Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Broadcasting Sector
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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698. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding TG4 received from the Exchequer in 2022 and 2023. [56601/23]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The Exchequer funding allocations provided to TG4 for the years 2022 and 2023 are set out in the following table.
| Year | Current | Capital | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | €40,849,000 | €4,200,000 | €45,049,000 |
| 2023 | €48,033,000 | €8,200,000 | €56,233,000 |
The 2023 figure includes a supplementary allocation of €4m in addition to the €52.233m which was provided for in the Revised Estimates.
Since I became Minister in 2020, TG4 funding has risen from €37.2m in 2020 to just over €57m in 2024. During my term as Minister TG4 have therefore received increases totalling €19.8m, a very significant increase of more than 53% between 2020 and 2024.
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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699. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding TG4 is due to receive from the Exchequer in 2024. [56602/23]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The Exchequer funding allocation to TG4 for 2024, as provided for in the Revised Estimates for Public Services, is €57.033 million. This consists of €52.233m current and €4.8m capital funding.
This allocation will enable TG4 to continue to provide quality public service content to its audiences, both at home and abroad, including programming for the first dedicated, Irish language children's channel, Cúla4, which was launched last year.
TG4 has been provided with substantial additional resources under my term as Minister, with a total increase of €19.8m in funding being provided over the lifetime of this Government. This is a 53% increase on the level of funding TG4 had in 2020.
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