Committee Reports > List of Committees > Joint > 1978 > Committee on the Secondary Legislation of the European Communities > Report No. 21 - Community Action in the Cultural Sector

IMEACHTAÍ AN CHOMHCHOISTE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE

Dé Céadaoin, 8 Samhain, 1978

Wednesday, 8th November, 1978

1. The Joint Committee met at 3.30 p.m.

2. Members Present.

The following Members were present:

Deputies Clinton (in the Chair), Daly, Flanagan, Griffin, Leonard, McCreevy, Noonan, O’Keefe, Quinn and Woods; Senators Hussey, Molony, Mulcahy, Robinson and Eoin Ryan.

Senator Brugha, Member of the European Parliament, also attended.

3. Draft Report on Community Action in the Cultural Sector.

Senator Mulcahy brought forward a Draft Report which was read as follows:

(i) Paragraphs 1 to 47, inclusive, agreed to.

(ii) New Paragraph.

Amendment proposed (Deputy Quinn):

“Before paragraph 48 to insert a new paragraph as follows:

‘Community patronage has already been provided for a Community Youth Orchestra. In the Joint Committee’s view this patronage should be extended to the theatre and the visual arts. The Joint Committee welcomes the suggestion that the National Museums of the Member States should establish “European Rooms. In this context, the Joint Committee suggests that Member States should facilitate each other in the return or exchange of historical objects that are central to their cultural and artistic history’.”

Amendment agreed to.

(iii) Paragraph 49 agreed to.

(iv) New Paragraph.

Amendment proposed (Deputy Quinn):

“Before paragraph 50 to insert a new paragraph as follows:

‘The Joint Committee feels that measures should be introduced, with Community assistance, to ensure that new buildings, normally used by the public make provision for the public display of works of art, such as sculpture, paintings, murals. A percentage of the construction cost, ranging from 1 to 3 per cent, should be provided for this measure and the cost should be tax deductible’.”

Amendment agreed to.

(v) Paragraph 51 agreed to.

(vi) New Paragraph.

Amendment proposed (Senator Robinson):

“After paragraph 51 to insert a new paragraph as follows:

‘In view of the importance of Community Action in the Cultural Sector the Joint Committee requests that a debate take place on this Report in each House. In this connection the Joint Committee refers to the Orders of Seanad Éireann and Dáil Éireann of 3rd May, 1978 and 11th October, 1978 respectively’.”

Amendment agreed to.

Draft Report, as amended, agreed to.

Ordered: To report accordingly.

12. Adjournment.

The Joint Committee adjourned at 5.10 p.m.