Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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152. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of the 70 full time jobs announced for 2016 supported by the Heritage Council that will be allocated to the west to support the range of heritage programmes in County Galway. [21741/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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While the Heritage Council is funded by my Department, it is a statutorily independent body and, as such, I have no role in respect to the matter referred to. Officials in my Department have clarified with the Heritage Council that the 70 jobs involved relate primarily to supports for existing heritage jobs and have requested the Council to make direct contact with the Deputy’s office to clarify the matter.