Written answers
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
Departmental Bodies
9:00 pm
Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies or bodies to which he provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible; the bodies and agencies for which he is responsible in respect of his policy; the amount of funding provided in each of the years 2007 to 2011 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16501/11]
Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Details of funding allocations for the years in question to the relevant statutory bodies and national cultural institutions funded from my Department's Vote Group are listed as follows. As the Deputy will be aware, details of annual funding allocations are published in the Revised Estimates Volume.
| Agency | Funding 2007€000's | Funding 2008€000's | Funding 2009€000's | Funding 2010€000's | Funding 2011€000's |
| Arts Council | 83,000 | 81,620 | 73,350 | 68,649 | 65,167 |
| Irish FilmBoard | 22,159 | 23,189 | 21,840 | 19,272 | 18,431 |
| Crawford Art Gallery | 1,980 | 2,016 | 1,753 | 1,579 | 1,350 |
| Chester Beatty Library | 3,208 | 3,488 | 3,083 | 2,714 | 2,579 |
| National Gallery of Ireland* | 11,735 | 12,455 | 10,640 | 9,826 | 9,847 |
| National Library ofIreland | 12,701 | 11,875 | 10,742 | 9,251 | 8,084 |
| National Concert Hall | 4,090 | 3,894 | 3,478 | 3,105 | 2,874 |
| Irish Museum of Modern Art | 8,272 | 8,341 | 7,317 | 6,671 | 6,093 |
| National Museum of Ireland | 18,332 | 19,017 | 15,415 | 15,125 | 14,240 |
| Heritage Council | 728 **749*** | 817* *1,000 *** | 525 **400*** | 518* *6*** | 400** |
| Waterways Ireland | 36,218 | 38,140 | 34,504 | 32,919 | 30,300 |
| Údarás na Gaeltachta | 39,369 | 44,054 | 37,635 | 32,915 | 19,600 |
| An Foras Teanga –comprising:Foras na GaeilgeUlster Scots Agency | 16,18115,1491,032 | 18,65517,5921,063 | 16,42015,482938 | 16,43215,459973 | 8,1177,743374 |
| An Coimisinéir Teanga | 694 | 831 | 831 | 743 | 670 |
*Vote 33: Figures are net of appropriations in aid deductions (made up of primarily pension related deductions and a small amount of miscellaneous deductions).
**Funding provided to Heritage Council relating to operation of the National Biodiversity Data Centre.
***Funding provided to Heritage Council relating to Biodiversity Fund Grants & Local Biodiversity Action Plans scheme administered through the Heritage Council. From 2010 this scheme was administered directly by the Department. The Heritage Council itself received a grant of €6,000 under the scheme in 2010.
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