Written answers
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Irish Language
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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1219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding allocation for each item (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form in addition to the funding announcements made in budget 2019 regarding each item. [44837/18]
Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
| 2016 Expenditure | 2016 Expenditure | 2017 Expenditure | 2017 Expenditure | 2018 Budget | 2018 Budget | 2019 Budget | 2019 Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current € | Capital € | Current € | Capital € | Current € | Capital € | Current € | Capital € | |
| An Foras Teanga total | 13,249,410 | - | 13,507,471 | - | 14,028,000 | - | 13,323,000 | - |
| Údarás na Gaeltachta total (1) | 11,823,000 | 9,087,000 | 12,208,000 | 8,957,000 | 12,587,000 | 7,000,000 | 13,292,000 (2) | 8,500,000 (2) |
| Gaeltacht co-operatives and community development organisations | 1,615,000 | - | 1,904,000 | - | 1,978,000 | - | ||
| Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta | 535,000 | - | 535,000 | - | 535,000 | - | ||
| Ealaín na Gaeltachta | 320,000 | - | 342,432 | - | 341,500 | - | ||
| Gnóthaí Óige | 605,000 | - | 605,000 | - | 605,000 | - | ||
| Gaeltacht Support Schemes | 7,369,622 | - | 6,565,000 | - | 6,390,000 | - | €6,670,000 | - |
| Infrastructure for the Gaeltacht | - | €921,895 | - | €1,900,000 | - | 2,322,000 | - | €2,522,000 |
| Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta | 40,000 | - | 50,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Islands | ||||||||
| Infrastructure for islands | - | 6,643,187 | - | 1,357,448 | - | 1,344,000 (3) | - | 1,644,000 |
| Current Expenditure for the islands including essential transport services | 6,630,886 | - | 6,606,602 | - | 6,631,000 | - | 7,131,000 | - |
| 20 year strategy for Irish Language total (4) | 999,277 | - | 1,250,000 | - | 2,650,000 | - | 3,250,000 (5) | - |
| Language Planning Process | 340,125 | - | 816,553 | - | 1,669,951 | - | ||
| Programmes and other projects mainly benefiting the 20 Year Strategy | 659,152 | - | 613,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta – language planning support | - | - | - | - | 270,000 | - | 270,000 | - |
| Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta · language planning support | - | - | - | - | 181,000 | 420,340 | ||
| Ealaín na Gaeltachta – language planning support | - | - | - | - | 325,000 (6) | - | (6) | - |
| Gnóthaí Óige | - | - | - | - | 203,879 | - | - | - |
| Irish Language Commissioner | 638,784 | - | 730,000 | - | 738,000 | - | 763,000 | - |
| Irish language Support Schemes – outside the Gaeltacht | 3,499,037 | 94,551 | 3,997,000 | 17,000 | 4,200,000 | 382,000 | 4,450,000 | 682,000 |
[1] The following programmes are funded through Údarás na Gaeltachta’s total allocation.
[2] Breakdown of 2019 budget estimate not yet finalised.
[3] Includes capital carryover of €700k.
[4] The following programmes are funded through the 20 Year Strategy’s total allocation.
[5] Breakdown of 2019 budget estimate not yet finalised.
[6] Funding from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019.
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