Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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341. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure the Arts Council and local authorities are adequately funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54355/13]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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As can be seen from my Department's website, the indicative 2014 allocation to An Chomhairle Ealaíon/The Arts Council is €55,893,000, of which €55,800,000 is current and €93,000 capital. These figures are, of course, provisional, pending publication of the Revised Estimates Volume in due course.

Under the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council is statutorily independent in its day-to-day operations and neither I nor my Department has a role to play in its executive or funding decisions.

Funding for Local Authorities is a matter for my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan.