West Belfast Sinn Féin Sinn Féin -- Building an Ireland of Equals

Adams welcomes release of Task Force funding for An Chultúrlann

Published: 3 March, 2010

West Belfast MP Gerry Adams has welcomed the decision by the Executive to release a £1/2 million investment in An Chultúrlann, part of An Ceathrú Gaeltachta, the Gaeltacht Quarter. The west Belfast MP revealed that with the help of the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, half a million pounds has now been cleared by the DCAL Minister.

Mr Adams said:

"It was under the West Belfast and Greater Shankill Task Force that An Chultúrlann was first proposed as a flagship project for the Gaeltacht Quarter.

"For six years, An Chultúrlann has been battling to get the money to push forward this exciting project. Alongside community leaders who have been spearheading the West Belfast and Shankill Task Force agenda, An Chultúrlann has kept campaigning for the investment promised to be delivered."

"I have had intensive communication with the Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure.

"With the help of Martin McGuinness' office, we have finally secured from Minister McCausland a commitment to release the funding promised to An Chultúrlann. This will not only be an important injection of investment for An Chultúrlann, which is already the heartbeat of An Ceathrú Gaeltachta. This is also evidence of local delivery of the kind which Sinn Féin has been demanding and which will help turn the ambition of the Gaeltacht Quarter into a reality."