The Deputy will be aware that the arts and culture areas are funded through various means, not all of which fall within my remit, for example, local authority funding for arts and cultural measures is not provided by my Department. Accordingly, the figures provided in the table below relate solely to funding provided by my Department since its inception in June 2002. It should be noted that the figure for 2002 relates only to the period June-December. The 2005 figure represents my Department's allocation for the year.
Year
|
Funding €000
|
2002
|
94,361
|
2003
|
83,573
|
2004
|
111,255
|
2005
|
119,472
|