Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Unfortunately, we have been managing in very difficult times and hard decisions have had to be made. I want to be clear in pointing out that this year we have managed to hold on to our budget and to increase it. We held the budget as it was for 2014 and increased it. I am very happy with that. The National Library of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland are satisfied that there has been an increase in their funding. We work very closely with them and they were happy that the funding was provided.