Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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1151. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of drawdown of funds under the built heritage scheme by county; and if it is intended to hold a new round of the scheme. [42088/14]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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In 2014, my Department was provided with a once-off allocation of €5m Capital Stimulus funding for a new Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme to assist with works to safeguard protected structures, in private and civic ownership, protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000 - 2012. The scheme is being administered by local government and final requests to my Department for drawdown of funding under the scheme are expected over the coming weeks.The information the Deputy seeks is, therefore, not yet available. However, my Department does expect full draw down on the €5million allocation.Once expenditure from the scheme is closed off for 2014 I intend to publish details on my Department’s website . My Department is currently considering the funding available for the protection and conservation of the built heritage in 2015 in the context of its overall allocation and I will publish details of funding schemes for 2015 as soon as this is finalised.