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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 May 2023

Thursday, 18 May 2023

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Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

225. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of annual expenditure each year since 2000 on the Office of Public Works: OPW Heritage Services; the National Monuments Service; the Historic Properties Service; and Visitor Services, in tabular form. [23840/23]

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The responsibility for conservation, operations and maintenance of the national heritage estate reverted to the OPW in 2004. Therefore, it is only possible to provide this data for the period from 2004 to 2022.

A breakdown, is provided below in relation to the annual expenditure each year since 2004 for the OPW sections: National Historic Properties, National Monuments, and Visitor Services

Year

National Historic Property

(in 000's)

National Monuments

(in 000's)

Visitor Services

(in 000's)

2004

€21,093

€16,390

€200

2005

€16,242

€16,822

€7,742

2006

€22,669

€20,302

€9,548

2007

€18,545

€17,974

€9,427

2008

€18,616

€18,793

€9,306

2009

€16,744

€17,340

€8,189

2010

€15,901

€15,557

€7,752

2011

€14,416

€14,566

€7,599

2012

€14,222

€14,424

€7,631

2013

€14,021

€14,312

€7,552

2014

€14,241

€14,841

€7,993

2015

€14,256

€15,422

€8,120

2016

€14,649

€15,082

€9,005

2017

€15,053

€15,954

€9,588

2018

€15,451

€17,462

€10,427

2019

€15,774

€17,406

€11,041

2020

€16,131

€16,591

€9,391

2021

€16,897

€16,566

€9,110

2022

€18,469

€18,858

€11,705

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