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Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Arts Funding

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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646. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the Crawford Art Gallery in capital and current spending in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23118/18]

Photo of Josepha MadiganJosepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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The allocation to the Crawford Art Gallery for both capital and current funding in each of the years 2016, 2017 and for 2018 is as set out below:

YearCurrentCapitalTotal - Grant
2016€1,072,000€162,000€1,234,000
2017€1,176,000€162,000€1,338,000
2018€1,236,000€162,000€1,398,000
The Crawford Art Gallery was also in receipt of other state funding in 2016 and 2017 for specific initiatives or projects which is as set out below:
CurrentCapitalTotal – Other funding
2016€45,989.07€90,000€135,989.07
2017€32,132.68Nil€32,132.68
I welcome the contribution which the Crawford Art Gallery makes to the visual arts particularly as the only National Cultural Institution located entirely outside Dublin.

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