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The latest meeting minutes from the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce are available below.
Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, announced the membership of the Arts and Culture Recovery Task Force.
Clare Duignan will chair the Task Force and the other members will include:
- Arts Council
- Business to Arts
- Council of the National Cultural Institutions
- County and City Management Association (CCMA)
- Department of Health
- Department of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
- Department of Social Protection
- Ealaín na Gaeltachta
- Events Industry Alliance
- Irish Congress of Trade Unions
- National Campaign for the Arts
- Irish Music Rights Organisation
- Irish Theatre Institute
- Screen Ireland
- Screen Producers Ireland
- Denise Chaila
- Martin Hayes
The Terms of Reference of the Taskforce are as follows:
The Taskforce will prepare a report for the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht including a set of recommendations on how best the arts and culture sector can adapt and recover from the unprecedented damage arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The sector includes culture, the arts, the audio visual industry and the live entertainment industry.
Taking as its starting point, the research and evidence of the devastating impact of the pandemic on the sector compiled by the Department, the Arts Council and other stakeholders, the Taskforce will:
- adopt a solution-focused approach
- seek sector-specific expert input and consult with stakeholders
- invite additional individuals or expertise to attend meetings on an ad-hoc basis, as it deems necessary
- focus on providing intelligence and recommendations for an expected on-going and varying impact of COVID-19 restrictions
- identify immediate and medium term goals for recovery and sustainability in the sector
- identify possible policy initiatives or impediments to a robust sustainable recovery in the sector
- recommend whole of Government policy initiatives and actions to support the sector
- report to the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht by 31 October 2020 in order to provide the government with an action plan for the sector
The taskforce can be contacted at taskforce@tcagsm.gov.ie and all correspondence will be published in due course.