Ms Katherine Licken:

Yes, we have got funding of €460 million under the NDP for the cultural institutions. This is a very welcome injection of funds. As the Deputy will know from the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, many of these institutions have not seen major redevelopment for many years and, in some cases, centuries, for example, the Natural History Museum. This is welcome funding. The first phase of the refurbishment of the National Gallery of Ireland led the way in terms of showing what can be done in the cultural institutions when investment is provided. On foot of us receiving that money, we moved immediately to establish a dedicated team, composed principally of economists, that oversees our investment programme and particularly the investment in the cultural institutions. That is the Project Ireland 2040 team that we established a number of years ago. The purpose of the team is to ensure the institutions walk carefully through the public spending code and the capital works framework when undertaking their investments. Many of the institutions are now in progress with regard to those investments. Obviously, we work closely with the Office of Public Works, OPW, too. It delivers the projects for us. We are also working closely with RTÉ. I might ask Mr. Conor Falvey to speak in a little more detail on the individual programmes.