Tourism Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2023

Tuesday, 21 February 2023

Questions (265)

John Lahart

Question:

265. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has plans to provide supplementary funding to those projects that may need it as a consequence of rampant building inflation in the past two years or so that has seen a number of projects that were originally within the scale of allocations but which have clearly now escalated well beyond the allocated element; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8414/23]

Written answers

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

My Department supports the development of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sports, Media, and the Irish language through a number of programmes of capital expenditure. Funding for individual projects must be met within allocated budgets. There is regular engagement at Ministerial and Departmental level to ensure that expenditure is managed within fiscal parameters. Where project costs rise due to construction sector inflation, this will be considered as part of the overall budgetary management of my Department and in consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform as appropriate.