Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the culture, arts and heritage sectors continue to generate employment throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20495/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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My reply to Parliamentary Question No. 700 of 23rd January last, in which I set out the real and substantial funding increases across the cultural, heritage and Gaeltacht areas of my Department provided for under budget 2018, refers.

In addition to these measures, on 10th April last I was pleased to launch Investing in Our Culture, Language and Heritage 2018 - 2027- a ten year plan setting out the Government’s commitment for capital investment of almost €1.2 billion in Ireland’s culture, language and heritage.

This level of investment will transform our cultural and heritage infrastructure right across the country and will support the development of employment opportunities across these sectors.

Details of the funding being made available under this programme and the text of the plan itself are available on my Department's website at .