{meta} Agenda for Arts, Culture, Leisure & Recreation SPC on Monday 25th September, 2023, 9.30 am

Agenda and minutes

Arts, Culture, Leisure & Recreation SPC - Monday 25th September, 2023 9.30 am

Venue: Council Chamber, City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2.. View directions

Contact: Fanchea Gibson

Media

Items
No.	Item
1.	Draft Minutes of Meeting held on 24th July 2023 PDF 366 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 1. Minutes: Action: Agreed
2.	Presentation on the future plans for Kilmainham Mills - Donncha Ó Dúlaing, Senior Executive Officer and Catherine Heaney, Lorne Consultancy PDF 464 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 2. Minutes: Action: Welcomed and Noted. Donncha to circulate dates for SPC member to visit site.
3.	Presentation on Historians-in-Residence Programme - Brendan Teeling, Deputy City Librarian PDF 3 MB Additional documents: Webcast for 3. Minutes: Action: Welcomed and Noted. Brendan to circulate links to members for online lectures.
4.	Motion submitted in the name of Cllr Hazel de Nortúin and Cllr Cat O'Driscoll:- “This SPC will agree to request that the relevant section in Dublin City Council engage with Diageo in exploring the re-opening of the Guinness Theatre in Dublin 8. The theatre has a capacity of 452 seats, similar to the recent survey for a 500 seater venue in the city. The Council will establish what Diageo has planned for the building and to further emphasise the provision of community gain by corporations in Dublin City – as set out in the Dublin City Development Plan – and encourage a transparent dialogue with the Arts Department. The Council should also seek information on the structural composition of the building to further establish if work needs to be carried out to safeguard the building from any damage due to its vacancy.” Additional documents: Webcast for 4. Minutes: Action: Agreed.
5.	Update Report on the City Library, Parnell Square - Mairead Owens, City Librarian PDF 304 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 5. Minutes: Action: Noted.
6.	Report on increasing the Arts Grant Funding - Ray Yeates, City Arts Officer PDF 138 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 6. Minutes: Action: Noted.
7.	Update Report on DCC Cultural Company - Iseult Dunne, CEO, Dublin City Culture Company PDF 184 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 7. Minutes: Action: Noted.
8.	Update Report on the Dublin Municipal Theatre, Derek Kelly, CEO Temple Bar Cultural Trust PDF 149 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 8. Minutes: Action: Noted. Derek Kelly to submit a follow up report at the next meeting.
9.	Management Update PDF 476 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 9. Minutes: Action: Hugh Lane Gallery to submit a written response regarding the €15 entrance fee for a new exhibition. Free viewings are available on a Wednesday morning. Donncha O’ Dúlaing to bring draft of the new Sports Plan to the next meeting.
10.	Chairperson Updates - UCLG / European Green Deal for Circular Festivals / Cultural Strategy / LECP Additional documents: Webcast for 10. Minutes: Action: Report noted. Chairperson to circulate further information to Members.
11.	Approved Minutes of the Commemorations and Naming Committee Meeting dated 25th May 2023 PDF 320 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 11. Minutes: Action: Agreed.
12.	Approved Minutes of the Dublin City Sports and Wellbeing Partnership (DCSWP) Advisory Board meeting dated 30th May 2023 PDF 706 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 12. Minutes: Action: Agreed.
13.	Approved Minutes of the Arts and Cultural Advisory Group meeting dated 3rd July, 2023 PDF 467 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 13. Minutes: Action: Agreed.
14.	Breviate of draft Minutes of the Commemorations and Naming Committee Meeting dated 27th July 2023 PDF 326 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 14. Minutes: Action: Agreed.
15.	Breviate of draft Minutes of the Arts and Cultural Advisory Group meeting dated 4th September 2023 PDF 466 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 15. Minutes: Action: Agreed.
16.	A.O.B. Additional documents: Webcast for 16. Minutes: Action: Members requested an update on the Chatham Row School of Music.