Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 401: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he expects to carry out restoration works towards the protection of buildings throughout the country in the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22430/11]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Funding from the built heritage capital programme of my Department is being provided to the Office of Public Works (€1.250m) to assist in the conservation and presentation of historic properties and national monuments in State care, for a Structures at Risk Fund (€0.650m) and for archaeological protection (€0.105m). The Structures at Risk Fund has been established to assist with works to safeguard structures protected under the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2010. 23 local authorities have been issued with and accepted grant offers for a total of 31 projects under the fund.

My Department is also providing funding of almost €7.5million to support the work of the Heritage Council including for a number of conservation grants schemes - the Significant Places of Public Worship Grants Scheme, the Heritage Management Grants Scheme, Large Scale Heritage Properties Grants Scheme, Conservation Plan Led Projects Grants Scheme, and the Irish Walled Towns Grants Scheme. The level of funding available in future years for these purposes will be subject to the normal Budgetary and Estimates processes.