John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 393: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the past five years. [31620/12]

Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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I assume that the Deputy is referring to expenditure incurred by my Department on the maintenance and promotion of Irish, including expenditure by bodies, such as Foras na Gaeilge and Údarás na Gaeltachta, which support the provision of a range of services through Irish in the Gaeltacht and to the public generally. As the Deputy is aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011. The tables set out the provisional outturns for 2011 in relation to the Irish language, including expenditure in that year by the then Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, as well as the spend in 2012 to 30 June.

The Deputy will also be aware that monitoring and management of my Department's expenditure is carried out on a routine basis and, as such, these expenditure figures are provisional and subject to verification internally through my Department's financial management system and, ultimately, by the Comptroller and Auditor General.