Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht

Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)

5:00 pm

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

Yes, but I will come back to the Deputy with the figures. We have the May figures. The profile figure is €14 million. We keep very much in touch with the different projects in process. We maintain a lot of contact with them to try to have their budgets spent. Like the Deputy, I want to see every penny spent, but sometimes there are delays for different, sometimes very valid reasons. For that reason, the money was not spent as quickly as we thought it would, but the Deputy can rest assured that pressure will be exerted every month when at the MinMAC meeting, when I will want to know what is holding up projects. We will certainly make every effort to spend as much as we can.

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