Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total allocation of funding for the National Concert Hall in Budget 2022. [53984/21]

Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total allocation of funding for the National Symphony Orchestra including the funding for the transfer of the orchestra from RTÉ to the remit of the National Concert Hall in Budget 2022. [53985/21]

Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the €8 million allocated in Budget 2021 for the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall from RTÉ was fully spent; and if she will provide a timeline for the completion of the transfer. [53986/21]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 296 to 298, inclusive, together.

A total amount of €12.254 million, of which €8 million relates to funding for the National Symphony Orchestra, has been allocated to the National Concert Hall in Budget 2022.

My Department is liaising with the National Symphony Orchestra, the National Concert Hall and RTÉ on a daily basis to finalise the necessary arrangements for the transfer which is scheduled to be completed in 2021. The full cost for 2021 will be finalised in the context of the transfer, over the coming weeks.

I am delighted to have secured this funding for the National Concert Hall in Budget 2022. This support will ensure that the National Concert Hall, together with the National Symphony Orchestra, will be able to continue to present a robust programme of events in 2022.