Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2018
1337. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget allocation to the Heritage Council in each year since 2008, in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24715/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Heritage Council, which is funded by my Department, is independent in the performance of its functions. It is a matter for the Heritage Council to decide how its funding is allocated across the range of research, education and conservation programmes it supports.
In 2018, I allocated funding of €6.377M to the Heritage Council as part of the annual Estimates process. This represents an increase of €123,000 on the 2017 allocation, which, in turn, had been increased by over €1 million on the 2016 allocation.
The funding allocations to the Heritage Council, both capital and current, as part of the annual Estimates process for each of the years 2008 to 2018 are set out in the table below.
These figures exclude any additional allocations provided under the Environment Fund which is separate to my Department’s core allocations and administered within the Vote of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment.
|
2008 Capital |
2008 Current |
Total |
|
€7,874,000 |
€5,529,000 |
€13,403,000 |
|
2009 Capital |
2009 Current |
|
|
€5,000,000 |
€5,142,000 |
€10,142,000 |
|
2010 Capital |
2010 Current |
|
|
€4,500,000 |
€3,982,000 |
€8,482,000 |
|
2011 Capital |
2011 Current |
|
|
€3,000,000 |
€2,992,000 |
€5,992,000 |
|
2012 Capita |
2012 Current |
|
|
€1,969,000 |
€2,842,000 |
€4,811,000 |
|
2013 Capital |
2013 Current |
|
|
€1,781,000 |
€2,665,000 |
€4,446,000 |
|
2014 Capital |
2014 Current |
|
|
€1,688,000 |
€2,805,000 |
€4,493,000 |
|
2015 Capital |
2015 Current |
|
|
€1,688,000 |
€3,055,000 |
€4,743,000 |
|
2016 Capital |
2016 Current |
|
|
€1,688,000 |
€3,555,000 |
€5,243,000 |
|
2017 Capital |
2017 Current |
|
|
€2,688,000 |
€3,566,000 |
€6,254,000 |
|
2018 Capital |
2018 Current |
|
|
€2,688,000 |
€3,689,000 |
€6,377,000 |
