Funding and expenditure is kept under constant review by both my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
The IGEES Evaluation Unit in my Department has produced a number of peer-reviewed spending review and Value for Money and Policy Review papers over the last number of years which are published as detailed below. These include the following
A 2015 Value for Money and Policy Review in respect of the Arts Council which is published at;
opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Value_for_Money_and_Policy_Review_of_the_Arts_Council_095047.pdf
A 2018 Review of the Implementation of Recommendations of the Value for Money and Policy Review of the Arts Council available at:
igees.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/23.-Arts-Council-Recommendations-Review.pdf
A 2018 Spending Review of Subsidised Ferry Services to Offshore Islands (for which responsibility has now passed to the Department of Rural and Community Development) and is available at:
assets.gov.ie/7311/eba9195a30b94df09b895228a2bfdba8.pdf
A 2019 Value for Money and Policy Review in respect of the Tourism Marketing Fund which is published at
igees.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/VFM-of-the-Tourism-Marketing-Fund_Main-Report.pdf
A 2019 Spending Review paper in respect of the assessment of the implementation of the 2016 Heritage Council Review available at
assets.gov.ie/25432/430a3cf2a4924f0f9b669275fe81018a.pdf
A 2020 spending review paper in respect of assessing the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 on Údarás na Gaeltachta and its client companies available at:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/daf0c-spending-review-papers-2020/#enterprise