The only funds available from my Department at present for the type of projects mentioned in the question are those allocated to the National Heritage Council. The Council's budget in 1994 is £1.55 million, of which £0.5 million is given to the Discovery Programme. The remainder is distributed among various projects in the specific areas of archaeology, architecture, flora, fauna, landscape, heritage gardens and certain inland waterways.
Deputies will be aware that Structural Funds have been put at my disposal to provide funding for arts and culture infrastructure under the National Development Plan 1994-1999. However, since the details of the plan are currently under discussion with the European Commission, it will be some time yet before there will be final agreement on the Plan's components. It will be only after this process has been completed that I will be in a position to establish precise criteria for eligibility for assistance under my capital allocations.