Subsidised tenancies under the National Arts Council’s Arts Infrastructure Schemes

Response to parliamentary question on whether beneficiaries under the National Arts Council (NAC)’s Infrastructure Schemes are permitted to sub-let their allocated spaces.

Written PQ 5888. Ms Usha Chandradas: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) whether beneficiaries of subsidised tenancies under the National Arts Council’s Arts Infrastructure Schemes are permitted to sub-let their allocated spaces; and (b) if so, what terms and conditions govern these sub-leases.

1. The National Arts Council (NAC) supports the arts sector via various Arts Infrastructure Schemes such as the Framework for Art Spaces and the Arts Housing Scheme. They are highly subsidised to ensure affordable access to spaces for arts creation and presentation. 
2. As the landlord, NAC does not permit tenants to sub-let the spaces. However, arts tenants can share their spaces with other arts companies or artists as part of their collaborative art making process or presentations.