Irish Language

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2018

Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Questions (1219)

Niall Collins

Question:

1219. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding allocation for each item (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form in addition to the funding announcements made in budget 2019 regarding each item. [44837/18]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

	2016 Expenditure	2016 Expenditure	2017 Expenditure	2017 Expenditure	2018 Budget	2018 Budget	2019 Budget	2019 Budget
	Current €	Capital €	Current €	Capital €	Current €	Capital €	Current €	Capital €
An Foras Teanga total	13,249,410	-	13,507,471	-	14,028,000	-	13,323,000	-
Údarás na Gaeltachta total (1)	11,823,000	9,087,000	12,208,000	8,957,000	12,587,000	7,000,000	13,292,000 (2)	8,500,000 (2)
Gaeltacht co-operatives and community development organisations	1,615,000	-	1,904,000	-	1,978,000	-
Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta	535,000	-	535,000	-	535,000	-
Ealaín na Gaeltachta	320,000	-	342,432	-	341,500	-
Gnóthaí Óige	605,000	-	605,000	-	605,000	-
Gaeltacht Support Schemes	7,369,622	-	6,565,000	-	6,390,000	-	€6,670,000	-
Infrastructure for the Gaeltacht	-	€921,895	-	€1,900,000	-	2,322,000	-	€2,522,000
Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta	40,000	-	50,000	-	-	-	-	-
Islands
Infrastructure for islands	-	6,643,187	-	1,357,448	-	1,344,000 (3)	-	1,644,000
Current Expenditure for the islands including essential transport services	6,630,886	-	6,606,602	-	6,631,000	-	7,131,000	-
20 year strategy for Irish Language total (4)	999,277	-	1,250,000	-	2,650,000	-	3,250,000 (5)	-
Language Planning Process	340,125	-	816,553	-	1,669,951	-
Programmes and other projects mainly benefiting the 20 Year Strategy	659,152	-	613,000	-	-	-	-	-
Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta – language planning support	-	-	-	-	270,000	-	270,000	-
Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta · language planning support	-	-	-	-	181,000		420,340
Ealaín na Gaeltachta – language planning support	-	-	-	-	325,000 (6)	-	(6)	-
Gnóthaí Óige	-	-	-	-	203,879	-	-	-
Irish Language Commissioner	638,784	-	730,000	-	738,000	-	763,000	-
Irish language Support Schemes – outside the Gaeltacht	3,499,037	94,551	3,997,000	17,000	4,200,000	382,000	4,450,000	682,000

[1] The following programmes are funded through Údarás na Gaeltachta’s total allocation.

[2] Breakdown of 2019 budget estimate not yet finalised.

[3] Includes capital carryover of €700k.

[4] The following programmes are funded through the 20 Year Strategy’s total allocation.

[5] Breakdown of 2019 budget estimate not yet finalised.

[6] Funding from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019.