Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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43. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will counteract funding cuts and invest in the development of the Irish language and Gaeltacht authorities by allocating €4.5 million in the upcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29945/16]

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The Budget Estimates for 2017 were published by my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, yesterday and contain an allocation of €46.736m in total for programme expenditure on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Islands. In addition, €13.239m has also been allocated to An Foras Teanga for 2017.

In addition, I was pleased to confirm yesterday an additional capital allocation of €2.4m in 2016 for Údarás na Gaeltachta, which will greatly assist the organisation in creating and maintaining jobs in Gaeltacht areas.