Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2023
353. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the capital funding spent on arts centres, concert halls, theatres, galleries or artistic spaces every year from 2003; and a breakdown by centre, hall, theatre, gallery or space. [24553/23]
View answer354. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current funding spent on arts centres, concert halls, theatres, galleries or artistic spaces every year from 2003; and a breakdown by centre, hall, theatre, gallery or space. [24555/23]
View answer371. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for a breakdown in tabular form of the funding spent on each local and regional museum every year since 2003; and a breakdown for each by annual current and capital spending. [24590/23]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 353, 354 and 371 together.
The annual Appropriation Account and Revised Estimates for Public Services for my Department's Vote provides detailed information regarding expenditure and receipts including expenditure on the Arts and Culture programme. The annual publications provide information on expenditure and multi-annual capital commitments is set out in the Department's Appropriation Accounts (Vote 33) for the relevant years which are published by the Comptroller and Auditor General and are available at: www.audit.gov.ie/en/publications/. My Department's 2022 Appropriation Account will be published later this year when the audit is completed. It should be noted that this only refers to expenditure incurred by my Department and does not include expenditure by other stakeholders e.g. local authorities.
Details of cultural capital grant expenditure is provided on my Department's website showing the grantee and the annual amounts paid by county each year:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/b1eab-creative-arts-grants-and-funding-previous-schemes/#cultural-development-expenditure
My Department is committed to providing annual funding to certain cultural institutions that hold collections of moveable cultural heritage of national importance, or collections that are unique in the country and relate to matters of national interest, or that relate to international culture; these institutions are open to the public and their collections are accessible to the public. Details of all current funding up to 2022 can be found on my Department's website at www.gov.ie/en/publication/6acdc-cultural-projects-funding/
My Department operates a number of annual schemes for local and regional museums and festivals around the country. Details of these funding initiatives including the 2022 allocations can be viewed at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/f2ed0-culture-grants-and-funding/
The Arts Council decisions database gives a listing of 2008-2022 funding decisions. This can be interrogated by location and is available at the following link: www.artscouncil.ie/funding-decisions. Funding decisions are also routinely published in the Arts Council newsletter, and historical decisions are recorded in the Arts Council's annual reports and financial statements which are also available online.
