Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2013
606. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the partial year and the full year monetary effect of his Department's budget 2014 reductions to expenditure. [47071/13]
View answerAn indicative comparison of my Department's 2014 Budget allocations at subhead level and the corresponding 2013 provisions is available on my Department's website
via the following link: http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/Publications/CorporatePublications/CurrentPublications/
The full year effects of the savings measures will be achieved during 2014.
As the Deputy will be aware, the published allocations will be supplemented in 2014 by a number of measures announced on Budget Day by my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. These include:
- €6 million for the Limerick National City of Culture 2014 - Limerick is the inaugural National City of Culture, a new designation which a city will hold for one calendar year;
- €6 million to fund a number of 1916 Commemoration Projects; and
- €5 million for the Traditional Skills and Buildings at Risk Jobs Leverage Scheme 2014 - this will be directed at renovation projects for buildings which are protected.
The final allocation for my Department, incorporating these Budget Day measures, will be set out in the forthcoming Revised Estimates Volume, due to be published before the end of the year. I will make a judgement at that time as to which programmes and projects will be prioritised, having regard to the additional funding announced on Budget Day, as well as the reductions that necessarily have to be made as part of my Department's contribution to the overall fiscal consolidation. Accordingly, it should be noted that the breakdown on my Department's website should be considered provisional pending the finalisation of the Revised Estimates Volume in the coming weeks.
