Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 February 2021
276. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of heritage funding from his Department in each of the years 2012 to 2020, inclusive; and the funds allocated and delivered by county in each of those years in tabular form. [5345/21]
View answerMy Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions, including local authority housing, voluntary housing, homeless services, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, urban regeneration, fire services and heritage In order to achieve its business objectives, the Department allocates significant resources to an extensive range of organisations, including local authorities, dedicated agencies, and other bodies; some allocations, depending on the programmes concerned, are made on a national or other non-county basis. In these circumstances, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of specific programme funding by county.
Details of the allocations provided to the Heritage function in the years 2012 to 2020 are set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for the respective years and are available at the following link:
gov.ie - The Revised Estimates Volumes for the Public Service (www.gov.ie)
The Heritage function transferred from Vote 33, Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to Vote 34, Housing, Local Government and Heritage in September 2020. Accordingly, the information on Heritage funding will be found under Vote 33 for the years 2012-2019 and Vote 34 for 2020.
