Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Continuous monitoring is undertaken by my Department at all stages in regard to any financial aspect. Obviously, there is the breakdown of investment in our culture, language and heritage overall in the 2018-27 plan. Some €1.2 billion was provided as part of Project Ireland 2040, we have €460 million going into our national cultural institutions, €265 million for our culture and creativity investment programme, €285 million for our natural and built heritage and €178 million for the Gaeltacht, the Irish language and the islands.

On the international stage, which the Deputy mentioned, Global Ireland is the Government's strategy for doubling the impact of our global footprint through a range of measures, including by promoting Irish arts, heritage and culture to new generations and new audiences across the world. This sets out a number of objectives for my Department and there has been significant progress on a number of these objectives, including the appointment of cultural ambassadors, a conference of cultural stakeholders and the provision of capital funding by my Department for the Irish arts centre in New York and the London Irish arts centre.

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