 per in informing decisions on planning applications the production of the jointly commissioned report on cent in 1999 to just under £863,000. This was during 1999. In all, the Council made submissions to vocational training, Shall We Dance?. During 1999, distributed across seven main areas: planning authorities on 20 applications, ranging both Councils joined forces to support development from a single house in Cork to the Spencer Dock of youth dance and dance in education. • Awards to artists, teachers and students, development in Dublin. accounted for £32,970; The Council was represented on the Steering • Dance residencies in Laois, Kildare, Cork and During 1999, the Arts Council also made a Committee for the development of an Irish Academy Dublin; submission to the Minister for the Environment and for the Performing Arts, a government initiative to Local Government on the Planning Development Bill. serve the professional education and training needs • The Council’s Dance Commission Scheme In it, the Council called for “architectural quality” to of performing artists in music, opera, drama and supported new work by choreographers Adrienne be adopted as a recognised concept within the dance. Brown and Michael Keegan-Dolan; The Ar planning system. • Dance project awards were given for performances Still from "Nation Building"; TV Documentary Series by Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, Rex Levitates ts Council The Council was represented on two of the three Dance Company, New Balance Dance Company, task groups established by Government to examine Limitless Dance Company, Cork City Ballet and Annual Repor policy on architecture. It was also represented on the Theatre of the Unconscious; co-ordinating committee of these groups, which produced a draft policy document. This will be • Resource and service organisations received a total

presented to the Minister, Ms Síle De Valera, for her of £190,000 for services and programmes run by t 1999 consideration. the Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland and Firken Crane, the Cork-based dance Expenditure development agency; 8 Expenditure on architecture amounted to • Five production companies received grants, being 09 £1,112,000 in 1999, an increase of just 0.4 per cent Ballet Ireland (£25,000), Cois Ceim Dance Theatre over 1998’s budget. This, however, must be seen in (£105,000), Daghdha Dance Company (£128,000), the context of an increase of 70 per cent in the Dance Theatre of Ireland (£145,000), Irish Modern previous year. Awards to architects amounted to Dance Theatre (£105,000). £6,350 and grants to architectural organisations and • Education and Youth Dance initiatives were projects came to £79,200. This latter figure includes supported through grants to Irish Junior Ballet, a grant of £50,000 to support the production of Shawbrook / L.D. Dance Trust and the Royal Nation Building, an eight-part TV documentary series Academy of Dancing. looking at architectural development in Ireland since 1922. The Arts Council also gave a grant of £20,000 A full list of dance decisions can be found on to the Architectural Association of Ireland to support page 38. its programme which promotes the understanding of architectural culture in Ireland.

A full list of architecture decisions can be seen on page 38.

Dnace Theatre of Ireland - “ Made to Measure” - Photographer: Tony Higgins Artforms (continued) Mary Hyland, rtforms artforms Film Officer Drama Film

The Arts Council’s drama decisions were taken in the • The Council provided over £1m in grants under the The Arts Council continued to promote initiatives to develop Irish film during 1999. A joint study into the Theatre Touring Scheme in 1999. In all, 19 context of the policy document, Going On, and in development of a circuit of arthouse screening light of the strategic objectives identified for drama production companies received grants to enable facilities was initiated in partnership with the Irish in the preparation of the Arts Plan. The graded them to tour. Sixteen receiving venues received Film Board, Enterprise Ireland and Northern Ireland structure for funding professional production programming grants to offer a varied range of Film Commission. The results of this study will inform companies, established following the 1995/96 professional productions to their audiences. the Council’s future policy in this area. Theatre Review, was extended in 1999 to provide • Additional support to organisations working with funding on a revenue basis for 17 companies. A During 1999, the Council established a Film children and young people was given in 1999, further 12 companies were offered project-based Exhibition Scheme to support projects that develop with a total of £763,000 to theatre companies, funding. audiences for high-quality, innovative and/or arts centres and service organisations in Cork, specialist programming that would not otherwise be Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Wicklow and Expenditure accessible. Wexford. Direct financial support for drama amounted to The Ar £8,234,145, an increase of 5.3 per cent on the • The Arts Council also worked in partnership with a The Council also jointly commissioned and co- number of agencies during 1999. Ten local funded a Cinnemobile - a mobile cinema - to provide previous year. This figure includes £3,269,000 for the ts Council National Theatre Society (the Abbey and Peacock authority arts officers were offered guarantees in access to film in areas where there are no existing theatres). Expenditure can be analysed under a support of theatre touring promotions in their cinemas. This project was funded in association with

number of headings: areas. In partnership with the Arts Council of the Irish Film Board, RTE and The Millennium Annual Repor Northern Ireland, eight companies were enabled to Committee. • Awards totalling £80,686 were made to 50 drama extend their touring practitioners during 1999. In addition, 106

circuits to venues Four programmes were produced and broadcast t 1999 individuals working in drama received Artflight throughout Ireland. under Splanc, the Irish language documentary awards. scheme, in co-operation with TG 4. • Under the Playwrights Commissioning Scheme, 14 A full list of drama Expenditure 0 grants to a total of £28,085 were made to funding decisions can 11 production companies to assist them to be found on pages Direct financial support for film came to just under commission new work from Irish playwrights. 39-40. £978,000, which represents an increase of 3.4 per These included companies in Cork, Dublin, cent over 1998. This expenditure was mainly Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford. distributed in the following areas:

• 17 theatre companies received revenue funding of • There was a significant increase in the Council’s £2,180,000, including £115,000 for Irish-language support for individual artists working in film, with theatre, Amharclann de híde. Seven regional greater attention given to those making visually- theatres received a total of £430,000 in annual based, non-narrative work. A total of £197,077 grant aid. Awards to the Watergate Theatre in was allocated in awards to individual artists and Kilkenny (£50,000) and the Town Hall Theatre in organisations. Galway (£40,000) matched the contributions of Kilkenny and Galway Corporations respectively. • Resource and support organisations in Cork, Dublin and Galway received a total of £415,000 • Festivals made an important contribution to Clockwise from the top: for the services they provide to people working in artform development and audience development, Blue Raincoat Theatre Company: “Alices Adventures in Wonderland”: film, or interested in developing film-related skills and the Council again provided revenue grants to Photographer: Kip Carroll: Druid Theatre Company: and experience. Dublin Theatre Festival (£289,000), the Dublin ”The Country Boy”: Photographer: Micheal O’ Suilleabhan: Fringe Festival (£60,000) and the International Bedrock Productions: • Festivals in total received funding of £202,722, “Night Just Before the Forest”: Puppet Festival (£35,000). In total, festivals Photographer: Ros Kavanagh with greater support being given to young people’s received £394,000 in 1999. film festivals. This included a grant of £22,000 to the Junior Dublin Film Festival, and a grant of £10,000 to the Junior Galway Film Fleadh.

A full list of film decisions can be found on page 41. Corcadorca Theatre Company: “Misterman” Young Irish Film Makers: Shooting “D Boyz” from top left down John Loughman, sound, Conor Lynch, camera, Gavin O’Kelly, continuity and Conal McLoughlin, author. Artforms (continued) Sinéad Mac Aodha, Maura Eaton, rtforms Literature Officer artforms Music Officer Literature Music

During 1999, the Arts Council, in co-operation with the Expenditure Expenditure Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the Arts Councils of Direct financial support for literature amounted to Expenditure on Music during 1999 totalled • Grants to assist concert promotion totalled nearly England, Scotland and Wales and a number of literature £1,112,217 in 1999, an increase of 4 per cent on the £2,087,000, an increase of 7.4 per cent on the £103,000 in 1999. The concerts took place in organisations including Poetry Ireland and the Poetry previous year. This was mainly distributed in four principal previous year. This was mainly distributed in seven Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny and Limerick. In addition, Society, established a working group to develop linkages areas: areas. musical events in Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, and promote literature exchange on these islands. The Limerick, Sligo and Waterford received a total of group met three times during 1999 and hopes to achieve • Awards to writers accounted for £478,890, of which 74 £117,020. West Cork Music received a grant of new synergies in literature promotion through the pooling per cent went in cnuais to 43 writers. Additional support £20,000 to support the running of its highly of expertise and funding on a bi-lateral and multi-lateral was directed to writers through the Council’s Writers in successful Chamber Music Festival in Bantry. basis. Residence scheme, under which organisations in Cork, • Support for performing groups, at £664,465, Dublin, Galway, Leitrim and Kildare received £49,983 in represented a large proportion of the Council’s The National Writers’ Workshop was re-established with 1999. total expenditure on music. The the support of the Arts Council under the aegis of the • Resource and service organisations, which provide an The Ar National University Galway. The workshop included a Limerick-based Irish Chamber Orchestra received important range of services to writers, received a total of funding of £530,000; the Crash Ensemble received

number of intensive residential workshops and a series of ts Council £258,890 in 1999. one-to-one advisory sessions for emerging writers in all £24,000. genres. The poet, Paula Meehan, moderated the • Literature Festivals in Down, Dublin, Galway, Kerry and • A total of £135,000 was allocated to ensembles workshop in 1999. Sligo received support amounting to £47,000 in 1999. and resources for children and young people in Annual Repor • Publishers received a total of £419,164 in 1999. This West Cork Chamber Music Festival: Callino String Quartet: Photographer: Aldo Belmonte 1999. In keeping with the Arts Council’s policy of promoting included a grant of £79,664 for poetry publisher, Gallery greater youth arts participation and awareness, the Press. In addition, £74,425 was earmarked for literary • Awards to individual artists accounted for The Council also supports music by assisting the t 1999 Council was pleased to support (in association with the magazines, which provide an important publication £176,687, of which 44 per cent went in cnuais to programmes of the local authority arts offices. Irish Writers’ Centre and Dublin Corporation) a one-year opportunity for writers and which foster critical nine composers. Support was given to During 1999, the Arts Council collaborated with writer in residence programme featuring the children’s assessment and documentation of new writing. The Irish instrumentalists, singers, composers and Sligo Corporation, Sligo County Council and Music novelist, Siobhán Parkinson. The residency included Theatre Magazine, which fills an important gap both as conductors, including those involved in post- Network, to establish the country’s first Quartet in 13 workshops with children, parents, teachers and children’s a document of record and an outlet for theatre criticism, graduate study abroad, for both long and short Residence. The internationally renowned Vogler writers. received a seed grant of £7,500. A new annual Irish periods. Composer Andrew Hamilton received the Quartet, took up their residency in Sligo in the language journal of arts and cultural criticism, Bliainiris, MacConchy Fellowship, which will support his autumn and held a series of concerts and workshops As a result of the work of a joint committee established by which was published for the first time in December doctoral studies at York University for three years. with local musicians and school children. the Arts Council and the Library Council/An Chomhairle 1999, received a grant of £10,000. • £40,000 was allocated under the New Music Leabharlanna, a report, Arts and the Magic of the Word, Commission Scheme. The Contemporary Music A full list of music decisions is available on page 43. was published in November 1999. This examined the level The Council also supports literature through assisting the Centre administered this for The Arts Council in and quality of current arts provision in the public libraries programmes of county and city arts officers and in 1999. and made recommendations partnership with other agencies. In 1999, a special Ensembles throughout the country commissioned regarding future arts promotions initiative was established in co-operation with Údaras na new works by 19 Irish composers. throughout the public library Gaeltachta to promote creative writing through the system. medium of Irish. It featured a series of workshops in • Resource and service organisations, which offer an Gaeltacht secondary schools by leading Irish poets Nuala important source of professional support for Ní Dhomhnaill, Louis de Paor and Cathal O Searcaigh. musicians, concert promoters and others, received a total of £917,945 in 1999. This included a grant Children’s Book Fair: Comhar na Muinteoiri Gaeilge received a small grant to of £193,261 to the Contemporary Music Centre Photographer: Lensman Cló Iar-Chonnachta: support a sound recording and a publication of poetry by and £269,152 to Music Network. Frankfurt Book Fair: Photographer:Harry Smith contemporary Irish poets which will foster a greater understanding and appreciation of Irish language poetry in the classroom.

A full list of literature decisions can be found on page 42. Black Box Irish Composers CD Series Artforms (continued) Gaye Tanham, Oliver Dowling, rtforms Dance & Opera Officer artforms Visual Arts Officer Opera Visual Arts

The Council continued to concentrate the greater Wexford Festival Opera, in its 48th season, A number of research or developmental projects in the • Financial support for galleries and exhibitions is the part of its funding for opera in 1999 on the three presented an extensive programme of concerts, visual arts were undertaken or completed by The Arts principal means of building audiences for the visual organisations whose work has shown a commitment recitals, staged opera scenes, and six performances Council during 1999. The Council commissioned arts. In 1999, The Arts Council provided £966,541 in to increasing standards of artistic quality and to each of Die Konigin Von Saba by Karl Geldmark, research into the impact of support for individual assistance to galleries and exhibitions in Dublin, developing audiences for opera in Ireland. Straszny Dwór by Stanislaw Moniuszko, and Siberia artists. The study, which was written by Professor Kilkenny, Limerick, Mayo and Sligo. 1999 saw by Umberto Giordano. Anthony Everitt and published in March 2000, important exhibitions such as Limerick’s EV+A, Iontas Expenditure included a number of recommendations on ways of at the Sligo Art Gallery and Intermedia at the Triskel • The Council allocated £14,850 to OTC and The Expenditure on opera in 1999 totalled £1,365,470. improving support for individual visual artists. The Arts Arts Centre. Machine for opera projects. The Machine Spending was divided into four main areas: Council also undertook an extensive review of its visual presented a new opera by Michael Scott based on • Through support for publications - catalogues, books art collection during the year. This study will form the The Dreaming of the Bones by W.B. Yeats. and magazines - the Arts Council fosters critical • The Council allocated a total of £1,306,000 to basis for future policy in relation to the Council’s assessment and documentation of the visual arts. In Opera Ireland, Opera Theatre Company and • Opera Ireland received £35,000 from the Council collection. In addition, it commissioned research into 1999, Cork-based publishers Gandon Editions Wexford Festival Opera in revenue grant aid. for touring. In association with Co-Opera, it copyright and droit de suite (artists’ resale rights). received £75,000 towards an extensive programme The Ar Opera Ireland presented two seasons at the Gaiety brought Carmen to venues throughout the island. of publications in visual arts and architecture. The

Theatre Dublin, achieving considerable artistic Expenditure ts Council • A further £8,965 was given to The Machine and Council also supported visual arts publications such success and critical recognition with its new policy Direct financial support for the visual arts amounted to the National Chamber Choir under the as Circa and Source Magazine. of introducing, in each season, a new work or one commissions scheme. The grant to the National £2,136,000 in 1999, an increase of 7.5 per cent over unfamiliar to Irish audiences. There were four 1998. This was mainly distributed in five areas: Annual Repor Chamber Choir was for the libretto and score of a The Council also supports the visual arts by assisting performances of Salome by Richard Strauss in the new opera for children. the programmes of county and city arts officers and by Spring; and four performances of Boris Godunov • Awards to artists accounted for £639,888, of which means of grants to arts centres and festivals. In by Mussorgsky in the Winter. Both were Irish 66 per cent went in cnuais to 51 visual artists. This t 1999 A full list of Opera decisions can be found on addition, support is channelled through partnerships premieres. year, the Marten Toonder award (which alternates page 44. such as that with the Eastern Health Board. Opera Theatre Company (OTC) concentrated its between the different artforms) was made to visual touring schedule in Ireland, in order to develop artist, Fergus Martin. Visual artists also benefited Ireland’s participation in the Venice Biennale was two important partnerships. One with the Arts from Artflight awards during the year. 4 supported with a grant of £5,000 to Artworking. This 15 Council of Northern Ireland, which funded the • Resource and service organisations, an important went towards the production of the catalogue for company to tour to venues in Northern Ireland; the source of professional support for artists, received Anne Tallentire’s installation. David Godbold was the second with RTE, which co-produced a large-scale £276,500. The Artists Association of Ireland, one of recipient of the PS1 residency in New York, valued at opera and tour with OTC. OTC produced and the main recipients of funding under this area of £25,202. toured three works during the year: The Rake’s expenditure, produced a publication about Progress by Stravinsky, with full orchestra and marketing the visual arts entitled “A Strategic Review A full list of visual arts decisions can be found on chorus, an Irish premiere; Rodelinda by Handel, of the Visual Art Market in Ireland”. pages 45-46. with a period orchestra sponsored by the British Council, (this production has since been invited to • The Council awarded £483,750 for building-based a number of venues and festivals overseas); and resources in 1999. These included studios and The Wall of Cloud, a world premiere of a new full- specialist facilities for print-makers, painters, length chamber opera by Raymond Deane, a sculptors, photographers and artists working in commission which received specific funding from mixed media and new media. The studios/facilities the Arts Council. are located in Clare, Cork, Dublin, Leitrim, Mayo and Wexford. During 1999, the Council also helped the Firestation Artists’ Studios in Dublin’s north inner city to improve its facilities for artists with disabilities.

Opera Theatre Company; The OTC/ESB Four Note Opera; Work by Daphne Wright from left Nicola Sharkey, Kevin West and Buddug Verona James and Luc Tuymans from the Douglas Hyde Gallery Artforms (continued) Dermot McLaughlin, rtforms Deputy Registrar artforms Aosdána Aosdána members:

Aosdána’s allocation increased by 3.9 per cent in Visual Arts Literature Music 1999, with funding for cnuais (annuities) to individual artists amounting to £926,000. The Robert Ballagh Melanie le Brocqu John Banville Thomas McCarthy Gerald Barry current annual rate of cnuas is £8,700. John Behan Ciarán Lennon Leland Bardwell John McGahern Seóirse Bodley Pauline Bewick Anne Madden Sebastian Barry Medbh McGuckian Brian Boydell Cnuais awards were broken down as follows: Basil Blackshaw Brian Maguire Dermot Bolger Frank McGuinness John Buckley Brian Bourke Alice Maher Clare Boylan Paula Meehan Frank Corcoran Ir£ Fergus Bourke Louis Marcus Marina Carr John Montague Raymond Deane 43 writers 354,840 Cecily Brennan James McKenna Ciaran Carson Paul Muldoon Jerome de 51 visual artists 425,293 Vincent Browne Stephen McKenna Philip Casey Val Mulkerns Bromhead 9 composers 78,155 Michael Bulfin Theo McNab Harry Clifton Richard Murphy Roger Doyle Pension scheme John Burke Sean McSweeney Michael Coady Tom Murphy Eibhlis Farrell (Council contribution) 38,833 Cathy Carman Helen Moloney Anthony Cronin Eiléan Ní Fergus Johnston The Ar Administration 28,630 James Coleman Michael Mulcahy Margaretta D’Arcy Chuilleanáin John Kinsella

Joe Comerford Carolyn Mulholland Michael Davitt Nuala Ní Philip Martin ts Council Total 925,751 Barrie Cooke Janet Mullarney Seamus Deane Dhomhnaill Kevin O’Connell New Toscairí from L-R: Back Row - Michael Mulcahy, Jim Nolan, Theo Dorgan, Michael Harding, Diarmuid Delargy Maud Cotter Eilís O’Connell Neil Donnelly Christopher Nolan Jane O’Leary Front Rrow - Patricia Quinn, Arts Council Director & Registrar of Aosdána, Brian Farrell, Arts Council Chairman, Maud Cotter, Michael Holohan & Dermot McLaughlin Deputy Registrar Aosdána Dorothy Cross Michael O’Dea Theo Dorgan Jim Nolan Eric Sweeney Annual Repor The Toscaireacht, Aosdána’s ten-person governing Nine new Aosdána members were elected at the William Crozier Gwen O’Dowd Paul Durcan Edna O’Brien Ian Wilson body, met on six occasions during 1999. At the meeting: Maud Cotter, Michael Davitt, Diarmuid Charles Cullen Alannah O’Kelly Bernard Farrell Seán O Coistealbha James Wilson

General Assembly in November, ten new Toscairí Delargy, Willie Doherty, Theo Dorgan, Michael Michael Cullen Tony O’Malley Pádraic Fiacc Micheál Ó t 1999 were elected for a two-year term. They were Harding, Michael Holohan, Michael Mulcahy and Jim Rosaleen Davey Patrick O’Sullivan Brian Friel Conghaile Anthony Cronin, Raymond Deane, Roger Doyle, Alice Nolan. Edward Delaney Kathy Prendergast Patrick Galvin Ulick O’Connor Hanratty, Dermot Healy, John Kinsella, Gene Diarmuid Delargy Patrick Pye Carlo Gébler Julia O’Faolain 6 Lambert, Brian Maguire, Paula Meehan and David Research being undertaken by the Arts Council and Willie Doherty Michael Quane Robert Greacen Críostóir Ó Floinn 17 Shaw Smith. the Arts Council of Northern Ireland on support for Micky Donnelly Bob Quinn Hugo Hamilton Desmond O’Grady individual artists has suggested that the Felim Egan Vivienne Roche Michael Harding Mary O’Malley On the day before the General Assembly, a Pre- dissemination of information on Aosdána’s functions Conor Fallon James Scanlon Dermot Healy Liam Ó Muirthile Assembly meeting took place. Now in its second and governance to the artistic community could be Micheal Farrell Patrick Scott Seamus Heaney Cathal Ó Searcaigh year, this Pre-Assembly meeting gives applicants for improved. The Assembly agreed that this issue Mary FitzGerald Dermot Seymour Aidan Higgins Micheal O’Siadhail membership to Aosdána an opportunity to present should be addressed with the publication of a new, Marie Foley David Shaw-Smith Rita Ann Higgins James Plunkett their work and allows existing members to learn updated handbook during 2000. The joint research Martin Gale Noel Sheridan Pearse Hutchinson Tim Robinson about the candidates proposed for membership. also celebrated Aosdána’s uniqueness in providing a Richard Gorman John Shinnors Jennifer Johnston James Simmons direct support to individual artists. Tim Goulding Maria Simonds- Neil Jordan Sydney Bernard At the General Assembly, a significant change Patrick Graham Gooding John B. Keane Smith Aosdána members were saddened by the death in regarding eligibility was passed. The new criterion Patrick Hall Camille Souter Benedict Kiely Matthew Sweeney October of the poet and translator, Michael Hartnett. Thomas Kilroy Colm Tóibín reads: “To be eligible for nomination to the Born in Co. Limerick in 1941, Hartnett’s main works Alice Hanratty Imogen Stuart membership of Aosdána, the artist shall have included A Farewell to English (1975), Inchicore Charles Harper Rod Tuach James Liddy William Trevor produced a body of original and creative work in one Haiku (1985), A Necklace of Wrens (1987) and The Eithne Jordan Charles Tyrrell Michael Longley Macdara Woods or more of the following categories: literature, Killing of Dreams (1992). Three other Aosdána Michael Kane Barbara Warren Brian Lynch members died during 1999. The novelist Brian musical composition and visual art”. This wording John Kelly Michael Warren Tom MacIntyre Moore died in January, the sculptor Yaun Renard has been adopted as part of a review of the general Goulet died in September, as did the poet, Eithne Brian King Samuel Walsh Bernard MacLaverty categories for membership and overall procedures Strong. Gene Lambert Nancy Wynne-Jones Deirdre Madden that govern Aosdána. Sonja Landweer Anne Yeats Derek Mahon Louis le Brocquy Hugh Maxton Artforms (continued) Sinéad Mac Aodha, rtforms artforms Irish Arts Officer International Arts The Arts in Irish

The Arts Council provides both direct and indirect on the relationship of the international dimension of The Arts Council continued to provide support for toured to fourteen venues North and South. support for the international dimension of the arts in the arts to other strategies and to domestic arts Irish language and bilingual arts development in all Amharclann de hÍde is dedicated to the production Ireland. The principal focus of its support for the development was also continued across all artforms during 1999. Expenditure on arts activities of contemporary and classic plays through the arts at international level is through the Council’s departments. in Irish, or by companies whose operations are fully medium of Irish, both established and neglected, as International Desk . bilingual, exceeded £1m in 1999. well as plays translated from other languages into The Arts Council allocated £273,000 to international Irish and stage adaptations of prose, poetry and In 1999 the International Desk experienced a major arts in 1999. This included: £9,719 under the GO Expenditure other genres. Amharclann de hÍde received an Arts increase in the number of enquiries from individual SEE AWARD which establishes quality professional The highest concentration of Irish language arts Council grant of £115,000 in 1999. artists, cultural workers, arts and other organisations. relationships between people and organisations in activity during 1999 was in literature. The Arts People sought information about arts opportunities Ireland and the UK, and is a jointly supported by the Council provided grants of £25,000 each to Multi-disciplinary arts festivals offered opportunities outside Ireland, as well as information about British Council Ireland and the Arts Council; £3,781 specialist publishers Coiscéim/Cosanic teo and Cló for arts through Irish. Féile na Bealtaine celebrated contacts and means of support to further plans for to the US-Ireland residency exchange; and £17,500 Iar-Chonnachta. The relatively new publishing Ireland’s bilingual culture; Scoil Acla’s agenda was trans-nationally co-operative projects and in grants to organisations working primarily in the venture, Cois Life teo, received a grant of £7,500 to based on the promotion and development of Irish The Ar international co-productions. Many people and international arena. enable it to develop its website, IT systems and to language and culture on Achill Island; and the

organisations also made contact from abroad in expand its list. Baboró Galway International Children’s Festival was ts Council order to find out about artists and arts in Ireland. Artflight is the main mobility scheme offered by the involved in bilingual co-productions. Every dedicated Arts Council in collaboration with Aer Lingus, and The individual writer was, as in previous years, literature festival held in Ireland contains writing in

The International Desk in the Arts Council was operated cooperatively with the Arts Council of supported through the Arts Council bursary in Irish as an integral aspect of its programme. Annual Repor reappointed to operate the European Cultural Northern Ireland. In 1999 Artflight enabled people literature scheme. Writers Liam Mac Cóil and Ré Ó Contact Point in Ireland by the European working in the arts to travel outside Ireland to an Laighléis received two-year bursaries worth £10,000 As in previous years Arts Council support to the

Commission. Aer Lingus destination, supported by £167,348 of each and several others received a number of smaller Achill Heinrich Böll Society included dedicated t 1999 assistance from the Arts Council. bursaries and awards ranging in value from £1,000 support for an Irish language writer’s residency at the VIA, the bi-monthly international arts newsletter, to £3,000. artist retreat. which provides information on EU support for 8 culture as well as international arts opportunities, A new annual journal, Bliainiris, was published for The Arts Council continued its working partnership 19 continued to be published. VIA was one of the the first time in 1999. This journal is intended to with Údarás na Gaeltachta with funding of £45,000 results of a three way co-operative agreement provided a forum for cultural and literary debate in in 1999 to contribute towards the costs of three arts between the British Council, the Arts Council of Irish and also to serve as a document of record of officers. Many local authority arts officers also Northern Ireland and the International Desk to the best of contemporary creative writing and promoted Irish language events and activities as part provide international arts information. A pilot criticism in Irish. of their programmes, including residencies for database called the ‘INFODESK’ was established in writers in Irish. agreement with the International Cultural Desk in The Council also supported organisations which Scotland, and the basis for future co-operative promote literature in Irish, including Poetry Ireland, development was laid. Children’s Books Ireland and the Ireland Literature Exchange, which promotes Irish writing in both The International Desk focused its active network languages, internationally, primarily through participation within the group of other European translation. Comhar na Muinteorí Gaeilge was Cultural Contact Points throughout the European assisted in the production of a sound recording and Union, the Informal European Theatre Meeting teacher’s manual of work by contemporary Irish (IETM) network, and the cultural documentation and poets. It is intended that this work will facilitate the policy network, CIRCLE. teaching of contemporary Irish poetry through the new Leaving Certificate Syllabus. Much of the information issued and arising from the International Desk, along with its experience as a Writing in Irish for the stage is a dimension of the European Cultural Contact Point helped to inform work of the National Theatre Society. Tom the inclusion of an explicit international arts strategy MacIntyre’s version of Cúirt an Mhéan Oiche was within the Arts Plan 1999-2001. Development work produced by the Abbey Theatre in 1999. It

Samhlaiocht Chiarrai: ”Lifesize Linking”: Photographer: Geraldine Leen Development Mary Cloake, evelopment Development Director development Policy Development and Partnerships The City & County Arts Officers at December 1999 were:

Local Authorities In March, the first North/South conference of local Carlow County Council, Caoimhín Corrigan Wexford Arts Officer, Lorraine Comer authority arts officers took place in Kilkenny. More (from September) Wicklow County Council, Leah Coyne Partnership with local government is an essential than 50 delegates attended the three-day event, the Cavan Arts Officer, Catriona O’Reilly (from April) feature of the Arts Council’s approach to arts purpose of which was to establish links, both formal Clare Arts Officer, Siobhán Mulcahy development. The co-funding of arts officers and and informal, between arts managers in the north (from November) their programmes with local authorities is the largest and south of Ireland. The conference, which was single element of this partnership approach. But in jointly supported by the two Arts Councils in Ireland, Cork County Council, Ian McDonagh Údarás na Gaeltachta 1999 this was augmented by a new scheme, demonstrated the genuine and concrete Cork Corporation, Mark Mulqueen initiated on a pilot basis with counties Wexford and commitment of those involved to developing The Arts Council continued to work in Donegal Arts Officer, Traolach O Fionnain Donegal, to promote a higher quality of integrated networks for co-operation. collaboration with Údarás na Gaeltachta during 1999 to provide three aistheoirí (community arts local planning and more devolved control of local Dublin Corporation, Jack Gilligan expenditure on the arts. If successful, it is intended Direct financial support for local authority arts co-ordinators) to develop arts opportunities in Dún Laoghaire Arts Officer, Cliodhna Shaffrey to extend this scheme to other local authorities. activities was £876,064 in 1999, of which £250,883 Gaeltacht areas. The Ar went to support the pay costs of local authority arts Fingal Arts Officer, Rory O’Byrne

A new working group of Arts Council staff and officers. The remaining £625,181 was allocated to ts Council Galway Arts Officer, James Harrold representatives of the City and County Managers fund the arts programmes of 26 local authorities. Association was established at the end of 1999 to This included grants of £100,000 to Donegal and Kerry Arts Officer, Kate Kennelly (from August) explore areas of further co-operation. The agenda of Wexford county councils, to support their planning Annual Repor the group, which has a two-year timeframe, is to: schemes. Kildare Arts Officer, Mary Lenihan Kilkenny Arts Officer, Margaret Cosgrave

• Explore the possibility of devolving responsibility for In addition, the Arts Council provided funding to t 1999 certain areas of decision making to local local authorities under a variety of other schemes. Laois Arts Officer, Muireann Ni Chonaill authorities; These included an award of £2,000 to Leitrim Leitrim County Counci,l Terre Duffy County Council under the Community Arts (from January) • Examine the implications of current and emerging Development Grant, a grant of £5,000 to Kildare 0 policy trends within local government on local arts Limerick Arts Officer, Sheila Deegan 21 County Council under the Dance Residency Scheme policy; and a grant of £2,000 to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Limerick County Council Arts Officer, Joan McKernan • Identify ways in which the capacity of local County Council under the literature festival scheme. Longford County Council, Fergus Kennedy authorities to develop the arts can be supported and Louth Arts Officer, Brian Harten

• Explore ways in which The Arts Council and local Mayo Arts Officer, John Coll (to September) authorities can work effectively towards making judicious decisions in relation to future capital Meath County Council, Geradette Bailey developments. Monaghan County Council, Somhairle MacConghail

Offaly County Council, Noreen O’Hare (from October) During 1999, the Council continued to work to consolidate the arts infrastructure in and through Roscommon County Council, Vacant local government. Local authorities employ city and Sligo County Counci,l Mary McAuliffe county arts officers with incentive co-funding from the Arts Council. This year, four more local authority South Dublin County Council, Gina Kelly (to April),Emily Jane Kirwan (from August) arts officers were appointed, bringing the total number of such posts to 31. Tipperary NR, Melanie Scott (from February)

Waterford County Council, Margaret Fleming

Waterford Corporation, Derek Verso Development (continued) evelopment development Arts and Health Venues Development

During 1999, The Arts Council continued its work In April, the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht In 1997, the Arts Council undertook an initiative Among the groups that took part in the initiative with the Eastern Regional Health Authority (formerly and the Islands, Ms Síle De Valera, launched the Arts intended to support new venues and to promote the were: the Eastern Health Board) to develop an arts policy and Disability Handbook jointly commissioned by the establishment of linkages between new and and code of practice within health environments. Arts Council and the Arts Council of Northern established venues. In 1999 this initiative continued • A consortium of arts interests from Sligo who Such policy and codes of practice will be informed Ireland. It provides a significant resource on all with the second venues development conference in came together with the idea of promoting the arts by best practice nationally and internationally. Both aspects of arts and disability, and reflects extensive Limerick and with the launch of a new publications in the regions on a national/international basis; organisations are collaborating on four pilot projects research and consultation with disabled people and series, Venues Development. The first two volumes • The Triskel Arts Centre in Cork, which wanted to and a director and evaluator have been appointed to arts organisations throughout the island. in this series, The Role and Responsibility of the explore the feasibility of introducing a loyalty card manage and monitor this initiative. The four pilot Chief Executive and Financial Procedures: An scheme for the arts in Cork; projects are: Support was provided for a number of organisations Overview for Managers of Arts Venues were working in the area of arts and disability, including published in December. • A consortium of five arts organisations led by • Two drama practitioners working with people with grants of £11,250 for the Rehab Group, Dún Temple Bar Properties, which established a cultural physical disabilities in Wicklow; Laoghaire and a grant of £60,000 to Very Special 1999 also saw the completion of a pilot mentoring telephone line for the Temple Bar area in Dublin; The Ar • A drama teacher working with older people in Arts. programme for venue managers, Artweb, in • A joint venture by Calypso, Coiscéim and Barabbas

residential units on the Navan Road, Dublin; collaboration with individual partners in London, to set up an audience development unit to ts Council • A composer and a visual artist working with Greece and the Netherlands. research, evaluate and pilot test various audience Arts and Science participants in a drug rehabilitation programme in development strategies for the performing arts; Dublin; and Annual Repor • A visual artist working with people with learning A joint committee of the Arts Council and the Irish Audience Development • An experimental project by Dance Theatre of disabilities in Dublin. Council for Science, Technology and Innovation has Ireland which performed in various non-

been established to look at ways to create a new The Arts Council has a fundamental commitment to conventional spaces for audiences which had not t 1999 These projects will operate from autumn 1999 to alliance between arts and science. This joint promoting the development of audiences for the arts previously seen the company’s work; committee is exploring ways in which barriers to at a deeper and broader level. To promote a wider spring 2000. A fifth project, which will incorporate • The Irish Museum of Modern Art which devised a collaboration and co-operation can be reduced. A recognition of the need for arts organisations to the experience of the first four pilots, will involve project specifically for families residing within the number of papers to inform this work were develop audiences for their work, The Arts Council children in a residential unit in Kildare. Canal Partnership area of Dublin; and 23 commissioned during 1998. undertook a pilot scheme with a group of arts • Music Network which carried out two adult The development department continued to support organisations to explore and demonstrate different education projects entitled “Music for Pleasure,” an extensive arts programme in Waterford Regional approaches to audience development in Ireland. The which were developed in conjunction with a Hospital. The Council has supported this initiative pilot scheme informed Council policy and its number of local organisations in New Ross, Co. since 1993 and during the year the Waterford strategic priorities, as expressed in the Arts Plan Wexford and Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim. Healing Health Trust (WHAT) received a grant of 1999-2001. £3,150 to evaluate its programme and produce a Expenditure publication highlighting the initiative. The scheme ended with a seminar held in Dublin in June 1999 to present the findings of the project. The During 1999, the Arts Council allocated £33,000 to seminar, which was organised on behalf of the organisations for audience development projects, including £15,000 to Babaró International Children’s Arts and Disability Council by Music Network, involved presentations of case studies which had been undertaken with Arts Festival and £12,000 to Music Network. The current Arts Council has placed particular Council funding in 1997 and 1998. emphasis on addressing factors that prevent disabled artists from developing professionally, as well as on issues that restrict disabled people’s participation in the arts. Development (continued) Susan Coughlan, evelopment development Local Arts Development Officer Education, Children and Young People Combined Arts Festivals and Public Spectacles

Arts Council support for education, children and Expenditure In 1999, the Arts Council supported arts centres, Festivals and public spectacles are strong growth areas young people is integrated into all of its expenditure In addition to the funding for programmes involving festivals and community arts under the heading of within the arts in Ireland and this has encouraged the programmes. The Arts Council implements its education, children and young people under the Combined Arts to the tune of £3,574,813. Arts Council to offer more targeted funding to festivals. policies in this area by the dual means of funding specific artforms, an additional £522,767 was In 1999, the Arts Council established the Small Festivals and advocacy. allocated by the Arts Council for specific education and Events Scheme, under which 23 events were funded projects. This included: Art Centres during the year. This scheme allowed the Council to During the year, the Council was in active discussion fund a wider range of activities and to be more flexible with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht • Some £11,300 in education awards given to In 1999, the Arts Council concentrated its resources for and responsive to the needs of smaller events. One of and the Islands and the Department of Education individual artists. An additional £4,015 was arts centres on maintaining existing relationships, the benefits of the scheme is to provide opportunities and Science on how best to promote the awarded to arts educators; providing programming funding for a number of new for communities in more remote areas which may lack establishment of standards of best practice for arts in venues and, most importantly, assisting key venues in arts facilities to gain access to high quality professional • 32 schools throughout Ireland, in addition to the schools. The discussions also addressed the transition. artists and activities. Among the events funded under Western Health Board, received a total of £40,952 development of a funding mechanism whereby pilot this scheme in 1999 was the Feile Iorras festival in Mayo, in grants under the artists in residence schemes; The Ar projects in arts education or the arts in education, Infrastructural challenges facing arts centres were among the Roundstone Open Arts Festival in Galway and the and the issues considered by the Council during the year. In could be mainstreamed in the education and/or the Beara Community Arts Festival in West Cork. ts Council arts organisation systems. • Some £466,500 was given to organisations across particular, the Council examined the critical issues of arts the art forms whose primary aim is to create work centres’ dependency on FÁS Community Employment In total, the Arts Council allocated £517,831 to festivals

Following the introduction of a new curriculum for by and for children and young people. This Schemes for core staff positions, and the enormous during the year. This included a grant of £70,000 to Kilkenny Annual Repor arts in primary schools, the Council recognises the included a grant of £379,000 to The Ark, a demands of upgrading facilities and capital developments Arts Festival and £155,000 to the Galway Arts Festival. need for the creation of dedicated resources for children’s cultural centre in Dublin; a grant of

research and training in further curriculum £60,000 to the Baboró International Children’s During the year, the Arts Council made representations In previous years, the Arts Council had supported the t 1999 development, and the creation of teaching materials Festival; and £25,000 to the National Youth Arts to Government requesting that realistic steps be taken to Earagail Arts Festival through its overall grant to Donegal and in-service skills development. Programme, which is based in the National Youth recognise the broad range of quality employment County Council’s arts programmes. In 1999, the Council Council of Ireland. opportunities being provided by arts centres and other offered Earagail a stand-alone grant of £24,000 – this 4 community-based arts organisations. was in recognition of the Festival’s success at a key point 25 Full listings of Education decisions are found on in its development. page 49. Expenditure The Arts Council allocated just under £2million to 19 The Council also increased its funding to Waterford arts centres around the country. This included a grant of Spraoí and Samhlaíocht Chiarraí to build on previous £264,000 (an increase of £80,000) to the Project Arts support aimed at strengthening the capacity of both Centre in Dublin to support the transition to a newly organisations to deliver participative arts programmes. built facility of a far greater scale on the existing Project site. The Project was scheduled to re-open its doors The Millennium Festival Committee provided additional during the first half of 2000. funding for festivals to the tune of £1,400,000 during 1999. This funding enabled arts festivals to provide During the year, the Council co-commissioned a review street theatre, fire works and other activities which had with the Galway Arts Centre to consider the future the effect of attracting a direction of the centre following a major renovation of wider audience for the the centre’s facilities. The Council allocated an increased arts events themselves. grant of £32,000 to the centre in 1999 and met the costs of the Review. A full list of grants to festivals can be found The Council also awarded a sizeable increase in funding on page 49. to Letterkenny Arts Centre (£39,000), as part of a The Ark: matching funding relationship with Donegal County Children around the Poetry Tree: Photographer: Dara Carroll Council and provided a £5,000 programming grant to the Tinahely Courthouse Arts Centre in Wicklow.

Cork Arts festival: Photography by the CIT A full list of grants to arts centres can be found on Photographic Society page 48. Development (continued) Public Affairs Nessa O’Mahony, evelopment public affairs Head of Public Affairs Community Arts

A new Community Arts Development Fund was The appointment during 1999 of a Head of Public The types of records that may be accessed will Affairs reflects the priority placed on providing more established in 1999 to support artists and groups in include: information to a wide number of audiences. their professional development, critical reflection and evaluation of community arts . The scheme was in • All records relating to personal information held, Much energy during 1999 was expended in response to both the 1998 report, Mapping irrespective of when created; publicising the Arts Plan and the implications of its Community Arts, which assessed the scope and 12 strategies. Prior to the adoption of the Arts Plan, • All other records created from commencement range of community arts activity around the country a series of detailed briefings was held with focus date (October 23, 2000); and to the consultation process that took place in groups representing different art forms, and other preparation for the second Arts Plan. • All other records needed for the understanding of arts-related bodies. These meetings raised issues for a current record. organisations currently funded by the Arts Council One example of work completed under this scheme and allowed for the developmental approach taken was the publication by Artlink, Buncrana, of a book The Arts Council is also required under FOI to publish in the plan to be clarified. documenting the working methodology they apply information about its own operations and make The Ar to community arts and arts education projects in available internal rules, procedures and The second Arts Plan was launched at a large forum The Family Resource Centre: interpretations used in decision-making. This their area. ts Council Film Maker Joe Lee with children from the St Michaels Estate, Inchicore at IMMA held in the Civic Theatre in Tallaght on July 29th, Photographer: Rhona Henderson information will be published in two documents - following the adoption of the plan by Government. Expenditure known as Section 15 and Section 16 - on The Plan received considerable coverage in all media. Direct financial support for community arts during commencement of the Act. Section 15 will contain a Annual Repor 1999 amount to £453,035. This was distributed in general description of the Arts Council - its A special committee within the Council was set up the following areas: functions, services, guidelines regarding staff, etc. to review the organisation’s internal and external

Section 16 will contain information on internal rules, t 1999 communications. This committee established Some £37,000 was awarded under the new how decisions are made, who makes them, the protocols for the Council’s internal and external Community Arts Development Fund to 19 criteria used to make decisions, and the role played communications and designed a strategy for organisations and individuals. by staff. communicating the implementation of the Arts Plan. 6 27 • Organisations in Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny and West In July 1999, the Government announced it was Cork received project grants worth £44,500. One extending the operation of the Freedom of example of work on a project basis is the Council’s Information Act (FOI) to a number of public sector support for film-maker Joe Lee in his role as co- organisations, including the Arts Council. Work ordinator of a participative arts project taking place began immediately to prepare the Council over the in St. Michael’s Estate, Inchicore, Dublin, an area 15-month lead-in time to October 2000, when the currently undergoing significant redevelopment provisions of the Act will apply to the Council. and regeneration.

• A resource organisation providing important Under the Freedom of Information Act each person professional support to community artists – has a right to the following: C.A.F.E. – received £113,000 to assist them in developing their organisational objectives. • Access to personal records held by the Arts Council; • Six producing organisations, including Buí Bolg, Co. Wexford and Macnas in Galway, received • Correction of information relating to oneself held £122,000 for community arts activities. by the Arts Council where it is inaccurate or misleading; • In addition, £34,450 was spent on the artist-in-the community scheme which enabled projects to take • Access to reasons for decisions made by the place in a number of varying communities and Council directly affecting oneself. contexts, including the Galway Traveller Support Group and the Boolavogue Community Group. Capital Finance David McConnell, apital finance Head of Finance

The Council’s capital programme focuses primarily on The Council received funding for 1999 totalling £20,000. Grants to organisations and individuals improving the physical infrastructure of the arts, £28m voted by Dáil Éireann(1998: £26.1m), of totalled £21.8m and accounted for 78 per cent of namely buildings and equipment. Expenditure by the which £11m originated from the National Lottery the Council’s grant expenditure. Council in this area in 1999 totalled £3.5m, an Fund. However, when making allocations, the increase of 40 per cent over 1998. Aggregate Council does not differentiate between the original Direct support for individual artists during 1999 spending by the Council on the arts infrastructure sources. amounted to IR£2.060m, almost 8% of total arts during the 1990s amounted to £13m. expenditure. This included a provision of £897,000 Other income in 1999 amounted to £302,000, for cnuais to members of Aosdána. Many more One hundred and forty-five organisations benefited compared with £374,000 in 1998. individuals received indirect support and employment from capital grants in 1999. These included the through the Council’s grants to organisations. Contemporary Music Centre for its new premises in During 1999, grants were paid to 504 organisations Fishamble Street, Dublin (£500,000), Cork Opera (1998: 486) and 467 individuals (1998: 511). A total House (£500,000), Dance Theatre of Ireland for a of 187 organisations each received grants exceeding The Ar rehearsal space in Dún Laoghaire (£190,000), Garter

Lane Arts Centre (£250,000), the Abbey Theatre, ts Council Dublin (£224,000) and the Niland/Model Arts Centre, Sligo (£250,000). Annual Repor An Chomhairle Ealaíon State Funding, 1995 - 2000 Recital-standard grand pianos were purchased for local authorities in Donegal and Kilkenny under the 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

piano purchase scheme. m m m m m m t 1999 IR£16.3 IR£18.4 IR£20.8 IR£26.1 IR£28.0 IR£34.5 At the end of the year it was announced that the t 20.7 t 23.4 t 26.4 t 33.1 t 35.6 t 43.8 Council’s capital development budget would increase

8 to £4m in 2000 and that this fund would be largely 29 allocated in the context of revenue funding for organisations, reflecting an increasingly policy-driven approach to capital funding allocations. Finance (continued) nance finance Five Year Financial Summary Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands

1999 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 The following payments to organisations involved in the contemporary arts were made direct by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. IR£ IR£ IR£ IR£ IR£ Income 1999 1998 State Funding 28,000,000 26,100,000 20,834,000 18,409,000 16,297,000 Cultural Incentives Development Scheme (CDIS) IR£ IR£ Other Income 302,000 374,000 298,000 1,087,000 643,000 28,302,000 26,474,000 21,132,000 19,496,000 16,940,000 An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny 849,204 575,796 Expenditure Black Box Theatre, Galway 12,000 537,827 Literature 1,112,000 3.9% 1,091,000 957,000 1,249,000 879,000 Briery Gap Theatre, Macroom 65,000 74,309 Visual Arts 2,136,000 7.5% 2,012,000 1,660,000 1,622,000 1,473,000 Clonard Arts Centre, Wexford 16,458 73,542 Architecture 116,000 0.4% 60,000 35,000 Cobh Carillon 35,185 Film 978,000 3.4% 955,000 794,000 762,000 661,000 Cork Opera House 22,542 International Arts 273,000 1.0% 244,000 197,000 Dungarvan Arts Centre 11,316 Drama 8,234,000 29.1% 7,821,000 6,820,000 6,187,000 5,652,000 Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork 11,306 11,776 Dance 863,000 3.0% 807,000 627,000 569,000 446,000 Galway Arts Centre 237,500 Kildare Library HQ and Arts Centre, Newbridge 371,085 Opera 1,365,000 4.8% 1,366,000 1,109,000 1,009,000 912,000 The Ar Music 2,087,000 7.4% 2,008,000 1,549,000 1,452,000 1,226,000 Lambert Puppet Theatre 5,000 Laois Arts Centre 140,000 933,156 Multi-Disciplinary Arts/ ts Council Combined Arts 3,575,000 12.6% 3,336,000 2,889,000 2,394,000 2,103,000 Limerick City Gallery 230,854 368,427 Local Authorities, Moate Theatre, Moate 4,000 55,000 Development & Partnerships 884,000 3.1% 886,000 783,000 531,000 441,000 Mullingar Arts Centre 76,021 499,813 Annual Repor North South 56,000 0.2% 98,000 North Kerry Cultural and Literary Society 216,194 92,865 Aosdána 926,000 3.3% 867,000 787,000 704,000 663,000 Northside Arts & Cultural Centre, Coolock 146,945 Capital 3,464,000 12.2% 2,528,000 1,294,000 1,027,000 924,000 Old Market House, Arts Centre, Dungarvan 88,220 Oxmantown Hall, Birr, Co. Offaly 6,000 Sundry 439,000 1.5% 414,000 211,000 696,000 289,000 t 1999 Administration 1,878,000 6.6% 1,730,000 1,432,000 1,270,000 1,136,000 Roscommon Arts Centre 806 28,386,000 100.0% 26,223,000 21,144,000 19,472,000 16,805,000 St Michael’s Theatre New Ross 750 15,180 Tallaght Theatre 200,000 900,000 Capital Account 110,000 73,000 30,000 27,000 104,000 Tipperary Excel, Tipperary town 55,150 66,388 0 28,496,000 26,296,000 21,174,000 19,499,000 16,909,000 Wandesford Quay, Artists Studios, Cork 245,000 228,188 31 Waterford Theatre Royal 286,852 Outurn for the year (194,000) 150,000 (42,000) (3,000) 31,000 Opening Balance 148,000 (2,000) 40,000 43,000 12,000 Other Grants Closing Balance (46,000) 148,000 (2,000) 40,000 43,000 Aonach Paddy O’Brien 5,000 Trust Funds 272,000 248,000 212,000 206,000 159,000 Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Film Board of Ireland (capital) 5,328,822 5,077,000 Fixed Assets 701,000 591,000 518,000 488,000 460,000 Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Film Board of Ireland (current) 650,000 Concerts for Health (with Arts Council) 5,000 Net Assets at 31 December 927,000 987,000 728,000 734,000 662,000 Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork 800,675 130,998 Feakle Traditional Music Weekend 5,000 Improvised Music Co., Dublin 1,451 Irish Architectural Archive 108,000 99,000 Previous years’ figures have been re-stated for purposes of comparison Irish Museum of Modern Art (capital) 229,400 200,000 Irish Museum of Modern Art (currentl) 1,550,000 1,400,000 Full financial statements will be found on pages 53-67. James Joyce Centre 35,000 15,000 Louis Stewart International School 5,000 National Concert Hall 600,000 535,000 National Concert Hall (equipment) 51,690 55,000 Siamsa Tíre, Tra Lí 30,000 Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe 125,000 95,000 Finance (continued) Membership and Staff nance membership and staff National Lottery Membership and staff 1999 1998 IR£ IR£ The Council met 14 times in plenary session in 1999, committee to deal with specific areas of the Total National Lottery Fund Expenditure 120,834,000 120,858,000 including one joint meeting with the Arts Council of Council’s work. Mr Carlo Gébler was appointed to of which Northern Ireland, in Belfast in November. The the Council in June, following the resignation of members met on many other occasions in sub- Ciaran Carson. An Chomhairle Ealaíon received 11,000,000 5,000,000 Other Arts, culture and national heritage projects received: 12,799,000 22,408,000

Council Membership, as at 30 June 2000. Source: An Post National Lottery Annual Reports

Further information is available in the Annual Reports of the An Post National Lottery Company and the Oireachtas Appropriation Accounts (the Government’s annual accounts) under Vote 42 (Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands) and other votes. The Ar

Patrick J. Murphy Mary Brady Maud Cotter Noel Crowley ts Council (Chairman from February 2000) Annual Repor t 1999

Claire Duignan Brendan Flynn Carlo Gébler T.V. Honan (from February 2000) (from June 1999)

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Proinsias Mac Aonghusa Thomas N. Mitchell Siobhán Ní Éanaigh Máire Ní Riain (from February 2000)

Séamus Ó Cinnéide Emer O’Kelly Jane O’Leary

Note:

Ciaran Carson resigined from membership in May 1999, Brian Farrell,Paul McGuinness and Jane Gogan resigined from membership in February 2000

Una Ó Murchú Patrick Sutton Membership and Staff (continued) embership and staff Staff membership, as at 30 June 2000 Arts Council Staff as at June 2000 Auditoria Central Executive Group Director’s Office In May, 1999, Nessa O’Mahony was appointed Head of Public Affairs and Jane Daly was appointed acting Drama Officer, for a six-month period. Jane completed her contract in December 1999. Mary Hyland resigned her half-time position as Communications Officer but retained her position as Film Officer. Phelim Donlon took on the role of Patricia Quinn, Bernadette O’Leary, Phelim Donlon, Jennifer Traynor, Kevin Healy, Sheila Gorman, Jackie Casey, Director Executive Assistant Project Director Project Manager Grant Management Executive Human Resources Executive IT and Buildings acting Development Director while Mary Cloake was Administrator on sabbatical at the Policy Institute, Trinity College, Dublin. Mary returned to her position in October 1999. Phelim was subsequently appointed Director of Auditoria, the Council’s Performing Arts Infrastructure Research Project. Marian Flanagan The Ar resigned as Local Arts Development Officer in August

and Liz Powell resigned as Information Executive in Sian Cunningham, Audrey Keane, Mary Ellen Greene, Iseult Dunne, ts Council Senior Management Group FOI and Web Executive Information Executive 2001 Project Manager September. The Arts Council’s Architecture Project Assistant Consultant, Kevin Kieran, died in December,

following a long illness. Antoinette O’Neill took on Annual Repor the role of Consultant in Architecture during 1999. t 1999

Dermot McLaughlin, Mary Cloake, Teresa Cullen, Karen Whelan, Ellen Pugh, Artform Director Development Director Receptionist - jobshare Receptionist - jobshare Finance Executive

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David McConnell, Nessa O’Mahony, Ciara Branagan, Anne Morgan, Gillian Drew, Head of Finance Head of Public Affairs Accounts Assistant Premises C.O. Clerical Office Assistant

Evelyn Greene, Anne Behan, Cleaning Staff, jobshare Cleaning staff, jobshare

Note: also Dinah Hickey, Cleaning staff, jobshare

Cormac Walsh, Noel Thomas, Premises Maintenance Premises Maintenance Membership and Staff (continued) Awards & Grants by Artform embership and staff awards & grants by artform Artform Department Arts Development Department

Dermot McLaughlin, Antoinette O’Neill, Gaye Tanham, Mary Cloake, Susan Coughlan, Artform Director Consultant on Architecture Dance & Opera Officer Development Director Local Arts Development & Head of Personnel Officer The Ar

Mary Hyland, Sinéad Mac Aodha, Maura Eaton, Cliodhna Shaffrey, Stephanie O’Callaghan, ts Council Film Officer Literature Officer Music Officer Local Authority Projects Local Arts Development Executive Officer (from November 1999) Annual Repor t 1999

Oliver Dowling, Tara Byrne, Helena Gorey, Lisa Moran, Áine Kelly, Visual Arts Officer Artists’ Support Executive Arts Council Collection Special Projects and Disability Clerical Officer, Executive Executive Architecture, Capital and Local Authorities 6 37

Catherine Boothman, Emma Kelly, Regina O’Shea, Sharon McGrane, Dominica Sandys, International Arts Executive International Arts Assistant Clerical Support, Clerical Officer, Clerical Officer, International Arts Senior Management Group Local Arts Development and HR support Executive/Arts Centres

Mary Hickey, Maeve Giles, Paula O’Meara, Clerical Officer, Drama Dance, Music and Opera Film and Visual Arts Assistant Assistant, jobshare

Note: Note: Vacant, Vacant, Drama Officer Local Arts Development Officer Jennifer Traynor, Venues and Audience Development Executive (to November 1999)

Adrienne Martin, Aoife Corbett, Film and Visual Arts Irish Language Assistant Assistant, jobshare The Arts Council Annual Report 1999 39 eacha 430,000 233,000 394,000 3,269,000 2,180,000 ionscadáil 500 600 4,000 5,000 4,000 5,000 3,000 2,360 1,345 1,100 1,200 2,750 90,000 80,000 80,000 57,500 60,000 27,500 60,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 70,000 60,000 80,000 30,000 20,000 40,000 50,000 45,000 30,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 30,000 60,000 10,000 35,000 35,000 82,500 10,000 40,000 30,500 40,000 20,000 20,000 35,000 16,722 115,000 300,000 600,000 100,000 120,000 150,000 105,000 105,000 289,000 e Chomhpántais: T teanna Deontais do Léithr / chlanna Regiúnach e e e e Company e e e Company e Company e e e e e Company oject e Company e e Company es/Amhar e Company e e Company e e Company e e Company e, Galway e e Company oject Based e Society/Abbey Theatr e Company oduction e ts Centr e Pr e, Monaghan e, Monaghan e Festival e County Council e e e e ts Centr e Pr ts Centr oductions oductions ouring/Camcuair ell Theatr ell Theatr ts Centr eland) fe Theatr ca Theatr s Lane Theatr n Exchange t Puppet Theatr ts Centr clann de h Ide eworks s W s W gate Theatr ew’ ock Pr yman Palace yman Palace ter Lane Ar cador ndale Films uid Theatr tslab (Ir ater oject Ar enues: T ew Theatr own Hall Theatr National Theatr National Theatr Barabbas...The Company Bickerstaf Blue Raincoat Theatr Calypso Pr Cor Cork Opera House Dr Fishamble Theatr Focus Theatr Galloglass Theatr Gate Theatr Island Theatr Macnas Meridian Theatr Passion Machine Theatr Red Kettle Theatr Rough Magic Theatr Companies: Operating/Chompántais: Léirithe Companies: Operating/Chompántais: Amhar Regional Theatr Backstage Theatr Cork Opera House Ever Garage Theatr Hawk’ T W Companies: Pr Bedr The Cor Íomha Ildánach Theatr Loose Canon Theatr The Machine Operating Theatr Theatr Upstate Theatr Ar Pan Pan Theatr Sionnach Theatr Y Festivals/Féilte Dublin Fringe Festival Dublin Theatr Fer Lamber V Andr Backstage Theatr Cork Opera House Donegal County Council Dun Laoghair Belltable Ar Cavan County Council City Ar Ever Garage Theatr Gar Hawk’ Leitrim County Council Limerick County Council Mayo County Council Meath County Council Mulligar Ar Pr IR£ 28,085 79,686 835 500 300 500 800 400 750 750 750 1,750 1,000 4,500 1,000 1,500 1,500 3,000 1,500 1,750 8,500 1,000 1,500 2,500 1,500 1,000 3,500 1,750 2,000 1,200 1,200 1,000 2,500 1,200 1,500 2,100 3,000 1,800 2,500 1,500 1,000 1,500 1,260 1,000 3,000 1,925 2,000 1,250 1,500 1,250 1,001 1,000 3,000 1,000 3,500 1,000 1,000 2,500 3,500 1,000 1,200 3,050 3,500 f ts nduf fy oson wan ilson oodman allace alker ymer urkington ravers ynch W W W W T van Belle T Symons Sweeney Smith R Sheehan Rober Panagopoulou O’Sullivan O’Shaughnessy O’Malley O’Donoghue O’Connor Nolan Murphy Murphy Murphy Mulvihill Mellamphy McMahon McGettigan McDevitt McCabe Madden L Lamb Kir Kelly Kavanagh Horan Heap Heaney Gaynor Guschlbauer Foley Duf Flynn Conway Collins Cair Bor Burkitt Beamish e e Company e e e Company e Company e AN DRÁMAÍOCHT ds/Iomlán - Duaiseanna e Company ts Centr oductions oductions war ca Theatr m Theatr d ds/Duaiseanna e esia ytellers Theatr tin co n Exchange cador on Michael oline nstor dia hondi war incent Patrick vonne otal - A adhg Meridian Pr Red Kettle Theatr Stor Island Theatr T Cor Aar Cor Fishamble Theatr Gaiety School of Acting Gemini Pr Edwar Karl Mar Ciannait Alan Joseph Paul Elaine Jude V James John Judith Ar Michael Niamh Grace Gavin Niamh Fer David T Stephen Catherine Michael Aoife Norah Y Niall Ken Car Susie Playwrights Commission Scheme /Scéim Coimisiúnaithe Drámadóirí Bar Beezneez Theatr Belltable Ar Emmet Stephen Noeline David David Ther Lucy Peters Denis Elizabeth James Thomas Kevin Clair David Mar DRAMA/ A Jamie awards & grants by artform awards & grants 827 (8,850) 67,000 151,500 510,000 862,120 IR£862,947 2,500 15,000 55,000 25,000 85,000 85,000 20,000 12,000 20,000 15,000 18,000 125,000 135,000 116,000 ed equir e e oimhe nár theastaigh e e teanna eland eland s grant not r ’ ofessional Dancers outh Ballet ds & Grants e of Ir e of Ir n Dance Theatr n Dance Theatr war ook / L.D. Dance evious year eland pr ouring/Camcuair otal - A otal for Dance per note 3 Less: Ballet Ir Coiscéim Dance Theatr Dance Theatr Firkin Crane Development Irish Moder T Coiscéim Dance Theatr Daghdha Dance Company Dance Theatr Irish Moder Education/Oideachais Daghdha Dance Company Irish National Y Royal Academy of Dancing Shawbr T Grants/Deontais Association of Pr /Deontais na bliana r Other Activities/Imeachtaí Eile T /Iomlán don Rince mar note 3 (page 62) IR£ IR£ (continued) 6,350 79,200 85,550 30,196 32,970 73,500 12,500 23,500 m IR£115,746 tfor 300 150 600 250 720 100 500 150 1,200 2,000 9,200 1,350 3,000 1,000 1,500 1,000 1,500 4,000 4,000 2,500 1,000 2,000 2,500 4,000 2,500 1,500 1,500 5,000 7,000 3,000 8,000 1,500 5,000 4,500 20,000 50,000 14,000 14,000 22,500 10,000 13,500 d TIREACHT e eland y on AN AIL tin e ts Centr / mey illiams e per Note 3 or Aine Clar Brandel Fiona Campbell Campbell-Crawfor Thomas Condr Foley Galloway Gilson-Ellis Hayes Magan Mar Matley McGrath O’Lear Piper Reynolds Ribon O’Malley Scott W Thompson T eacht mar Note 3 (page 62) ionscnaimh sa Rince e & Ar e .E.C. ds & Grants AN RINCE chitectur ds/Iomlán - Duaiseanna ds & Grants by Ar ts Centr ojects/T war war ds/Duaiseanna ds/Duaiseanna e County Council

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8 wards & grants by artform wards & grants StatementAwards & Grants of Responsibilities by Artform (continued) of the Council wards & grants by artform awards & grants by artform Siamsa Tíre 15,000 Children & Young People/Páistí agus Daoine Óga FILM/SCANNÁNAÍOCHT INTERNATIONAL ARTS St John’s, Listowel 3,150 Barnstorm Theatre Company 85,000 Tipperary(NR) County Council 600 Dry Rain Performing Arts 5,000 /NA HÉALAÍONA IDIRNÁISIÚNTA Awards/Duaiseanna IR£ Town Hall Theatre, Galway 35,000 Dublin Youth Theatre 20,000 Leonard Abrahamson 8,000 Watergate Theatre Company 35,000 Galway Arts Centre 20,000 Go See Awards/Duaiseanna Teigh agus Breathnaigh IR£ Artsquad Clondalkin 5,000 Wexford Arts Centre 300 Graffiti Theatre Company 120,000 Audrey Behan 225 B.C.Productions Ltd. 2,000 Wexford County Council 1,500 433,127 Limerick City Youth Theatre 1,250 Ed Carroll 270 Bord Scannan na hEireann 30,000 Lyric Theatre, Belfast 5,003 Ali Curran 446 Donnycarney Community 4,000 Companies: Touring National Association for Youth Drama 84,000 Mary Farrelly 340 Peter Egan 2,679 /Camcuairteanna - Deontais do chompántais Léirithe Red Kettle Theatre Company 15,000 Nuala Fenton 500 Esperanza Production 4,500 Bare Bodkin Theatre 10,000 Second Age 115,000 Patricia Glynn 75 Michael Fortune 950 Barnstorm Theatre Company 10,000 Sheriff Youth Theatre 1,000 Abigail Joffe 245 Breandan Goss 2,000 Calypso Productions 15,000 Storytellers 80,000 Ciara King 375 Patrick Jolley 9,000 Corcadorca Theatre Company 3,333 Tallaght Youth Theatre 1,500 Louise Lowe (24) Grace Jolliffe 7,000 Cornerstone Theatre 6,000 TEAM Educational Theatre 180,000 Anna Macleod 300 Tony Keily 2,500 Druid Theatre Company 50,000 Waterford Youth Theatre 25,000 Cliona Maher 293 Clare Langan 13,750 Galloglass Theatre Company 25,000 Wexford Youth Theatre 1,250 Deirdre McCrea 125 Liquid Films 10,000 Gúna Nua Theatre Company 10,000 Wicklow Youth Theatre 2,500 Nicholas McLachlan 245 Kevin McCann 5,000 Island Theatre Company 15,000 Youthopia Youth Theatre 1,500 763,003 Catriona McLaughlin 449 Mairead McClean 4,000 Macnas 25,000 Sinead McSheffrey 450 Ruth Meehan 500 Meridian Theatre Company 20,000 Less: previous year’s grants not required Anthony Newsome 300 Marc-Ivan O’Gorman 889 Pan Pan Theatre Company 10,000 /Deontais na bliana roimhe nár theastaigh (1,440) Noirin Ni Ghradaigh 190 The Ar Garrett Phelan 6,000 Red Kettle Theatre Company 40,000 Roisin Ni Mhiannain 190 Roisin Rua Films 5,000 Rough Magic Theatre Company 25,000 Total - Awards & Grants Colm Nolan 450 Paul Rowley 6,000 ts Council Storytellers Theatre Company 20,000 /Iomlán - Duaiseanna agus Deontais 8,233,586 Maria O’Connor 450 Barry Rycraft 4,500 Tall Tales Theatre 5,000 Aidan O’Grady 300 Anne Seagrave 7,500 Upstate Theatre Project 10,000 Other Activities/Ilnithe 561 Geradine O’Neil 225 Adam Hector Stewart 250 Paul O’Sullivan 251 Yew Theatre Productions 5,000 304,333 Annual Repor Fergus Tighe 10,000 Total for Drama per note 3/Iomlean don Susan Patterson 340 TG4 35,000 North South Touring Dreamaíocht mar note 3 (page 62) IR£8,234,147 Susan Philipsz 400 Grace Weir 2,559 /Camcuairteanna Amharclainne Thuadh/Theas 38,437 Avril Ryan 1,000 Terence White 5,000 Caroline Senior 73 Liam Wylie 3,500 Mise-en-Scène Martin Sheridan 375 t 1999 August Productions 7,500 Niall Walsh 311 Total Awards/Iomlán Duaiseanna 197,077 Elaine Bastible 7,000 Vincent Dempsey 299 Calipo Theatre Company 5,000 Dermot Hayes 251 Resource & Support Organisations Minc Theatre Ireland 3,500 /Eagraíochtaí Acmhainne Open Door Theatre Company 5,000 Total Awards/Iomlán Duaiseanna 9,719 Cork Film Centre 20,000 0 Steeple Theatre Company 10,000 38,000 41 Film Base 75,000 US-Irish Residencies/Cónaitheachtaí Film Institute of Ireland 255,000 Miscellaneous/Éagsúil Deirdre Grant 1,956 Galway Film Resource 64,000 Bedrock Productions 1,000 Sean Garvey 1,825 3,781 Triskel Arts Centre 1,000 415,000 Black Box Theatre Company 1,025 Common Currency Theatre 400 Grants -General/Deontais Drama League of Ireland 16,000 Artworking 5,000 Festivals & Exhibitions/Féilte agus Taispeantais Fishamble Theatre Company 1,500 The Theatre Shop 5,000 Cork Film Festival 60,000 Gate Theatre Trust 2,000 Ireland Japan Inc 7,500 17,500 Darklight Film Festivals 5,000 Magpie Theatre Company 1,000 Dublin Film Festival 40,000 The Stewart Parker Trust 5,000 Fed. of Irish Film Societies 57,000 The Bread Company 430 Artflight - air travel awards 167,348 Fresh Film Festivals 1,302 The Theatre Shop 15,000 Galaxie Screenings 2,000 Vesuvius Theatre Company 1,000 44,355 Galway Film Festival 35,000 Total - Awards & Grants/Iomlán Duaiseanna Solus Independent Film 620 & Deontais 198,348 Temple Bar Properties 1,800 202,722 Other Activities/Imeachtaí Eile 74,513 Education & Young People Total for International Arts per note 3 /Oideachais, Paistí agus Daoine Óga /Iomlán dona hÉalaíona Idirnáisiúnta Film Institute of Ireland 100,000 mar note 3(page 62) IR£272,861 Junior Dublin Film Festival 22,000 Junior Galway Film Fleadh 10,000 Young Irish Film Makers 28,000 160,000

Less: previous year’s grants not required /Deontais na bliana roimhe nár theastaigh (5,000)

Total - Awards & Grants /Iomlán Duaiseanna & Deontais 969,799

Other Activities/Imeachtaí Eile 7,942

Total for Film per note 3/Iomlán don Scannánaíocht mar note 3 (page 61) IR£977,741 StatementAwards & Grants of Responsibilities by Artform (continued) of the Council wards & grants by artform awards & grants by artform LITERATURE/AN LITRÍOCHT Literary Organisations/Eagraíochtaí Liteartha MUSIC/AN CEOL Support Organisations/Deontais d’Eagraíochtaí Clé / Irish Bookpublishers’ Contemporary Music Centre 193,261 Association, Dublin 20,500 Cumann Naisiunta na gCor 75,000 Awards/Duaiseanna IR£ Ireland Chair of Poetry 6,390 Awards/Duaiseanna IR£ Drake Music 10,000 Gerald Dawe 250 Ireland Literature Exchange/ Kate Badcock 1,000 Federation of Musicians 35,000 Greg Delanty 5,000 Idirmhalartán Litríochta Éireann, Dublin 73,000 Brian Bourke 1,500 Improvised Music 75,000 Mary Dorcey 5,000 Irish Writers’ Centre / Suzanne Brennan 750 Irish Association of Brass Bands 5,000 Tom French 3,500 Ionad na Scríbhneoirí, Dublin 86,000 Michael Buckley 200 Irish Traditional Music Archive 190,000 Anthony Glavin 5,000 Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann, Dublin 73,000 258,890 Hugh Buckley 7,207 Moving on Music 25,532 Hugo Hamilton 10,720 Fergal Carroll 1,250 Music Network 269,152 Michael Harding 5,000 Festivals/Féilte Finghin Collins 2,000 Na Piobairi Uilleann 40,000 917,945 Claire Keegan 5,000 Aspects Literature Festival, Co. Down 2,500 Niamh Crowley 1,000 Kevin Kiely 5,000 Children’s Books Ireland 2,000 Doreen Curran 4,500 Tony Kiely 700 Comharchumann Forbatha Inismór 1,000 Dermot Dunne 4,500 Concert Promotion/Tionscnamh Ceolchoirmeachta Cormac MacCarthaigh 900 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council 4,500 Julie Feeney 1,500 Association of Irish Composers 10,000 Catherine MacCarthy 3,500 Feile na Bealtaine 2,000 David Fennessey 2,100 Clifden Arts Society 5,500 Liam MacCoil 5,000 Galway Arts Centre / Cúirt Filíochta 20,000 Brian Fleming 900 Cork Orchestral Society 18,000 John MacKenna 3,500 Model Arts Centre, Sligo 7,500 Frankie Gavin 1,500 Dublin Corporation 10,000 Liam MacUistin 3,000 Writers’ Week, Listowel 8,000 47,500 Owen Gilhooley 2,500 Duiske Concerts 900 Aidan Mathews 5,000 Barry Guy 200 Limerick Jazz Society 4,500 Philip McCann 3,000 Publishers/Foilsitheoirí Andrew Hamilton 8,000 Limerick Music Association 8,600 Michael Mullen 1,000 Gregory Harrington 800 Carysfort Press 6,000 Mostly Modern 20,000 The Ar Deirdre Murray 3,500 Clo Íar-Chonnachta, Co. na Gaillimhe 25,000 Maire Hegarty 750 Music for Galway 20,000 Padraig O Baoghaill 1,500 Cois Life 7,500 Louise Higgins 3,750 Music for Wexford 1,000 ts Council Lillis O Laoire 3,000 Coiscéim, Baile Átha Cliath 25,000 Michael Holohan 1,000 Waterford Music Club 4,400 102,900 Brian O Maoileoin 2,000 Dedalus Press, Dublin 33,000 Ciaran Hope 4,375 Padraig O’Ciobhain 5,000 Fish Publishing 2,000 Lorna Horan 500 Donal O’Kelly 6,000 Marian Ingoldsby 4,000

Gallery Press, Co Meath 79,664 Performing Groups/Grúpaí Seinnte Annual Repor Re O’Laighleis 10,000 Hard-Pressed Poetry 1,000 Owen Lorigan 3,500 Irish Chamber Orchestra 530,000 Catriona O’Reilly 5,000 Kids Own Publishing 5,000 Simon Mawhinney 2,100 Concorde 17,000 Patrick Quigley 1,000 Lilliput Press, Dublin 37,000 Orla McDonagh 3,000 National Chamber Choir 58,465 Justin Quinn 1,500 Mercier Press, Cork 21,000 Ruth McGinley 3,000 Sligo County Council 15,000

Keith Ridgeway 1,080 Mount Eagle Publications 30,000 Carol McGonnell 1,500 Christ Church Baroque 20,000 t 1999 Jo Slade 400 New Island Books, Dublin 38,000 Rosalind McGrane 1,000 The Crash Ensemble 24,000 664,465 Cherry Symth 6,000 O’Brien Press, Dublin 30,000 Sarah McMahon 3,000 David Wheatley 7,000 Poolbeg Press, Dublin 10,000 Eimear McNally 1,000 Geraldine V. Whelan 1,000 Salmon Publishing, Clare 29,000 Mary McPartland 1,500 Events/Imeachtaí Tigh Filí/Cork Women’s Poetry Circle 2,500 Grainne Mulvey 500 Aonach Paddy O’Brien 1,000 Total Awards/Iomlán Duaiseanna 124,050 Tyrone Guthrie Centre 2,500 Cliodhna Ní Aodain 750 Clare Festival of Traditional Singing 2,000 43 Wolfhound Press, Dublin 35,000 419,164 Garry O Briain 1,500 Cork International Choral Festival 25,000 The Writer/An Scríbhneóir Riona O Duinnin 7,500 Dublin International Organ Achill Heinrich Böll Society 6,000 Magazines/Irisí Muiris O Rochain 1,300 & Choral Festival 12,000 The George A. Birmingham Society 500 Bliainiris 10,000 Edel O’Brien 2,250 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdo 5,000 Comhar na Muinteoiri 2,500 Books Ireland, Dublin 11,500 Mairtin O’Connor 1,500 Feakle Traditional Singing Weekend 800 Daonscoil na Mumhan, Co. Chorcaí 1,200 Comhar, Dublin 5,000 David O’Doherty 750 Galway Early Music 5,000 Dingle Writing Courses, Co. Kerry 6,000 Cork University Press 3,320 Roderick O’Keeffe 1,000 Inishowen Traditional Singers Circle 2,000 Edgeworthstown Co-operative Society 1,200 Cyphers, Dublin 5,105 Brendan O’Regan 1,500 Ionad na nAmhrán/UCL 1,000 Munster Literature Centre 14,000 Feasta 5,000 Melanie O’Reilly 100 Model Arts Centre 20,000 National Writers Workshop 6,000 Force 10 5,500 Aoife O’Sullivan 750 Music in Great Irish Houses 15,000 NUI-Dublin 5,000 Graph, Dublin 10,000 Stuart O’Sullivan 1,000 Slieve Gullion Festival 720 NUI-Galway 1,500 Irish Theatre Magazine 7,500 Michael O’Toole 1,000 Sligo International Choral Festival 7,500 The Poets’ House, Co. Donegal 2,000 45,900 Italics Press 3,000 Anne Phelan 3,000 West Cork Music 20,000 117,020 Metre, Co.Wicklow 4,500 Gerard Power 2,000 Writers in Residence/Cónaiheachtaí The Shop-A Magazine of Poetry 2,000 Michael Quinn 750 Marina Carr 4,000 The Stinging Fly 1,000 Alison Roddy 1,000 Cork Corporation 5,000 WP Journal, Cavan 1,000 74,425 Cliodhna Ryan 5,000 Dublin City University 7,000 Voureen Ryan 2,500 Rita Kelly 650 Education/Oideachais Patricia Treacy 2,500 Leitrim County Council 5,000 Childrens Books Ireland, Dublin 26,000 Jennifer Walshe 5,000 NUI-Cork 3,333 Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann, Dublin 35,900 NUI-Dublin 5,000 Poolbeg Group Services 12,000 Total - Awards/Iomlán - Duaiseanna 118,532 NUI-Galway 5,000 73,900 Siobhan Parkinson 4,000 New Music Commission/Nuacheoil Trinity College, Dublin 6,500 Contemporary Music Centre 30,000 Udaras na Gaeltachta 4,500 49,983 Less: Previous year’s grants not required Irish Chamber Orshestra 5,000 /Deontais na bliana roimhe nár theastaigh (6,700) West Cork Music 5,000 40,000 Minor Projects/Tionscnaimh Beaga Ausstellungs U.Messe 2,100 Total - Awards & Grants 1,090,612 Cumann Gaelach Chois Life 1,400 3,500 /Iomlán - Duaiseanna & Deontais

Other Activities/Imeachtaí Eile 21,605

Total for Literature per note 3 /Iomlán don Litríocht mar note 3 (page 62) IR£1,112,217 StatementAwards & Grants of Responsibilities by Artform (continued) of the Council wards & grants by artform awards & grants by artform Education & Young People/Oideachais & Daoine Óga OPERA/AN CEOL DRÁMAÍOCHT VISUAL ARTS/NA DEARCEALAÍONA Stephen Loughman 1,000 Alternative Entertainment 10,000 Brian Loughran 750 Bannow Folk & Traditional Society 1,000 Deirdre Lyons 750 Awards/Duaiseanna IR£ Cairdeas na bhFidleirí 9,000 General Grants/Deontais IR£ Sean MacCarthy 900 Sinead Aldridge 750 Chamber Music in Retreat Lodges 1,000 Opera Ireland 536,000 Susan MacWilliam 1,800 Christopher Banahan 500 Clare Music Makers 750 Opera Theatre Company 320,000 Katrina Maguire 750 Thomas Bevan 1,000 Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann/Craobh Naithi 1,000 Wexford Festival Opera 450,000 1,306,000 Louise Marlborough 1,673 Adam Bohanna 750 Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann/Riverstown 1,000 Fergus Martin 6,300 Clare Bradshaw 750 Cumar 1,500 Opera Projects/Tionscnaimh Caroline McCarthy 750 Tricia Rose Burt 750 Dublin Master Classes 5,000 Opera Theatre Company 4,850 Ronan McCrea 3,000 John Byrne 2,000 Ennis IMRO Composition 5,500 The Machine 10,000 14,850 John McHugh 1,000 Michelle Byrne 1,500 Feile Caomhan 400 Daniel McKeon 750 Colin Carters 750 Goethe-Institue 2,000 Touring/Camcuirteanna William McKeown 1,800 Ian Charlesworth 300 Irish Association of Youth Orchestras 15,000 Opera Ireland 35,000 35,000 David Merrifield 500 Declan Clarke 750 Irish Pipe Band Asociation 6,000 Alfonso Monreal 7,000 Felicity Clear 751 Irish Youth Wind Ensemble 3,000 Commissions/Coimisiúin Thomas Aloysuis Morris 685 Carmel Cleary 750 Jeunesses Musicales Ireland 2,000 Margaret Morrisson 900 Oliver Comerford 2,000 Music Association of Ireland 5,000 The Machine 2,500 Janet Mullarney 1,000 Lorraine Cooke 750 National Youth Orchestra 7,000 National Chamber Choir 6465 8,965 Eamonn Murphy 1,000 Diana Copperwhite 2,650 Na Piobairi Uilleann 1,500 Ailbhe Murphy 650 Alan Crosby 750 Newpark Music Centre 2,000 Total Grants/Iomlán - Deontais 1,364,815 Betty Newman-Maguire 1,050 John Cunningham 4,500 O’Carolan Harp & Cultural Festival, Nobber 500 Fionnuala Ni Chiosain 2,000 The Ar William A. Curran 2,000 O’Carolan Harp Festival Committee, Keadue 500 Other Activities/Imeachtaí Eile 655 Veronica Nicholson 2,777 Justin Pierre Davenne 650 Oideas Gael 1,000 Nicos Nicolaou 1,000 Martin Delaney 750 ts Council Scoil Samhraidh Laitroma 2,000 Total for Opera per note 3 /Iomlean Elisabeth O’Brien 1,000 Aoife Desmond 750 Scoil Sanhraidh Willie Clancy 15,000 don cheoldrámaeioncht mar note 3 (page 62) IR£1,365,470 Michael O’Dea 105 Sharon Dipity Barker 599 Sean-Nos Cois Life 600 Peter O’Kennedy 3,000 Patricia Doherty 750

Share Music 2,000 Helen O’Leary 750 Annual Repor Blaise Drummond 2,000 Sound People 29,420 Patti O’Neill 1,000 Stephen Dunne 2,500 South Summer Sligo School 3,000 Mark Orange 3,000 Amanda Kay Dunsmore 1,700 Young European Strings 2,000 135,670 Danny Osborne 1,500 Clodagh Emoe 750 Brian Palm 750 Carissa Farrell 1,000 Janet Pierce 106 t 1999 Emma Finucane 750 Less: previous year’s grants not required Alison Pilkington 687 Gillian Fitzpatrick 200 /deontais na bliana roimhe nár theastaigh (9,900) Marianne Potterton 750 Pauline Flynn 750 Billy Quinn 750 Robert Frazier 1,000 Total Grants & Awards John Reardon 2,500 Martina Galvin 3,000 /Iomlán - Duaiseanna & Deontais 2,086,632 Simon Reilly 3,000 Campbell George 1,211 4 Jay Roche 400 45 John Gerrard 2,500 Other Activities/Imeachtaí Eile 430 Declan Rooney 1,000 Mary Avril Gillian 750 Coilin Rush 734 Brendan Grant 750 Total for Music per note 3 /Iomlán don Blan Ryan 2,750 Kevin Francis Gray 2,190 cheol mar note 3 (page61) IR£2,087,062 Tom Ryan 465 Brian Hand 6,750 Gary Shaw 725 Martin Healy 1,000 Danielle Sheehy 750 Cormac Healy 750 NORTH-SOUTH/THUAISCEART-DEISCEART IR£ Daniel Shipsides 2,345 Brian Hegarty 750 General Grants/Deontais Anne Tallentire 750 Lucy Hill 750 David Timmons 3,700 Gavin Hogg 100 Adapt - NI 2,000 Clea Van der Grijn 1,000 Katie Holten 4,000 Association of Local Authorities 1,300 Marja van Kampen 750 Sarah Iremonger 600 Brian Maguire 2,500 Andrew Vickery 500 Irish American Cultural Institute 28,825 Ulster Folk & Transport Museum 3,000 8,800 Joseph Walker 2,000 Niamh Jackman 654 Alex Walsh 1,000 Peter Jones 2,000 Projects Grants/Deontais do Thionscnaimh Orla Whelan 2,000 Rachel Joynt 6,300 Lough McNean Sculpture Trail 14,000 14,000 Peter Young 5,000 John Keating 750 Ita Kelly 3,000 Total Grants/Iomlán - Deontais 22,800 Total Awards/Iomlán Duaiseanna 214,595 Anne Marie Kelly 534 Directly Promoted activities Fergus Kelly 1,000 Resource & Support Organisations Roisin A Kennedy 10,000 Arts & Disability 32,225 /Eagraíochtaí Acmhainne Elaine Kennedy 500 Conferences 120 Arthouse 135,000 Rachel Kierans 250 Miscellaneous 1,165 33,510 Artists Association of Ireland 75,000 Aileen Lambert 379 Sculpture Society of Ireland 60,000 Clare Langan 2,000 Total for North-South per note 3/Iomlán do Waterford Healing Arts 6,500 276,500 John Langan 750 Thuaisceart Deisceart mar note 3 (page 61) IR£56,310 Niamh Lawlor 1,500 William Lennon 750 Roisin Lewis 650 Collette Lewis 1,000 David Lilburn 3,500 Namara Lindsay 1,500 Eoin Llewellyn 1,000 StatementAwards & Grants of Responsibilities by Artform (continued) of the Council wards & grants by artform awards & grants by artform Studios/Stiúdeonna Grassy Knoll Productions 4,392 SUNDRY/ILNITHE LOCAL AUTHORITY & PARTNERSHIPS Artspace Studios 15,000 Green on Red Gallery 1,500 Backwater Artists 14,250 Ireland /Slovenia Exhibition 3,000 /NA HÚDAREAIS ÁITIÚIL & Arts Management Training Awards/Duaiseanna IR£ Ballinglen Arts Foundation 27,000 Kids’ Own Publishing 5,000 Jacqueline Butler 1,200 PAIRTNÉIREACHTAÍ Black Church Print Studio 40,000 Kilkenny County Council 5,513 Catherine Carey 1,800 Broadstone Studios 10,000 Landscape Alliance 6,000 Marc Caball 1,000 Local Authority Paycost/Deontais Paycost IR£ Cork Artists Collective 6,000 Limerick Exhibition of Visual Art (EVLA) 113,000 Ali Curran 1,192 5,192 Cork Printmakers 40,000 John McHugh 820 Grants to 22 local authorities 250,883 Fire Station Artists Studio 125,000 George Moore Society 2,000 Graphic Studio, Dublin 58,000 National Sculpture Fact 11,500 Local Authority Arts Programmes/Deontais Clar Ealaíona Leitrim sculpture Centre 12,500 OPP-ART ,Cork 2,760 Grants/Deontais Cavan County Council 20,000 National Sculpture Factory 100,000 Out Art 3,000 Ciste Cholmcille 10,000 Cork Corporation 15,000 New Art Studios 11,000 Pallas Studios 2,000 Cothu/Business Council for the Arts 1,000 Cork County Council 15,000 Sirus Commemoration 15,000 Photoworks North/Source Magazine 4,500 Minimum Income Guarantee 6,540 17,540 Donegal County Council 100,000 Visual Arts Centre 8,000 Project Arts Centre 5,000 Dublin Corporation 20,000 Wexford Sculpture Workshops 2,000 483,750 Real Art Project 4,650 Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council 20,000 Tom Ryan 1,000 Dundalk Urban District Council 10,000 Samhlaiocht Chiarrai 1,000 Audience Development/Lucht Féachanna Fingal County Council 20,000 Galleries/Gailearaithe Sculpture in Woodland 8,000 Baboro International Children’s Festival 15,000 Galway County Council 15,000 Butler Gallery / K.A.G.S. 67,000 Scuplture at Kells 5,000 Dance Theatre of Ireland 3,000 Kildare County Council 15,000 Douglas Hyde Gallery 160,000 Sirius Commemoration 1,000 Irish Museum of Modern Art 3,000 Kilkenny County Council 20,000 Gallery of Photography 100,000 Sligo Art Gallery 17,000 The Ar Music Network 12,000 33,000 Laois County Council 30,000 Limerick Corporation 20,000 South Tipperary Arts Centre 2,000 Leitrim County Council 4,000 RHA Gallagher Gallery 83,000 Tallaght Community Arts Centre 1,550 Limerick Corporation 20,000 ts Council Royal Hibernian Academy 83,000 Temple Bar Properties 6,750 Total Awards & Grants Limerick County Council 20,000 Sligo Art Gallery 46,000 Tigh Filí/Cork Women’s Poetry Circle 906 /Iomlán - Duaisceann & Deontais 55,732 Longford County Council 15,000 Temple Bar Gallery & Studio 126,000 685,000 Tinahely Courthouse 1,500 Tipperary County Council 4,000

Togra Ealaion Suil na Gaeltachta 1,500 Annual Repor Other Activities/Imeachtaí Eile 383,049 Mayo County Council 30,000 Town Hall Theatre, Galway 2,000 Meath County Council 15,000 Publications/Fiolseacháin Triskel Arts Centre 15,000 Total per note 3 Monaghan County Council 26,000 AVAIL 1,700 Wexford Arts Centre 3,400 281,541 /Iomlán mar note 3, (page 62) IR£438,781 Offaly County Council 6,181 Carmel Benson 2,500 Sligo County Council 30,000 t 1999 Circa Publications 40,000 South Dublin County Council 20,000 Coracle 1,247 Special Projects/Tinscnaimh Spaisialta Waterford Corporation 20,000 Cork Arts Society 3,000 Adapt House 1,800 Waterford County Council 15,000 Cork Printmakers 6,500 Kid’s Own Publishing Partnership 250 Wexford County Council 100,000 625,181 John Cronin 2,860 National Sculpture Factory 16,000 18,050 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council 2,250 6 47 Maria Fusco 1,080 Total Awards & Grants Partnership Grants/Deontais Pairtnéireacht Gandon, John O’Regan t/a 50,000 /Iomlán - Duaiseanna & Deontais 2,124,327 Ealaín na Gaeltachta 74,000 Irish Arts Review 3,000 Irish Contemporary Ceramics 2,250 Other Activities/Imeachaí Eile 11,742 Niamh Jackman 729 Interdiscipline Grants/Deontas Ildisciplíneach Mermaid Turbulence 1,760 Total for Visual Arts per note 3 /Iomlean do City Arts Centre 8,000 Noel Molloy 1,500 na Dearcealaeiona mar note 3 (page 62) IR£2,136,069 Firkin Crane Development 8,000 Carol Murphy 1,765 Puca Puppets 7,000 Stunned Artzine 2,000 South Tipperary Arts 300 Waterford Healing Arts 3,150 Sean Taylor 10,000 Wilderness Sanctuary 100 127,391 Tinahely Courthouse 2,100 Tuan Productions 2,500 37,900 Children & Young People/Páistí agus Daoine Óga Butler Gallery / K.A.G.S. 4,500 Previous year’s grants not required Gallery of Photography 3,000 /Deontais na bliana roimhe nar theastaigh (147,414) Limerick City Gallery 8,000 National Gallery of Art & Design 15,500 Total Grants/Iomlán - Deontais 840,550 Royal Hibernian Academy 2,000 Temple Bar Gallery & Studio 4,500 37,500 Other Activities/Imeachtaí Eile 44,020

Total for Local Authorities & Partnerships per Exhibition Assistance Grants note 3/Iomlean - Na hÚdaráis Áitiúil & /Deontais le haghaih Taispeántais Pairtnéireachtaí mar note 3, (page 62) IR£884,570 Allihies Parish Co-oP Society 1,500 Ardara Parish Council 1,350 Art Trail 4,500 Artspace Studios Ltd 4,000 Circa Publications 1,000 Claremorris Arts Committee 19,000 Cork Arts Society 2,950 Crawford Municipal Art Gallery 1,000 Droichead Arts Centre 2,000 Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Co. Council 2,000 StatementAwards & Grants of Responsibilities by Artform (continued) of the Council wards & grants by artform awards & grants by artform

COMBINED ARTS Community Arts/Ealaíona Pobail Festivals/Féilte Education/Oideachas /NA HEALAÍONA COMHCHEANGAIILTE Producing Organisations Major Festivals Artist-in-residence in schools Kilkenny Arts Festival 70,000 /Scéim cónaithe sna scoileanna Awards/Duaiseanna IR£ Artlink,Buncrana 19,000 Bui Bolg 25,000 Galway Arts Festival 155,000 225,000 Ardscoil la Salle, Dublin 1,050 Berni Divilly 2,000 Ballymum Senior Comprehensive School 1,500 Sally Noell Douglas 2,500 Cork Community Artlink 2,000 Drogheda Samba School 5,000 Carrigboy National School.,Cork 1,500 Hilda Leader 1,500 Resource Festivals Colaiste de la Salle, Waterford 1,050 Anna MacCleod 900 Macnas 97,000 Umbrella Project 24,000 172,000 Clifden Community Arts 18,000 Collinstown Park Community College, Nuala Marchetti 1,800 Cork Institue of Technology 15,000 Clondalkin 1,050 Minnis Michael 1,000 Donegal County Council2,000 Dooagh National School, Dublin 1,500 Molloy Rosaleen 1,000 Events Organisations Earagail Arts Festival 24,000 Drogheda Youth Development 1,500 Moore Annette 2,000 Eigse Carlow 32,000 Killea National School 1,050 Murphy Sharon 1,500 Alternative Entertainment 31,000 Ballina Arts Events 15,000 46,000 Féilte Dhuibh Linn 14,000 Limerick School Project 1,500 Murphy Regina 765 Samhlaiocht Chiarrai 40,000 Mercy Secondary School, Longford 450 Ni Chonduin Mairead 2,250 Sligo Community Arts 27,000 National Training & Development Institute 1,500 O’Connell Pauline 900 Resource Organisations/Eagraíochtaí Acmhainne Waterford Spraoi 30,000 200,000 Our Lady of Victories Infant School, Ballymun1,500 Ralph Amanda 900 Our Lady’s College, Louth 1,050 Seagrave Anne 1,000 Tallaght Arts Forum 1,500 C.A.F.E 113,000 114,500 Padraig Naofa, Frenchport National School 1,050 Corban Walker 900 20,915 Medium Festivals Raheen National School,Wexford 1,500 Africian Cultural Project 5,000 Scoil Náisúnta Fiontain Naofa, Carlow 1,050 The Ar Project Grants/Deontais Tionscnaimh Boyle Arts Festival 9,000 Sandford National School, Dublin 1,500 Arts & Health Grants Drogheda Samba Festival 5,000 Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa, Cork 1,050 /Deontais na Ealaeiona Cúrsaei Sláinte City Arts Centre 7,500

Dublin 15 Community Arts Festival 10,000 Scoil Chriost Rí, Clare 1,050 ts Council Waterford Healing Arts Trust 3,150 3,150 Family Resource Centr 10,000 Kildare County Council 7,000 Sense of Cork 6,000 Scoil Eoin, Dublin 1,500 Kilkenny Community Action Network 10,000 Westport Arts Festival 11,000 46,000 Scoil Iosagain, Limerick 1,050 Scoil Naisunta an Ghleann 1,051 Arts & Disability Grants West Cork Art Centre 5,000 Women’s Aid 5,000 44,500 Scoil Ronain, Inis Mór 1,051 Annual Repor /Deontais na Ealaeiona Cúrsaei Míchumais Small Festivals Scoil Triest, Glanmire 300 City Arts Centre 1,000 Ballina Street Festival 3,000 St Andrew’s Resource Centre, Dublin 1,500 Forum for Arts 600 Development Grants/Deontais Foirbeart Bantry Community Arts 1,000 St Brigid’s Infant National School, Dublin 1,500 IntroArt 4,600 Beara Community Arts 3,000 St Brigid’s Primary School, Dublin 1,050 Linenhall Arts Centre 5,000 Artlink, Buncrana 5,000 t 1999 Athenry Festival 500 Cashel Heritage & Development Trust 2,000 St Gabriel’s Special School, Cork 1,500 National Association for Youth 4,000 Cavan County Council 500 St Kevin’s J.National School, Donaghmede. 1,500 Northside Arts & Culture 600 Beara Community Arts 500 Cathal Carroll 1,785 Clonmel Christmas Carnival 1,500 St Leo’s Convent School, Carlow 1,500 Rehab Group, Dun Laoghaire 11,250 Drogheda Youth Arts 1,000 St Patrick’s Boys National School, Tipperary. 1,500 Sirius Commemoration, Cobh 600 City Arts Centre 2,425 Community Arts Forumn 2,500 Féile Iorras 1,500 St Patrick’s Girls National School, Dublin 1,050 Very Special Arts Ireland 60,000 87,650 Féile na Bealtaine 1,500 St Paul’s Secondary School, Galway 450 8 Community Music Network 500 49 Feilte Dhuibh Linn 1,500 Greystones Summer Arts Festival 1,000 Western Health Board 1,050 40,952 Fire Station Artists Studios 2,250 Iniscealtra Festival 2,000 Arts Centres/Ionad Ealaíona Kilmallock Drama Society 1,000 Belltable Arts Centre 140,000 Martin Folan 3,000 Get Tallaght Working 2,500 Kinsale Arts Festival 1,000 Young Arts/Daoine Óga City Arts Centre 150,000 Longford County Council 750 The Ark / Children’s Cultural Centre 379,000 Donegal County Council / Iniscealtra Festival 500 Iomas 3,000 Louisburgh Community 3,000 Baboro International Child 60,000 Letterkenny Arts Centre 39,000 Moore Society,George 2,000 Bacchanal 2,500 Droichead Arts Centre 70,000 Irish Congress of Trades Unions 1,500 Leitrim County 2,000 Newcastlewest & Area Arts Committee 1,500 National Youth Council 25,000 466,500 Galway Arts Centre 112,000 North Leitrim Glens 1,500 Garter Lane Arts Centre 128,000 Barry Lynch 2,500 Catríona McLaughlin 1,375 Plearaca Teoranta 3,000 Less: Previous year’s grants not required Linenhall Arts Centre 98,000 Roundstone Open Arts 500 /Deontais na bliana roimhe nár theastaigh (9,000) Moate Community Development 5,000 Niall O Baoill 3,500 Eileen Stephens 250 37,085 Spotlight on Skerries 1,500 Model Arts Centre 105,000 Tallaght Festival 3,000 36,750 Total - Awards & Grants/Imeachtaí Eile 3,527,400 Project Arts Centre 264,000 Siamsa Tire 140,000 Other Activities 47,413 South Tipperary Arts 40,000 Artists-in-Community Grants/Ealaíonteiorí sa Phobail Boolavogue Community Tape 1,500 Storytelling St John’s Heritage Centre, Listowel 56,000 Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival 3,500 Total for Combined Arts per note 3/Iomlán do Tallaght Community Arts Centre 45,000 Donegal Travellers 2,250 European Institue of Women 3,000 Two Chairs Company 6,500 10,000 na hÉalaíona Comhcheangailte Tinahely Courthouse 5,000 mar note 3 (page 62) IR£3,574,813 Triskel Arts Centre 152,500 Forthill Mens Group 2,250 Tyrone Guthrie Centre 216,660 Galway Traveller Support Group 500 West Cork Arts Centre 72,000 Macra na Feirme, Termonfeckin 2,000 Wexford Arts Centre 90,000 1,940,948 Mount Mercy Day Centre 450 National Training & Development 3,000 Northside Arts & Cultural Centre 750 Arts Centres Commissions Northside Traveller 2,250 City Arts Centre 3,000 Smithfield Heritage 2,250 Tallaght Community Arts Centre 10,000 13,000 South West Inner City 3,000 St Munchins Community 3,000 Tallaght Community Arts Centre 2,250 Tinahely Courthouse 3,000 Udarás na Gaeltachta 3,000 31,450 StatementAwards & Grants of Responsibilities by Artform (continued) of the Council wards & grants by artform awards & grants by artform CAPITAL/CAPITÉAL Hawk’s Well Theatre 9,619 Joint Purchase/chomhcheannachta Iomha Ildánach Theatre 3,309 Contemporary Irish Art Society 3,300 IR£ Ireland Literature Exchange 2,124 Cork County Council (350) Amharclann de h Íde 2,000 Irish Association of Youth Orchestras 17,369 Hawk’s Well Theatre 3,000 African Cultural Project 2,000 Irish Modern Dance Theatre 457 Mayo County Council 5,550 Arthouse 7,000 Irish Theatre Magazine 2,005 Artists Association of Ireland 7,500 Irish Traditional Music Archive 7,959 Piano Purchase Artlink, Buncrana 5,000 Island Theatre Company 1,700 Kilkenny County Council 67,772 Backstage Theatre 4,507 Junior Galway Film 3,254 Donegal County Council 22,000 Ballet Ireland 10,000 Kilkenny Arts Festival 1,500 Less: Refund (2,873) Bare Bodkin Theatre 13,169 Leinster Printmaking Studio 3,000 Barnstorm Theatre Company 13,571 Leitrim Sculpture Centre 10,000 CDs Bedrock Productions 5,545 Letterkenny Arts Centre 20,000 Black Box Music 60,000 Belltable Arts Centre 16,242 Letterkenny Artspace 17,713 DELTA / Traditional 1,000 Bickerstaffe 2,500 Limerick Youth Theatre 1,250 Roger Doyle 1,500 Blue Raincoat Theatre Company 44,583 Live Wire Theatre Company 5,000 Finnish Institute in London 2,500 Broadstone Studios 10,000 Macnas 2,338 Fusebox Music Resource 1,500 Bui Bolg 10,000 Mayo County Council 6,000 Gate Theatre 2,901 Carrigallen Theatre 30,000 Meridan Productions 25,000 John Gibson 2,000 Christ Church Baroque 35,000 Mostly Modern 2,000 Livia Records 5,000 Clé/Irish Book Publishers 1,300 Munster Literature Centre 5,000 Temple Bar Properties 2,000

Cois Life 1,800 Music Instrument Fund For Ireland 34,362 Kathleen Tynan 5,000 The Ar Coisceim Dance Theatre 2,000 Music Network 4,000 Concorde 1,480 National Association for Youth Drama 2,200 182,500 ts Council Contemporary Music Centre 500,000 National Sculpture Factor 36,001 Corcadorca Theatre Company 6,758 National Theatre Society 224,247 Other Activities/Imeachtaí Eile Cork Arts Society 2,500 National Youth Orchestra 909 Collection Maintenance 30,979 Cork Community Artlink 4,000 New Art Studios Ltd. 2,700 Miscellaneous 80,575 Annual Repor Cork Film Centre 10,000 Newbury House Family Centre 704 Premises 98,670 Cork Film Festival 10,000 Pan Pan Theatre Company 12,000 Venues Development Seminar 25,596 Cork Opera House 250,000 Píobairí Uilleann, Na 20,000 235,820 Cork Printmakers 6,000 Project Arts Centre 65,000

Corn Exchange, The 123 Real Art Project 3,259 t 1999 Courthouse Studios 1,385 Red Kettle Theatre Company 8,163 Total for Capital per note 3/Iomlán do Crash Ensemble, The 1,810 Rough Magic Theatre Company 7,733 Caipiteal mar note 3 (page 62) IR£3,464,378 Crawford Municipal Art Gallery 25,000 Royal Hibernian Academy 15,000 Cumann Náisiúnta na ngCór 2,000 Rubicon Gallery . 3,500 Dance Theatre of Ireland 10,000 Salmon Publishing 3,500 0 Dogbowl and Bones 3,000 Sense of Cork Festival 10,000 51 Drake Music Project 6,983 Shawbrook / L.D. Dance 1,000 Drama League of Ireland 3,000 Siamsa Tíre Teoranta 22,500 Droichead Arts Centre 30,000 Sionnach Theatre 15,000 Druid Theatre Company 28,000 Skerries Community Centre 1,000 Dublin Film Festival 13,866 Sligo Community Arts 3,500 Dublin Fringe Festival 19,994 Sligo County Council/ Dublin Theatre Festival 7,500 Model-Niland Arts Centre 250,000 Dun Laoghaire -Rathdown County Council/ Smashing Times Theatre 1,257 Dance Theatre of Ireland 190,000 St John’s Listowel Squre 5,000 Eigse Carlow 10,000 Tallaght Community Arts Centre 14,418 Everyman Palace 12,099 Temple Bar Gallery & Studios 20,644 Family Resource Centre 5,650 The Machine 25,000 Feasta 3,000 The TEAM Eduation 2,200 Film Base 15,100 Tinahely Courthouse 5,000 Film Institute of Ireland 14,000 Treasure Island Records 12,000 Fire Station Artists Studio 5,000 Triskel Arts Centre 25,000 Firkin Crane Development 15,066 Tyrone Guthrie Centre 35,901 Fossets Circus 40,000 Waterford Corporation/ Gallery of Photography 14,200 Garter Lane Arts Centre 250,000 Galloglass Theatre 19,500 Waterford Theatre Royal 30,000 Galway Arts Centre 30,000 West Cork Music 17,301 Galway Arts Festival 20,000 Wexford Arts Centre 9,000 Galway City Partnership 3,000 Working Artists Roscommon 6,000 Galway Film Fleadh 1,825 World’s End 284 Galway Film Resource Co 1,420 Young Irish Film Makers 13,000 3,046,758 Gandon Editions 15,000 Garage Theatre 78,500 Garter Lane Arts Centre 6,252 Gorey Little Theatre 1,850 Graffiti Theatre 5,000 Graphic Studio , Dublin 5,300 Hallward Gallery 3,000 Statement of Responsibilities of the Council An Chomhairle Ealaíon/Financial Statements financialfor yearstatements ended 31 December 1999 The Ar ts Council Annual Repor t 1999

53 An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Statement of Responsibilities of the Council Reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General

Report of the Comptroller Report of the Comptroller and and Auditor General Auditor General pursuant to Section 13 of the Prompt Payment of I have audited the financial statements on pages 56 to 67. Accounts Act, 1997

Responsibilities of the Council and of the Responsibilities of the Council and of the Comptroller and Auditor General Comptroller and Auditor General

The accounting responsibilities of the Council are set The Council is obliged to comply with the Act and, in out in the Statement of Responsibilities of the Council particular, is required to on page 56. It is my responsibility under Section 6 of the Arts Act, 1951 to audit the financial statements • pay its suppliers by the appropriate payment date presented to me by the Council and to report on • if payment to a supplier is late, include the them. As the result of my audit I form an independent appropriate penalty interest with the payment opinion on the financial statements. together with the information required by

Section 6 The Ar Basis of Opinion • disclose its payment practices in the period in the In the exercise of my function as Comptroller and appropriate way. ts Council Auditor General, I plan and perform my audit in a way which takes account of the special considerations Under Section 13 of the Act, it is my responsibility, as which attach to State bodies in relation to their auditor of An Chomhairle Ealaíon, to report on Annual Repor management and operation. whether, in all material respects, the Council has complied with the provisions of the Act. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of t 1999 evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes an assessment Basis of Opinion of the significant estimates and judgements made in My examination included a review of the payment the preparation of the financial statements, and of systems and procedures in place and checking, on a whether the accounting policies are appropriate, test basis, evidence relating to the operation of the 4 55 consistently applied and adequately disclosed. Act by the Council during the year.

My audit was conducted in accordance with auditing I obtained all the information and explanations which I standards which embrace the standards issued by the considered necessary for the exercise of my function Auditing Practices Board and in order to provide under Section 13 of the Act. sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement whether caused by fraud or other Opinion irregularity or error. I obtained all the information and It is my opinion that the Council complied in all explanations that I required to enable me to fulfil my material respects with the provisions of the Act during function as Comptroller and Auditor General and, in the year ended 31 December 1999. forming my opinion, I also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.

Opinion In my opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the Council and the financial statements, which are in agreement with them, give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of An Chomhairle Ealaíon at 31 December 1999 and of its income and expenditure and cash flow for the year then ended.

John Purcell John Purcell Comptroller and Auditor General Comptroller and Auditor General 31 July 2000 31 July 2000 An Chomhairle Ealaíon An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Prompt Payments of Accounts, Statement of Responsibilities Statement of Accounting Policies 1997 of the Council

An Chomhairle Ealaíon is included as a listed Section 6 (1) of the Arts Act, 1951, requires the publisher of goods in the schedule to the Prompt Council to keep accounts in such form as may be 1. General Payments of Accounts Act, 1997. Since 2 January approved by the Minister for Finance. In keeping An Chomhairle Ealaíon is an independent body 1998 the Act has come into operation and the such accounts and preparing financial statements, set up pursuant to the Arts Acts, 1951 and Council has complied with the provisions of the Act. the Council is required: 1973, to promote and assist the arts. In accordance with the Act and guidelines issued by the Deptment of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, • to select suitable accounting policies and then 2. Basis of Accounting the following information is provided. apply them consistently The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention. • to make judgements and estimates that are Procedures established to ensure reasonable and prudent 3. Oireachtas Grant compliance with the Act Income shown as Oireachtas Grant-in-Aid of • to prepare the financial statements on the going IR£17,000,000 / e 21,585,547 is the actual The Council has procedures in place to ensure that concern basis unless it is inappropriate that An cash received in the year from the Vote for An all invoices received are paid within the time limits Chomhairle Ealaíon should continue in operation Chomhairle Ealaíon. Income from the National specified on the invoices or the statutory time limit if Lottery of IR£11,000,000 / e 13,967,119 is also no period is specified. While the procedures are • to state whether applicable accounting standards the cash received in the year. have been followed subject to any material

designed to ensure compliance with the Act, they The Ar can only provide reasonable and not absolute departures disclosed and explained in the 4. Expenditure on the Arts financial statements. Grants are charged to the Income and

assurances against material non-compliance with the ts Council Act. These procedures operated in the financial Expenditure account on an accruals basis in the period under review and, in the case of late The Council is responsible for keeping proper books year in which funded activities take place; if this payments, the relevant suppliers were notified and of account which disclose with reasonable accuracy is not determinable they are charged to the Annual Repor interest was paid to them. at any time the financial position of An Chomhairle year in which the activities begin. Ealaíon and which enable it to ensure that the In accordance with the Prompt Payments of financial statements comply with Section 6 (1) of the 5. Fixed Assets Act. The Council also is responsible for safeguarding Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated

Accounts Act, 1997, the following information is t 1999 provided for the financial period ended 31 December the assets of An Chomhairle Ealaíon and for taking depreciation which is charged at rates 1999 reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of calculated to write-off the cost of each asset fraud and other irregularities. over its expected useful life on a straight line (a) Payment Practices basis, as follows: 6 57 An Chomhairle Ealaíon makes payments to Patrick J. Murphy Maud Cotter Furniture and Equipment - over 5 years. suppliers in accordance with the terms stated on Chairperson Council Member Computer Equipment & Software - over 5 invoices or terms specified in individual contracts years. if appropriate. The standard terms are 45 days. There is no depreciation charge in the year of (b) Late Payments in excess of £250 disposal of fixed assets. Works of art are stated at cost and are not Number of Invoices: 44 depreciated. Average Period of Delay: 72 days 6. Capital Account The Capital Account represents the (c) Overall percentage of late payments of total unamortised amount of income used to acquire payments and total interest paid fixed assets. The transfer to or from the Income and Expenditure Account represents the net The overall percentage of late payments to total change in the book value of fixed assets. payments was 0.038% 7. Superannuation The total amount of interest paid was £727.40 The Council’s contributions to superannuation costs are charged to the Income and Expenditure Account in the period to which they relate and over the length of an employee’s service or of membership of Aosdána. Patricia Quinn Director 8. Trust Funds Trust fund investments are stated at cost and 25 July 2000 are held in trust by An Chomhairle Ealaíon. An Chomhairle Ealaíon An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Income and Expenditure Account Balance Sheet for year ended 31 December 1999 at 31 December 1999

1999 1999 1998 1999 1999 1998 Notes e IR£ IR£ Notes e IR£ IR£ Fixed Assets (5) 889,642 700,650 590,980 Income Oireachtas Grant-in-aid 21,585,547 17,000,000 21,071,000 Financial Assets National Lottery (1) 13,967,119 11,000,000 5,000,000 Trust Fund Assets (7) 345,785 272,328 248,024 Other Grants (2) 353,051 278,050 323,768 Loans (8) 209,203 164,761 132,988 Other Income 30,632 24,125 50,454 35,936,349 28,302,175 26,445,222 Current Assets Grants paid in advance 168,115 132,401 758,215 Current Expenditure Debtors and prepayments 138,254 108,884 160,277 Expenditure on the Arts (3) 33,659,313 26,508,863 24,492,734 Bank 902,184 710,528 229,294 Administration (4) 2,383,000 1,876,765 1,729,967 1,208,553 951,813 1,147,786 36,042,313 28,385,628 26,222,701 Current Liabilities (Deficit)/Surplus (105,964) (83,453) 222,521 Creditors and accruals 458,661 361,225 421,586 Grants outstanding 1,017,007 800,958 711,674 Transfer to Capital Account (6) (139,252) (109,670) (72,907) 1,475,668 1,162,183 1,133,260 The Ar

Net (Deficit)/Surplus for the year (245,216) (193,123) 149,614 Net Current Liabilities (267,115) (210,370) 14,526 ts Council

Accumulated surplus/(deficit) at 1 Janurary 187,304 147,514 (2,100) Total Assets less Liabilities e 1,177,515 £927,369 £986,518 Annual Repor

Accumulated (deficit)/surplus at 31 December (e 57,912) (£45,609) £147,514 Represented by Capital Account (6) 889,642 700,650 590,980 t 1999 Income and Expenditure Account: The Council has no gains or losses in the financial year or the proceeding financial year other than those (Deficit)/Surplus (57,912) (45,609) 147,514 dealt with in the Income and Expenditure Account. Trust Funds 345,785 272,328 248,024 e 1,177,515 £927,369 £986,518 The results for the year relate to continuing operations. 8 59 The Statement of Accounting Policies and Principles and Notes 1 to 15 form part of these financial The Statement of Accounting Policies and Notes 1 to 15 form part of these financial statements statements.

Patrick J. Murphy Patricia Quinn Patrick J. Murphy Patricia Quinn Chairperson Director Chairperson Director

25 July 2000 25 July 2000 An Chomhairle Ealaíon An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Cash Flow Statement Notes to the Financial Statements for year ended 31 December 1999

1999 1999 1998 NOTE 1 : NATIONAL LOTTERY e IR£ IR£ Reconciliation of (deficit) / surplus to Pursuant to Section 5(1)(a) of the National Lottery Act, 1986, a sum of £11,000,000 was paid to the Council net cash inflow from operating activities on the determination of the Government and was expended in accordance with Section 5(2) of the Arts Act, (Deficit)/ surplus for year (245,216) (193,123) 149,614 1951, as part of the Council’s programme of support for the arts. Other income (30,632) (24,125) (50,454) Depreciation (5) 188,828 148,714 114,173 NOTE 2: OTHER GRANTS Transfer to Capital Account 139,252 109,670 72,907 [The project or scheme for which each grant was designated is given in parentheses] IR£ Decrease / (increase) in debtors 43,235 34,050 (97,961) Decrease / (increase) in grants paid in advance 794,620 625,814 (644,753) Drama Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 17,720 (Decrease) / increase in creditors (104,696) (82,455) 98,526 Increase in grants outstanding 113,367 89,284 364,698 International Arts Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Artflight) 25,600 Net movement in loans (8) (40,343) (31,773) 91,339 British Council (Go-See Awards) 6,000 Arts Council of Northern Ireland 2,500 Net cash inflow from operating activities 858,415 676,056 98,089 Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands (Ariane/Kaleidoscope programme) 8,723 CASH FLOW STATEMENT European Commission (EU Contact Point) 9,125 51,948 Net cash inflow from operating activities 858,415 676,056 98,089 The Ar Literature Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 4,484 Return on investments and servicing of finance Department of Justice (Writers’ Workshops for Prisoners) 222 4,706 ts Council Interest Received 77,158 60,767 42,637 Interest Paid (24,506) (19,299) (9,519) Combined Arts Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 95,624 National Rehabilitation Board 4,000 99,624 Annual Repor Capital Expenditure (300,026) (236,290) (188,329)

Managment of Liquid Resources Music Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 22,413 t 1999 Short-term deposits (10,023) (7,894) (17,029) Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Grants) 24,420 46,833

Increase / (Decrease) in Cash 601,018 473,340 (74,151) Visual Arts Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 550 Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net funds Department of Justice (Artists-in-Prisons scheme) 10,000 10,550 0 61 Increase / (Decrease) in cash in year 601,018 473,340 (74,151) Cash used to increase liquid resources 10,023 7,894 17,029 Capital Tyrone Guthrie Trust 26,196 Roscommon County Council Change in net funds 611,041 481,234 (57,122) (Piano Purchase Scheme) 2,873 Net funds at 1 January 291,143 229,294 286,416 Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands (Venues Seminar) 6,600 35,669 Net funds at 31 December 902,184 710,528 229,294

Sundry Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 11,000

£278,050

e 353,051

Patrick J. Murphy Patricia Quinn Chairperson Director

25 July 2000 An Chomhairle Ealaíon An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

NOTE 3 : EXPENDITURE ON THE ARTS NOTE 5 : FIXED ASSETS

Grants Directly 1999 1998 Works of Furniture and Computer Total Promoted Total Total Art Equipment Equipment Activities IR£ IR£ IR£ IR£ IR£ IR£ IR£ IR£ Cost Aosdána 858,288 67,463 925,751 867,082 Balance at 1 January 1999 333,961 337,254 476,526 1,147,741 Architecture 85,550 30,196 115,746 60,264 Additions at cost 4,500 624 253,260 258,384 Dance 862,120 827 862,947 806,635 Drama 8,233,586 561 8,234,147 7,821,288 Balance at 31 December 1999 338,461 337,878 729,786 1,406,125 Film 969,799 7,942 977,741 955,400 International Arts 198,348 74,513 272,861 243,905 Depreciation Literature 1,090,612 21,605 1,112,217 1,090,864 Balance at 1 January 1999 - 240,308 316,453 556,761 Combined Arts 3,527,400 47,413 3,574,813 3,335,721 Charge for the year - 30,578 118,136 148,714 Music 2,086,632 430 2,087,062 2,007,870 North-South 22,800 33,510 56,310 97,569 Balance at 31 December 1999 - 270,886 434,589 705,475 Opera 1,364,815 655 1,365,470 1,366,305 Local Authorities & Partnerships 840,550 44,020 884,570 885,825 The Ar Visual Arts 2,124,327 11,742 2,136,069 2,011,753 Net Book Value Capital 3,231,431 232,947 3,464,378 2,528,422 At 31 December 1999 £338,461 £66,992 £295,197 £700,650 Sundry 55,732 383,049 438,781 413,831 ts Council £25,552,211 £956,652 £26,508,863 £24,492,734 e 429,757 e 85,062 e 374,823 e 889,642

e 32,444,615 e 1,214,697 e 33,659,313 e 31,099,357 At 31 December 1998 £333,961 £96,946 £160,073 £590,980 Annual Repor

NOTE 4 : ADMINISTRATION t 1999 1999 1999 1998 NOTE 6 : CAPITAL ACCOUNT e IR£ IR£ Staff Remuneration, PRSI and Superannuation 1,293,360 1,018,604 931,602 1999 1998 Council and Staff Expenses 240,152 189,135 176,715 IR£ IR£ Consultants’ Fees and Expenses 93,344 73,514 77,949 Balance at 1 January 590,980 518,073 63 Audit Fee 5,028 3,960 3,960 Rent, Light, Heat, Insurances, Cleaning, Funds allocated to acquire fixed assets 258,384 187,080 Repairs and Other House Expenses 265,797 209,332 172,478 Assets Disposed - - Printing, Stationery, Postage, Telephone Amortised in line with depreciation (148,714) (114,173) and Sundry Expenses 296,491 233,506 253,090 109,670 72,907 Depreciation 188,828 148,714 114,173 e 2,383,000 £1,876,765 £1,729,967 Balance at 31 December £700,650 £590,980

e 889,642 e 750,390

The average number of employees during the year was as follows: 1999 1998

Full-Time 31 29 Part-time 6 7 An Chomhairle Ealaíon An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

NOTE 7 : TRUST FUNDS Note 7 : Trust Funds / Assets (continued) Assets at 31 December 1999 Brought forward £191,894

President Douglas Hyde Award £ Mary Farl Powers Award Cash at Bank 2,836 2,836 1,410 Allied Irish Banks plc 25p shares 5,099 1,928 Irish Life Ordinary 10p shares 5,000 W.J.B.Macaulay Award [Market Value of Investments £26,844] £13,414 6.50% Exchequer Stock, 2000-05 13,498 10,099 7,095 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1 Units 22,885 Debtor 68 [Market Value of Investments £54,823] Cash at Bank 1,200 11,367 36,383 Debtor 414 Margaret Arnold Scholarship Cash at Bank 3,734 40,531 £10,017 6.5% Exchequer Stock, 2000-05 9,791 2,021 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1 Units 9,674 Denis Devlin Award 2,519 Allied Irish Banks plc 25p shares 9,297 2,270 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock Units 7,612 3,800 Irish Life Ordinary 10p shares 9,216 [Market Value of Investments £14,119] [Market Value of Investments £71,145] 7,612 37,978 The Ar Debtor 133 Debtor 248 Cash at Bank 1,439 9,184 Cash at Bank 765 38,991 ts Council

Ciste Cholmcille Joan Denise Moriarty Scholarship 8,131 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1 Units 18,473 700 Irish Life Ordinary 10p shares 4,752 12,011 Allied Irish Banks plc 25p shares 15,855 488 Allied Irish Bank plc 25p shares 4,973 Annual Repor [Market Value of Investments £157,712] 2,300 Fyffes Ordinary 5p shares 4,968 34,328 470 CRH Ordinary 25p shares 4,941 Debtor 659 1,770 Smurfit Ordinary 25p shares 4,825 t 1999 Cash at Bank 26,197 61,184 3,600 Golden Vale Ordinary 1p shares 4,636 [Market Value of Investments £28,396] Marten Toonder Award 29,095 £10,582 6.50% Exchequer Stock, 2000-05 10,658 Debtor 70 11,029 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1Units 14,890 Cash at Bank 911 30,076 4 65 20,961 16,939 [Market Value of Investments £264,007] £272,328 42,487 Debtor 966 e 345,785 Cash at Bank 15,802 59,255

Doris Keogh Award Note: Investments are shown at cost and are held in trust by An Chomhairle Ealaíon 2,358 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1 Units 7,462 [Market Value of Investments £14,668] Movement of Trust Funds 31 Dec 1998 Income Expenditure 31 Dec 1999 7,462 IR£ IR£ IR£ IR£ Debtor 137 President Douglas Hyde Award 2,504 332 - 2,836 Cash at Bank 1,066 8,665 W.J.B.Macaulay Award 37,527 3,004 40,531 Denis Devlin Award 10,496 688 (2,000) 9,184 Michael Byrne Award Ciste Cholmcille 45,509 21,175 (5,500) 61,184 3,617 Allied Irish Banks plc 25p shares 9,063 Marten Toonder Award 54,020 9,234 (4,000) 59,255 [Market Value of Investments £32,264] Doris Keogh Award 7,845 820 - 8,665 9,063 Michael Byrne Award 9,342 897 - 10,239 Debtor 136 Mary Farl Powers Award 10,731 636 - 11,367 Cash at Bank 1,040 10,239 Margaret Arnold Scholarship 40,546 2,445 (4,000) 38,991 Joan Denise Moriarty Scholarship 29,504 572 - 30,076 Carried Forward £191,894 £248,024 £39,804 (£15,500) £272,328

e 314,926 e 50,540 e 19,681 e 345,785

The costs of administering these funds are borne by the Council An Chomhairle Ealaíon An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

NOTE 8 : INTEREST-FREE LOANS NOTE 12: TYRONE GUTHRIE CENTRE

IR£ The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan, is a company limited by guarantee Balance at 1 January 1999 132,988 established to provide a workplace for artists. The board of the company is appointed by An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. During 1999 the two Councils provided revenue funding Additional Loans 98,010 totalling IR£216,660/ e 275,101 to the Centre; and An Chomhairle Ealaíon provided funding totalling Repayments (66,237) IR£35,901 / e 45,585 for capital purposes. 31,773

Balance at 31 December 1999 £164,761 NOTE 13: COUNCIL MEMBERS’ DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

e 209,203 The Council has fulfilled the requirements of the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995, in relation to the disclosure of interests by Council Members and Director. During the year the aggregate amount of grants offered During 1999 two additional interest-free loans were given. where a Council Member declared an interest amounted to IR£1,483,835 / e 1,884,082. Interest free loans are made available, subject to conditions, to publishers who already receive grant-aid from the Council and, where exceptional circumstances exist, to other organisations. NOTE 14: EURO

For information purposes the 1999 figures are presented in euro and IR£. The exchange rate used for The Ar NOTE 9 : PREMISES conversion was e 1 = IR£0.787564

The Council occupies premises at 69 and 70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, under leases which expire in 2016 NOTE 15: APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ts Council and 2014 respectively. The annualised rent at 31st December 1999 was £145,452 / e 184,686. This is subject to review every five years. The next reviews fall due in 2001 and 2004. The Financial Statements were approved by the Council on 18 April 2000. Annual Repor

NOTE 10 : FUTURE COMMITMENTS t 1999 At 31 December the Council had entered into commitments in connection with activities due to take place after that date. The amount involved, £10.7m, is not reflected in these financial statements.

NOTE 11 : SUPERANNUATION SCHEMES 6 67 (a) A Staff Superannuation Scheme under the Arts Act, 1973, Section 10, is in operation. Benefits are defined and the scheme provides for equal contributions to be made by Council and staff. The assets of the Scheme comprise a combination of an insured fund and a managed fund. Irish Pensions Trust Ltd act as independent corporate trustees and the manager is Irish Life Assurance plc. Actuarial reviews are carried out every three years. The last review, carried out as at 1 January 1998, showed that, while the assets were more than sufficient to cover accrued liabilities based on current salary levels, they were not sufficient to cover accrued liabilities in respect of service taking into account projected future salary increases. In view of this, the Actuary strongly recommended a funding increase. A provision at current premium rates is maintained in respect of the extra liability arising out of future salary adjustments but moneys have not been paid to the fund to meet this liability. At 31 December 1999 the provision was IR£216,870 / e 275,368 (1998: IR£222,333). The next actuarial review will be undertaken as at 1 January 2001. Total staff superannuation costs charged to the Income and Expenditure Account for the current year are IR£62,050 / € 78,787 (1998: IR£78,202).

(b) A Superannuation Scheme is in operation for members of Aosdána on the basis of insured annuity contracts and defined contributions. The cost of the annual premiums is shared equally by the Council and the members. The charge to the Income and Expenditure Account for the current year is IR£38,836 / e 49,312 (1998: IR£28,945).