Written answers

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Departmental Funding

Photo of Johnny GuirkeJohnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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547. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within her Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40644/21]

Photo of Catherine MartinCatherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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Funding and expenditure is kept under constant review by both my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

The IGEES Evaluation Unit in my Department has produced a number of peer-reviewed spending review and Value for Money and Policy Review papers over the last number of years which are published as detailed below. These include the following

A 2015 Value for Money and Policy Review in respect of the Arts Council which is published at;

opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Value_for_Money_and_Policy_Review_of_the_Arts_Council_095047.pdf

A 2018 Review of the Implementation of Recommendations of the Value for Money and Policy Review of the Arts Council available at: 

igees.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/23.-Arts-Council-Recommendations-Review.pdf

A 2018 Spending Review of Subsidised Ferry Services to Offshore Islands (for which responsibility has now passed to the Department of Rural and Community Development) and is available at:

assets.gov.ie/7311/eba9195a30b94df09b895228a2bfdba8.pdf

A 2019 Value for Money and Policy Review in respect of the Tourism Marketing Fund which is published at

igees.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/VFM-of-the-Tourism-Marketing-Fund_Main-Report.pdf

A 2019 Spending Review paper in respect of the assessment of the implementation of the 2016 Heritage Council Review available at

assets.gov.ie/25432/430a3cf2a4924f0f9b669275fe81018a.pdf

A 2020 spending review paper in respect of assessing the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 on Údarás na Gaeltachta and its client companies available at:

www.gov.ie/en/collection/daf0c-spending-review-papers-2020/#enterprise

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