The Arts debate 2007 asks the public to discuss and focus attention on the crucial role the arts can and do play in our lives as individuals, as members of diverse communities and as part of our wider society.
In May 2007 the Arts Council launched three pamphlets on the value of the arts and invited the public to read the pamphlets and participate in the Arts debate 2007.
Speaking at the launch, Olive Braiden, Chair of the Arts Council said, "We are delighted to be launching these pamphlets as part of the Arts debate 2007. The arts have done reasonably well over the past number of years. However, for the arts to reach the breakthrough we think they so richly deserve, we are pushing for funding of €100 million for disbursement to the arts community in 2008. This funding would be an excellent investment and would stabilise the arts sector in Ireland for the first time in its life. We call on the Government to make this commitment to the arts in their Programme for Government."
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