On the 29th January, 2003, Minister John O'Donoghue spoke at the launch of two important documents commissioned by the Music Board of Ireland, an interim body established by Síle de Valera during her tenure as Minister for the the then Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. The documents, entitled a Strategic Plan for the Development of the Music Industry and the Economic Significance of the Irish Music Industry, portrayed an industry of economic significance both domestically and internationally in 2001, the year the reports were drawn-up.