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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 July 2012

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Questions (377)

John Deasy

Question:

393 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the past five years. [31620/12]

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I assume that the Deputy is referring to expenditure incurred by my Department on the maintenance and promotion of Irish, including expenditure by bodies, such as Foras na Gaeilge and Údarás na Gaeltachta, which support the provision of a range of services through Irish in the Gaeltacht and to the public generally. As the Deputy is aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011. The tables set out the provisional outturns for 2011 in relation to the Irish language, including expenditure in that year by the then Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, as well as the spend in 2012 to 30 June.

2011

2011 Provisional Outturns per REV (including D/CEGA)

Irish Language, Gaeltacht and Islands Programme Expenditure

45,949,000.00

North-South Programme Expenditure

15,873,000.00

Administration Subhead (Translation Costs) Expenditure

4,794.91

Total 2011

61,826,794.91

2012

Spend to June 30

Irish Language, Gaeltacht and Islands Programme Expenditure

11,575,296.99

North-South Programme Expenditure

6,114,028.74

Administration Subhead (Translation Costs) Expenditure

1,156.23

Total 2012 to date

17,690,481.96

Total Spend 2011 and 2012 (to date)

79,517,276.87

The Deputy will also be aware that monitoring and management of my Department's expenditure is carried out on a routine basis and, as such, these expenditure figures are provisional and subject to verification internally through my Department's financial management system and, ultimately, by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

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