Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The allocation for the Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht will also provide an additional €3 million for a new scheme of once-off grants to arts and cultural centres throughout the country.

I would like briefly to outline some other measures.

Justice

I am providing €2.2 billion to the Department of Justice and Equality for current expenditure. Last year, the Minister for Justice and Equality announced that the Garda training college in Templemore would re-open and remain open. I am happy to announce that in 2016, funding has been made available to recruit and train an additional 600 gardaí.

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