The document discusses several topics related to arts funding and support in Ireland, including: 1) One member of an Arts Council declined to support a project because it was located too far away from other galleries they supported in Dublin. 2) The arts community in Ireland feels a sense of "peripheral status" and fears how discretionary state funding decisions may impact them. 3) There is an ongoing debate around the role of the state in facilitating the arts through a paternalistic system versus a more democratic model that embraces controversy.