Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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353. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding spent on arts centres, concert halls, theatres, galleries or artistic spaces every year from 2003; and a breakdown by centre, hall, theatre, gallery or space. [24553/23]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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354. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current funding spent on arts centres, concert halls, theatres, galleries or artistic spaces every year from 2003; and a breakdown by centre, hall, theatre, gallery or space. [24555/23]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a breakdown in tabular form of the funding spent on each local and regional museum every year since 2003; and a breakdown for each by annual current and capital spending. [24590/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 353, 354 and 371 together.

The annual Appropriation Account and Revised Estimates for Public Services for my Department's Vote provides detailed information regarding expenditure and receipts including expenditure on the Arts and Culture programme. The annual publications provide information on expenditure and multi-annual capital commitments is set out in the Department's Appropriation Accounts (Vote 33) for the relevant years which are published by the Comptroller and Auditor General and are available at: www.audit.gov.ie/en/publications/. My Department's 2022 Appropriation Account will be published later this year when the audit is completed. It should be noted that this only refers to expenditure incurred by my Department and does not include expenditure by other stakeholders e.g. local authorities.

Details of cultural capital grant expenditure is provided on my Department's website showing the grantee and the annual amounts paid by county each year:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/b1eab-creative-arts-grants-and-funding-previous-schemes/#cultural-development-expenditure

My Department is committed to providing annual funding to certain cultural institutions that hold collections of moveable cultural heritage of national importance, or collections that are unique in the country and relate to matters of national interest, or that relate to international culture; these institutions are open to the public and their collections are accessible to the public. Details of all current funding up to 2022 can be found on my Department's website at www.gov.ie/en/publication/6acdc-cultural-projects-funding/

My Department operates a number of annual schemes for local and regional museums and festivals around the country. Details of these funding initiatives including the 2022 allocations can be viewed at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/f2ed0-culture-grants-and-funding/

The Arts Council decisions database gives a listing of 2008-2022 funding decisions. This can be interrogated by location and is available at the following link: www.artscouncil.ie/funding-decisions. Funding decisions are also routinely published in the Arts Council newsletter, and historical decisions are recorded in the Arts Council's annual reports and financial statements which are also available online.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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355. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding spent on An Chomhairle Ealaíon every year since 2003; and a breakdown by current and capital spending. [24563/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The annual Appropriation Account and Revised Estimates for Public Services for my Department's Vote provides detailed information regarding expenditure and receipts including expenditure on the Arts and Culture programme as set out in the table below. The annual publications provide information on expenditure and multi-annual capital commitments is set out in the Department's Appropriation Accounts (Vote 33) for the relevant years which are published by the Comptroller and Auditor General and are available at: www.audit.gov.ie/en/publications/.

The Revised Estimates Volume for the Public Service (also called ‘the REV’) is published in mid-December every year. It provides more detail on the allocations that were announced in the Budget. The REV also summarises the forecasted spending that has taken place throughout the current year. The previous REVs can be accessed at this link www.gov.ie/en/collection/e20037-revised-estimates/#2022

My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020 and a table listing current and capital finding in respect of An Chomhairle Ealaíon for that period is set out hereunder. It would not be feasible to provide the broad sweep of information requested by the Deputy in the context of a Parliamentary Question. However, if the Deputy has a particular question in relation to a specific body or issue, I would be glad to seek to provide the relevant information.