Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 October 2018
81. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital commitments towards the culture, heritage and Gaeltacht sectors in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 outlined in Project Ireland 2040 and otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39707/18]
View answerThe capital allocation for my Department this year amounts to €54.3 million in total and is broken out across programme areas in the 2018 Revised Estimates as follows:
- €29.7m for Culture
- €14.1m for Heritage, including Waterways Ireland
- €10.5m for Irish Language, Gaeltacht and Islands
The capital allocation for my Department in each of the years 2019 and 2020 is as follows:
- €75 million in 2019
- €76 million in 2020
The break out of specific capital allocations for these years has not yet been finalised as investments over the period are subject to appraisal and evaluation in line with the Public Spending Code. The broad capital allocations for projects and programmes are set out in my Department’s 10 Year Plan, “Investing in our Culture, Language & Heritage 2018 – 2027" and consist of:
- €725m for Culture, including a programme of investment in our National Cultural Institutions of some €460m; €200m for our media production and audio visual industries; a €40m programme of investing in regional cultural infrastructure; a national digitisation investment programme and Galway 2020.
- €285m for Heritage including Waterways Ireland - this includes a €50m programme of investment for our national parks and reserves right across the country; investing €85m in our historic environment and an investment programme of €60m in our national Built Heritage including National Monuments, the Built Heritage Investment Scheme and Historic Structures Fund.
€178m for our Language, including €33 million for actions to support the Gaeltacht Language Planning Process; €105m to be invested in Gaeltacht areas through Údarás na Gaeltachta and €27 million to improve marine infrastructure for our island communities.
More details on the individual projects and programmes will emerge as we go through the process of appraising, evaluating and planning for these important investments. The final disaggregation will be completed as part of the annual Estimates process for each of the years in question.
