Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding provided by her Department to the National Museum of Ireland from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15525/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The funding provided by my Department to the National Museum of Ireland from 1 January 2020 to date is as follows:

The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) manages Ireland’s national collection of heritage objects. The Mission of the NMI is “To collect, care for, manage and interpret the collections we hold in trust and make them accessible to everyone for inspiration, learning and enjoyment”.

The NMI also plays a key role in our cultural tourism offering, attracting millions visitors across its four sites since 2011 and is a very important resource for primary, second and third level students and educators, providing a broad range of services – including guided tours; demonstrations and workshops; an information and resource service; professional development courses and activities for teachers.

In 2020, in response to COVID, the NMI launched a new website (with Departmental support) and much of the Museum’s programming moved to an online format for 2020, and maintained a strong presence across all of its digital platforms, showcasing many of its items and collections to a global audience who could not travel due to COVID.