In 2019, Vote 33 was comprised of four programme areas - Culture; Heritage; Irish Language, Gaeltacht & the Islands; and North/South Cooperation. The overall gross outturn of that Vote in 2019 was €335,343,000 - of this, Culture accounted for €183,470,000 (gross) and Irish Language Gaeltacht & the Islands accounted for €55,361,000 (gross).
Vote 33 was reconfigured during 2020 - the Heritage function transferred to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; Tourism & Sports functions transferred in from the former Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport; the Broadcasting function transferred in from the former Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment; and the Islands element of the Irish Language Gaeltacht & the Islands programme transferred to the Department of Rural and Community Development.
The overall 2023 gross allocation for Vote 33 is €1,165,509,000. The 2023 gross allocation for Arts & Culture is €356,982,000, an increase of 95% on the 2019 outturn for that programme. The 2023 gross allocation for Gaeltacht is €95,893,000, an increase of 73% on the 2019 outturn for that programme. It should be noted that the 2019 outturn includes expenditure on the Islands which does not form part of the 2023 allocation for the Gaeltacht programme.
Further details of the allocations and outturns can be found in my Department’s Annual Appropriation Accounts, published online at www.audit.gov.ie/en/publications/appropriation%20accounts/.
Further details of 2023 allocations can be found in the published Revised Estimates Volume for 2023, available at www.gov.ie/en/collection/e20037-revised-estimates/#2023 (pgs 163 - 172 refer).
