Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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1922. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the area from which in her Department's budget, €245,000 will be taken to support the digitalisation of an archive (details supplied) at the National Library; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55275/17]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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In June 2017, my Department advertised a new scheme of funding support for the Digitisation of Collections by the National Cultural Institutions and collections of national significance.

The new cultural Digitisation Scheme will fund a number of digitisation projects planned by National Cultural Institutions and cultural heritage organisations including the project to which the Deputy refers.  A total of €2.3m was allocated to 14 projects.

Funding for this scheme will come from my Department's capital subhead A.7 - Cultural Infrastructure and Development.