424 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on increasing the funding to the Arts Council in advance of budget 2009; and his further views on the fact that Ireland ranks in the bottom third of all EU countries in terms of support for the arts per head of population and that funding levels fall far short of the €100 million identified by the council, and accepted by Government, as necessary to respond to demand from this sector. [32354/08]

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424 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on increasing the funding to the Arts Council in advance of budget 2009; and his further views on the fact that Ireland ranks in the bottom third of all EU countries in terms of support for the arts per head of population and that funding levels fall far short of the €100 million identified by the council, and accepted by Government, as necessary to respond to demand from this sector. [32354/08]

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