Written answers
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Departmental Expenditure
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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1227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding allocation for each item (details supplied) on an annual basis over the 2016 to 2018 period; and the funding allocations for 2019 following the completion of the 2019 estimates in tabular form. [1783/19]
Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in tabular form below:
| 2016 Expenditure | 2016 Expenditure | 2017 Expenditure | 2017 Expenditure | 2018 Expenditure | 2018 Expenditure | 2019 Budget | 2019 Budget | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current € | Capital € | Current € | Capital € | Current € | Capital € | Current € | Capital € | |
| An Foras Teanga Total | 13,249,410 | - | 13,507,471 | - | 13,325,105 | - | 13,323,000 | - |
| Údarás na Gaeltachta Total | 11,823,000 | 9,087,000 | 12,208,000 | 8,957,000 | 12,987,000 | 7,638,000 | 13,292,000 | 9,700,000 [1] |
| Gaeltacht co-operatives and community development organisations | 1,668,039 | - | 1,955,460 | - | 1,949,500 | - | [2] | [2] |
| Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta | 535,000 | - | 535,000 | - | 535,000 | - | [2] | [2] |
| Ealaín na Gaeltachta | 320,000 | - | 342,432 | - | 341,500 | - | [2] | [2] |
| Gnóthaí Óige | 237,500 | 375,000 | 231,500 | 375,000 | 231,000 | 375,000 | [2] | [2] |
| Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta | 495 | - | 1,010 | - | 1,366 | - | [2] | [2] |
| Gaeltacht Support Schemes - Community and Language Supports Programme (Current) | 7,369,622 | - | 6,565,000 | - | 6,866,254 | - | €7,370,000 | - |
| Gaeltacht Support Schemes - Community and Language Supports Programme (Capital) | - | €921,895 | - | €1,900,000 | 1,313,703 | €2,522,000 | ||
| Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta | 40,000 | - | 50,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Islands | ||||||||
| Infrastructure for islands | - | 6,643,187 | - | 1,357,448 | - | 1,053,453 | - | 1,644,000 |
| Current Expenditure for the islands including essential transport services | 6,630,886 | - | 6,606,602 | - | 7,157,995 | - | 7,064,000 | - |
| 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language/Language Planning Process Total [3] | 999,277 | - | 1,250,000 | - | 2,005,000 | - | 3,200,000 | - |
| Language Planning Process | 340,125 | - | 816,553 | - | 1,607,311 | - | [2] | |
| Programmes and other projects mainly in support of the process and 20-Year Strategy | 659,152 | - | 613,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta | - | - | - | - | 163,408 | - | 626,592 | - |
| Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta | - | - | - | - | 83,200 | 518,310 | ||
| Ealaín na Gaeltachta | - | - | - | - | 133,790 | - | 325,000 | - |
| Office of the Language Commissioner | 638,784 | - | 730,000 | - | 746,697 | - | 810,000 | - |
| Irish language Support Schemes – outside the Gaeltacht | 3,499,037 | 94,551 | 3,997,000 | 17,000 | 4,165,638 | 30,628 | 4,650,000 | 682,000 |
The figures for 2018 expenditure are provisional outturn figures and will be finalised in the Department’s Appropriation Account and subject to audit by the C&AG.
[1] Figure includes a capital carryover of €700,000.
[2] Allocation of 2019 funding to be decided.
[3] Funding outlined includes direct support of the language planning process (via Údarás na Gaeltachta and Foras na Gaeilge) as well a number of measures funded directly by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in support of the language planning process and, by extension, the 20-Year Strategy.
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