Written answers
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Arts Council
Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total allocation for the Arts Council for 2022; the way this fits with the pledge to double investment in the arts sector by 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10971/22]
Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bursaries and grants provided by the Arts Council by county in 2021; the amount of funding envisaged for 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10972/22]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 300 together.
This year, I allocated €130m to the Arts Council. This compares with an allocation of €65m in 2017. The table below shows the allocations in each of the years.
| Year | Allocation to the Arts Council |
|---|---|
| 2017 | €65.15m |
| 2018 | €68.213m |
| 2019 | €75.002m |
| 2020 | €105.002m |
| 2021 | €130.046m |
| 2022 | €130.046m |
I have been advised by the Arts Council of the following number and recorded expenditure that was made in 2021 towards bursaries and grants. This is tabulated overall and by county in 2021 both for arts organisations and individual awards. The 2021 figures will be not be finalised until the publication of the Annual Report and Financial Statement for the Arts Council. The Arts Council estimate that its expenditure in 2022 for bursaries and grants will be in the region of €112 million.
| Table 2 Fiscal Year 2021 Totals of Applications Received | Individuals | Organisations |
|---|---|---|
| No of Applications Received | 6,894 | 1,599 |
| No of Awards Made | 2,710 | 1,219 |
| Amounts Awarded (€) | €27,013,112 | €83,547,514 |
| Table 3 Breakdown by County - Organisation Awards 2021 | No of Applications Received | No of Awards Made | Amounts Awarded (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 20 | 16 | 1,455,867 |
| Cavan | 15 | 12 | 365,500 |
| Clare | 35 | 28 | 878,090 |
| Cork | 182 | 146 | 7,759,722 |
| Derry | 3 | 3 | 28,830 |
| Donegal | 43 | 31 | 1,624,749 |
| Dublin | 512 | 378 | 41,826,618 |
| Galway | 148 | 118 | 6,503,101 |
| Kerry | 54 | 37 | 1,418,336 |
| Kildare | 22 | 18 | 968,927 |
| Kilkenny | 32 | 28 | 2,274,030 |
| Laois | 13 | 8 | 379,100 |
| Leitrim | 11 | 11 | 575,605 |
| Limerick | 80 | 65 | 4,093,028 |
| Longford | 16 | 14 | 512,686 |
| Louth | 41 | 31 | 1,182,527 |
| Mayo | 41 | 32 | 914,341 |
| Meath | 29 | 18 | 1,037,178 |
| Monaghan | 16 | 15 | 910,537 |
| Offaly | 13 | 12 | 349,600 |
| Roscommon | 10 | 10 | 320,812 |
| Sligo | 28 | 24 | 1,493,182 |
| Tipperary | 38 | 28 | 750,936 |
| Tyrone | 1 | 0 | - |
| Waterford | 49 | 37 | 1,682,182 |
| Westmeath | 9 | 6 | 204,888 |
| Wexford | 24 | 19 | 2,245,580 |
| Wicklow | 30 | 19 | 628,925 |
| Data not available | 81 | 55 | 1,162,639 |
| Totals | 1599 | 1219 | 83,547,514.41 |
| Table 4 Breakdown by County - Individual Awards 2021 | No of Applications Received | No of Awards Made | Amounts Awarded (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antrim | 10 | 3 | 31,990 |
| Armagh | 2 | 1 | 4,060 |
| Carlow | 52 | 26 | 255,203 |
| Cavan | 60 | 16 | 127,979 |
| Clare | 189 | 56 | 390,034 |
| Cork | 761 | 297 | 3,339,641 |
| Derry | 3 | 0 | - |
| Donegal | 173 | 60 | 581,903 |
| Down | 11 | 2 | 25,000 |
| Dublin | 2403 | 1040 | 10,815,685 |
| Fermanagh | 7 | 1 | 5,000 |
| Galway | 498 | 211 | 1,804,931 |
| Kerry | 147 | 48 | 574,244 |
| Kildare | 177 | 63 | 518,962 |
| Kilkenny | 100 | 42 | 406,962 |
| Laois | 32 | 11 | 76,129 |
| Leitrim | 70 | 30 | 224,628 |
| Limerick | 208 | 89 | 842,246 |
| Longford | 26 | 10 | 121,340 |
| Louth | 92 | 38 | 329,644 |
| Mayo | 135 | 48 | 337,432 |
| Meath | 153 | 50 | 537,892 |
| Monaghan | 45 | 14 | 87,610 |
| Offaly | 33 | 9 | 130,720 |
| Roscommon | 59 | 23 | 163,252 |
| Sligo | 151 | 62 | 488,640 |
| Tipperary | 102 | 43 | 396,883 |
| Tyrone | 2 | 2 | 19,750 |
| Waterford | 102 | 30 | 238,072 |
| Westmeath | 63 | 25 | 234,901 |
| Wexford | 151 | 67 | 550,350 |
| Wicklow | 271 | 97 | 1,393,959 |
| Data not available | 606 | 196 | 1,958,069.99 |
| Totals | 6894 | 2710 | 27,013,111.54 |
In addition, there was expenditure on the following awards/schemes,
Aosdána - €3.5m approx. in 2021
Artist in the Community – €350k allocated in budget 2021
Beyond Borders – €150k allocated in budget for 2021
Culture Night – €500k allocated in budget for 2021
College of Education Residencies – 100k allocated in budget for 2021
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