Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Culture Ireland was given about €100,000 last week. It was not announced on budget day or the day after. We waited until Friday to get the updated press release that contained an increase for Culture Ireland. This is not a question for Ms Banotti but for the Minister. If Culture Ireland has got an increased allocation of €100,000, €250,000 was spent on advertorials and €150,000 was spent on video or digital costs promoting tweets that were sent last week from the Creative Ireland account commending the increased investment in the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and showing pictures of the Minister, Deputy Madigan, in the Dáil, is the balance right? While I respect the roles are different, is the balance right and have we got our priorities right?