140. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the current lack of funding streams available to support the staging of curriculum-based theatrical productions for post-primary students; if she acknowledges that prescribed Leaving Certificate texts, such as Othello by William Shakespeare, form a core part of the English curriculum; if consideration has been given to supporting access to live performances of such texts as part of arts-in-education and student wellbeing initiatives; and if she will outline any existing or planned funding mechanisms, pilot schemes, or interdepartmental collaborations that could support theatre companies delivering large-scale, curriculum-linked productions to students, particularly those in DEIS schools and rural areas. [31472/26]

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140. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the current lack of funding streams available to support the staging of curriculum-based theatrical productions for post-primary students; if she acknowledges that prescribed Leaving Certificate texts, such as Othello by William Shakespeare, form a core part of the English curriculum; if consideration has been given to supporting access to live performances of such texts as part of arts-in-education and student wellbeing initiatives; and if she will outline any existing or planned funding mechanisms, pilot schemes, or interdepartmental collaborations that could support theatre companies delivering large-scale, curriculum-linked productions to students, particularly those in DEIS schools and rural areas. [31472/26]

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