Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Some €15 million in additional funding has been secured for overseas marketing of Ireland. The budget always contains an additional €15 million for a range of industry initiatives, including investments in skills development and retention of €3 million, and a €2 million increase in funding for domestic marketing to promote Ireland's tourism offering to Irish holidaymakers. I have also secured additional long-term funding for the hosting of the American college football classic every August out to 2026. This will provide a strong boost to the sector in 2023 and we would expect 40,000 overseas visitors for this years Notre Dame versus Navy game. There is also additional funding of €3 million to allow Fáilte Ireland to continue its work in the area of sustainability. Of course, there are other allocations of €36.5 million for tourism product development. We have the basic income for the arts and that €35 million is secured to support 2,000 artists in that pilot scheme. We have €30.2 million for culture infrastructure and development, €11.5 million for the newly extended Creative Ireland programme, €7 million for artists’ spaces and climate adaptation measures and, of course, €6.6 million in funding for Culture Ireland, which is an increase of €2 million on the 2022 allocation. The list is quite extensive and I can get the Deputy more detail if he wishes.