Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 October 2012
380. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost in 2011 to his Department and to each body under the aegis of his Department of implementing the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44461/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe costs in 2011 arising from the implementation of the Official Languages Act 2003 by my Department, and also as advised to my Department by the bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group, are set out in the following table.
The Deputy will be aware that the Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga was established under the Official Languages Act to monitor compliance by public bodies with the provisions of the Act. The Office is funded from my Department’s Vote Group and has an allocation of €650,000 for 2012.
TABLE: Cost incurred in 2011 in meeting requirements under the Official Languages Act
|
Body |
Cost |
|
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
€16,223 |
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
Nil |
|
Heritage Council |
€9,808 |
|
Arts Council |
€64,457 |
|
National Library of Ireland |
€3,995 |
|
National Concert Hall |
€580 |
|
National Museum of Ireland |
€12,172 |
|
National Gallery of Ireland |
€4,000 |
|
Crawford Art Gallery |
€2,233 |
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art |
€2,730 |
|
Chester Beatty Library |
€2,851 |
|
Irish Film Board |
€3,599 |
|
National Archives of Ireland |
€869 |
|
Irish Manuscripts Commission |
€1,543 |
|
North South Implementation Bodies under the Department's Aegis |
|
|
Waterways Ireland |
€5,245 |
|
An Foras Teanga, comprising: |
|
|
Foras na Gaeilge |
Nil |
|
Ulster-Scots Agency |
Nil |
