Now that weve given you the positive news. There is unfortunately more bad news. This afternoon, the NI Executive is discussing removing the Arts entirely from the titles of any government department. It would be the only part of the UK or Ireland where this would happen. If you want to ask the Members of the Executive to please reconsider, you can tweet them or email them and ask them to act before its too late. A list of the Ministers is here - niassembly.gov.uk/your-mlas/ministers-and-their-departments/ - and their email addresses can be found here - niassembly.gov.uk/your-mlas/mla-email-contact-details/. Your message might include the following: As you will be aware the Executive is discussing a draft paper on the reorganisation of Departments today. The proposal is that DCAL will be merged with DSD under the title of the Department of Social Welfare, Communities and Sport. So, the words culture and arts wont be referenced in any departmental title. That would mean that Northern Ireland is the only part of these islands that is not prioritising culture and arts in its departments. On the back of the funding cuts already handed out to arts organisations, we ask for the inclusion of either Arts & Culture, Culture or Arts in the title of any department. We thank you for your support. We thank everyone for your support.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:05:14 +0000
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