CCI-newsletter-1983-41-September-October

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1983

Crafts Council of Ireland Thomas Prior House Merrion Road Dublin 4

Telephone 680764 / 603070

MINISTER FOR CRAFT SECTOR In all the concentration on the European Crafts Conference, the full significance of the statement issued by the Minister for Industry and Energy on the occasion of the state reception for delegates on 16th September may have had less impact than if it were made in isolation. The Minister in his statement saw 1983 as marking the beginning of a new stage in the development of the craft industry in Ireland. The fact of the Crafts Council's amendment of its Memorandum and Articles to allow the Minister to appoint five members of the Management Committee was noted and the statement went on to say "this restructuring of the Management Committee will ensure that it is adequately represented by administrators, craftworkers and the state bodies who are concerned with the crafts sector." WCC-Europe Conference in September. A tense moment during the glass workshop at Two key paragraphs follow: "In the past the craft industry may not have received the attention merited by its potential for growth and job creation. For this reason I have decided that the Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Energy, Mr. Eddie Collins, T.D. is to be given special responsibility for the development of the craft sector, including responsibility for the Crafts Council of Ireland . . . a central feature of the Minister of State's role will be to ensure that the activities of all the state agencies concerned will be co-ordinated to ensure maximum development of the crafts industry."

The Minister for industry & Energy, Mr. John Bruton, Mr. Frank Sutton, Executive Officer, Crafts Council, Mr. Eddie Collins, T.D. Minister of State Department of Industry & Energy and Mr. Padraig White Managing Director, Industrial Development Authority at the State Reception.

Jerpoint Glass


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