Files of reports and publication from the Arts Council of Ireland. File 1 includes Arts Council Annual Reports 1980, 1996 and 1997; File 2 includes Arts Council Newsletters Sep 1996 - Aug 2011; File 3 includes assorted Arts Council reports and other documents such as VAT factsheets, analysis of Arts Council funding 2002-2009, Arts Bill 2002, A Guide to Acknowledging Arts Council Funding; Guidelines for Cultural Development Incentives, Theatre touring in Ireland: An Industry Meeting 2003, Partnership for the Arts - draft and also a Guide for Board Members of Arts Organisations; File 4 includes Developing the Arts in Ireland: Arts Council Strategic Overview 2011 - 2013, The Arts Council Action Plan 2004, Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism Arts and Culture Plan 2008, Arts Council Arts Plan 1999-2001; File 5 includes Study of the Socio-Economic Conditions of Theatre Practitioners in Ireland, 2005, Partnership for the Arts Report: Arts Council Goals 2006-2010

Files of correspondence between the Arts Council of Ireland and The Theatreworks Company, discussing funding and finance of the company.

Files of records relating to funding applications made to the Arts Council of Ireland made by Pan Pan Theatre Company, for grants and funding relating to production, touring, and capital funding. Correspondence files between the Arts Council and Pan Pan also included.

File of documents and correspondence, mostly between the Arts Council and Druid Theatre Company and includes items such as a report "Lessons on the Budgeting Process after DruidMurphy" (2013); "Druid's Artistic Plan for 2011 - Revision After Funding Decision" (2011); Letters between Tim Smith, General Manager of Druid Theatre Company and David Parnell, Head of Theatre and Circus, Arts Council, discussing grant of funding to Druid Theatre Company; Druid report with Key Performance Indicators, Druid Turnover analysis, 2007-2012, Druid - A Spending Entity and the Arts Council RFO Grant and Druid; Draft report from Theatre Forum Ireland entitled "Analysis of Arts Council Funding 2002-2012.

File of correspondence between Druid Theatre Company and the Arts Council of Ireland. Includes letters and emails discussing issues such as the confirmation of grant by the Arts Council to Druid in January and also May (touring award) by the Arts Council in 2010. Letters between Tim Smith, General Manager, Druid and David Parnell, Head of Theatre, Arts Council, discussing funding schedules and awards, and also other letters and emails concerning funding support for Druid.

File of correspondence between Druid Theatre Company and the Arts Council of Ireland, outlining Druid production and event plans for the coming year; calendar of schedule with production and rehearsal schedules, production budgets and final accounts of Druid Theatre Company. Also letters and email between Druid and the Arts Council discussing the grant of funding awarded to Druid Theatre Company and associated production plans.

File of correspondence between Druid Theatre Company and the Arts Council of Ireland. Letters and email include details of funding granted to Druid Theatre Company; draw-down schedule for funding; discussions between Mary Cloake, Director, Arts Council and Seamus O'Grady, Chairman, Druid Theatre Company, discussing concerns over the Regularly Funded Organisation programme (12 Apr 2007); response from Felicity O'Brien, Druid, to Val Ballance, Arts Council, discussing in detail the impact of funding decision made to Druid (21 Feb 2007) and other correspondence detailing the application criteria as set by the Arts Council, budgets and financial records of Druid Theatre Company and further letters discussing funding.

File of correspondence between Druid Theatre Company and the Arts Council of Ireland. Letters and email include decisions of grant from the Arts Council to Druid; requests to draw down funding by Druid; detailed discussions on funding issues, capital funding, multi-annual funding, revenue funding, difficulties being experienced by Druid, child protection policies, new funding programmes, notes on new Arts Council Report, "The Public and the Arts 2006: Executive Summary"; press releases and wider documents surrounding increase in funding for the Arts in 2006. Also report by Theatre Forum Ireland being an analysis of Arts Council Funding Offers, 2005-2006.

File of correspondence between Druid Theatre and the Arts Council. Letters discuss in detail the funding applications made by Druid Theatre Company to the Arts Council, detail funding decisions made, include supporting documents such as budgets and planning material, feedback on applications and decisions and also correspondence and documents from Theatre Forum activities in Ireland.

File of correspondence between Druid staff such as Fergal McGrath and Arts Council staff, with detailed discussion regarding funding of Druid Theatre Company as well as funding of the Arts in Ireland., Also letters between Fergal McGrath and Thérèse O'Connor, Private Secretary to Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, John O'Donoghue, discussing funding of the Arts Council by the Government; further letters on this point include letters between McGrath and John O'Donoghue, T.D. Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Frank Fahy T.D., Mary Hanafin, T.D. Minister for Education, and Ministerial offices for Willie O'Dea, T.D. Minister for Defence, Dick Roche, T.D., Dept of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Brian Cowan, T.D., Minister for Finance, Michael McDowell, T.D., Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Micheál Martin, T.D., Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan T.D., Minister for Agriculture and Food, Seamus Brennan, T.D., Minister for Social and Family Affairs, and Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. These letters are accompanied by a letter from Fergal McGrath seeking increased support for funding for the Arts as well as reform of VAT levels for theatre tickets. (Oct - Dec 2004)