Written answers
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
údarás na Gaeltachta
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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978.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to údarás na Gaeltachta each year for the past five years. [33463/24]
Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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The figures sought are available publicly in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV), published annually by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. The figures in relation to údarás na Gaeltachta as they appear in the REV are contained in the table below:
Year | Capital | Current (Programmes) | Current (Pay & Administration) |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | €18m* (€10m in REV) | €4.05m | €9.602m |
2021 | €14.454m | €4.75m | €12.580m |
2022 | €14.454m | €5.75m | €13.386m |
2023 | €14.454m | €6.75m | €14.199m |
2024 | €14.454m | €6.75m | €15.525m |
* This figure is inclusive of additional COVID-19 funding measures provided in 2020.
It is also worth noting that údarás na Gaeltachta has availed of a capital carryover for the past four years, as detailed in the table below.
Capital Carryover Year | Amount in € |
---|---|
2024 | €500,000 |
2023 | €500,000 |
2022 | €1,500,000 |
2021 | €2,225,000 |
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