Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised)
2:00 am
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
We were profiling here in the funds and the budget for this year what we expect the drawdown to be this coming year, and we will do the same next year. Looking at the past three or four years, the projections are largely in line with what the expected drawdown might be. So far this year, we have had more drawdowns than we would have otherwise had, so while 1,800 payments were made last year, we have seen 1,100 payments made so far this year. That reflects the fact that the most recent round last year had a larger number and the one before that had too. That is feeding its way through the system and is something we are profiling in terms of the budget for this year. We will look to do the same again next year.
No comments