Written answers

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs

Cultural Institutions

10:00 pm

Photo of Anne FerrisAnne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 476: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown by year, on the level of funding provided to the National Archives and to the National Library over the past 10 years in tabluar form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27244/12]

Photo of Jimmy DeenihanJimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the table below.

YearNational LibraryNational Archives
CurrentCapitalTotalCurrentCapitalTotal
2003€6,405,000€1,000,000€7,405,000€937,000€277,000€1,214,000
2004€6,974,000€2,800,000€9,774,000€959,000€477,000€1,436,000
2005€8,054,000€1,350,000€9,404,000€1,130,000€600,000€1,730,000
2006€9,067,000€2,350,000€11,417,000€1,674,000€1,100,000€2,774,000
2007€9,201,000€4,000,000€13,201,000€1,800,000€350,000€2,150,000
2008€9,752,000€2,250,000€12,002,000€1,804,000€350,000€2,154,000
2009€9,242,000€1,500,000€10,742,000€1,515,000€306,000€1,821,000
2010€7,848,000€1,500,000€9,348,000€1,378,000€400,000€1,778,000
2011€7,084,000€1,000,000€8,084,000€1,058,000€400,000€1,458,000
2012€6,620,000€500,000€7,120,000€1,000,000€409,000€1,409,000

The allocations outlined above for the National Archives do not include salary and administration costs. As staff in the National Archives are civil servants of my Department, such costs are met directly from my Department's Administration Budget.

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