Thursday, January 1, 2009

ARTS COUNCIL GRANTS

I've never looked at the breakdown of allocations before but clearly literature isn't any kind of priority.


Funding by artform in the three major Arts Council grants programmes below:



Abbey Theatre
10,000,000 (2008)
8,350,000 (2009)

Other Theatre
8,688,184
7,960,600

Visual Arts
5,258,157
5,063,157

Music
5,042,352
4,865,270

Opera
4,112,032
3,949,900

Dance
3,544,170
3,150,200

Film
2,436,220
2,395,400

Plumbing
2,335,234
2,329,111

Fancy Balloon tying
2,335,233
2,334,432

Literature
2,529,927
2,288,927

Traditional Arts
1,516,810
1,512,910

Street Arts and Spectacle
875,066
823,000

Circus
244,000
244,000

Architecture
168,000
168,000

TFE's Drinks
23,000
Nil

TFE's Life value if he doesn't get his photos back
Nil
Nil




Actually plumbing and fancy balloon tying didn't really get any money at all , I just put them in for some light comic relief , and the last two are bogus. No ,really.

2 comments:

Lulu LaBonne said...

Really sorry to read about the massive photo loss, I want to be reading about their miraculous recovery soon.

Totalfeckineejit said...

Tanx Lulu happy new year -much appreciated, I hope so too! StBrendan(repair man) might be able to call around tomorrow night I'm wishing and dreading at de same time.