Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
1653. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 1085 of 20 March 2018, the details of expenditure of the €75 million in additional funding allocated to the national planning framework for 2019 under the headings of culture, arts and the Gaeltacht, respectively; and the spending that has been allocated to specific projects in each of these categories. [16106/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe National Development Plan provides an annual breakdown of the proposed investment for my Department over the next five years. These figures provide the necessary clarity to allow my Department to properly schedule the delivery of projects and programmes.
More details on the commencement and completion dates for projects and programmes, as well as the timing of the expenditure in relation to them, will emerge as we go through the process of appraisal and planning as required under the Public Spending Code.
However, as I have previously indicated, I expect that the next five years will see the delivery of significant renovations projects at a number of our National Cultural Institutions, investment in our built and natural heritage, investment in our regional arts and culture facilities, the digitisation of large parts of the National Collections as well as increased investment in the Irish language and Gaeltacht and Island communities.
