Amid that noise, the voice of the arts and of the entertainment industry is barely and rarely heard. The National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA) has been intensively lobbying and engaging with Government for several months. NCFA, as its name suggests, represents practising artists and is therefore more focused on direct State support via the Arts Council and other bodies. Its current proposals form part of a much longer-term campaign to get State support for culture up to at least average European levels. The NCFA submission calls for an increase in funding to the Arts Council from €80 million in 2020 to €135 million in 2021, “with a view to at least doubling investment in the Arts Council by 2025”.

Source: The Irish Times September 19, 2020 03:56 UTC