Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 March 2016
595. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a listing of all Arts funding allocated in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and to date in 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4964/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraDetails of the funding allocations made available to my Department are published each year in the Revised Estimates Volume with the outturn published in the annual Appropriation Account. These publications are available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at www.per.gov.ie and on the website of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General at www.audgen.gov.ie.
Most of my Department's arts and culture budget is allocated to the cultural institutions and agencies under its remit. Within these allocations, the Arts Council is the primary State agency for funding the arts in Ireland. Details of the Arts Council's expenditure including its individual grants are available from Arts Council's website at http://www.artscouncil.ie/home/.
Where my Department makes direct grants to organisations, the figures are published on the website of my Department at http://www.ahg.gov.ie/arts/creative-arts/grants-and-funding/ and at http://www.ahg.gov.ie/arts/culture/grants-and-funding/. The figures for 2016 will be published in due course. It should be noted that the support provided directly by my Department for the arts primarily relates to capital investment in arts infrastructure. The information on the website indicates in each case the county in which the project is situated.
