Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2019
666. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be a streamlined application process through which the national cultural institutions can apply for funding from the €460 million announced for capital investment under Project Ireland 2040; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43494/19]
View answer667. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which applications for funding by the national cultural institutions from the €460 million announced under Project 2040 will be prioritised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43495/19]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 666 and 667 together.
Under Project Ireland 2040 - the National Development Plan, €1,188 million in capital expenditure has been allocated to my Department for 2018-2027. The detailed breakdown of this investment programme is set out in my Department’s sectorial capital plan, Investing in our Culture, Language and Heritage. Under this plan, €460 million is being provided to support an ambitious programme of redevelopment and renovation projects across all of our National Cultural Institutions (the ‘NCIs’).
Capital projects undertaken by bodies under the aegis of my Department are appraised, planned, designed, implemented and evaluated in line with the Public Spending Code and best practice guidance outlined in the Capital Works Management Framework published by the Office of Government Procurement.
My Department is working with the NCIs to progress individual capital projects through the project life-cycle of the Public Spending Code. Decisions with regard to sequencing of investment in the NCIs are subject to the progress of each project through the project life-cycle of the Public Spending Code and are managed in the context of the multi-annual capital allocations available to my Department.
