Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 169: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total spend here on arts and culture over the past year; the spend on a yearly basis over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21484/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will be aware that the arts and culture areas are funded through various means, not all of which fall within my remit, for example, local authority funding for arts and cultural measures is not provided by my Department. Accordingly, the figures provided in the table below relate solely to funding provided by my Department since its inception in June 2002. It should be noted that the figure for 2002 relates only to the period June-December. The 2005 figure represents my Department's allocation for the year.