The following table shows the funding allocated to the organisation referred to by the Deputy in each of the four years 2016 to 2020.
Annual Funding 2016 to 2019
Year
|
Current
|
Capital
|
Total Allocation
|
2016
|
3,269,000
|
12,302,000
|
15,571,000
|
2017
|
3,786,000
|
12,702,000
|
16,488,000
|
2018
|
3,820,000
|
14,202,000
|
18,022,000
|
2019
|
3,840,000
|
16,200,000
|
20,040,000
|
2020
|
3,866,000
|
17,200,000
|
21,066,000
|
In June 2018, my Department published the Audiovisual Action Plan, an industry-wide 10 year plan which will see an investment of €200m of investment in media production and the audiovisual industry over the 10 years of the plan. This will support the Government’s ambition to enable Ireland to become a global hub for the production of Film, TV drama and animation.