AQW 22643/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will make a bid for capital funding for 2025-26 to enable and improve (i) accessibility; and (ii) health and safety, for arts working spaces and audience areas, including studios, theatres and office spaces.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 14 February 2025
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 14 February 2025
- Answer due by
- 3 March 2025
- Answered
- 21 March 202535 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, as my Department’s Arms-Length Body responsible for the arts, provides advice to my Department of capital needs arising in relation to the arts sector.
My decisions on the allocation of my Department’s capital funding allocation are made after analysis and prioritisation of various capital funding proposals in a very difficult budgetary situation.