Vol. 508 No. 5
19 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the position in relation to Galway Corporation's application for additional funding for Galway Museum; and the amount of capital funding allocated to Galway city for the arts since June 1997. [19143/99]
A sum of £500,000 has been earmarked by my Department towards the cost of the development of the proposed Galway Civic Museum. My Department has no record of any application from Galway Corporation seeking to increase this amount.
The main vehicle for the capital funding of arts projects by my Department is the cultural development incentives scheme (CDIS) and as the Deputy will be aware all funding which was available under the CDIS was allocated prior to my becoming Minister for Arts, Hertiage, Gaeltacht and the Islands in June 1997.
