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Culture & Film – allocation of €150 million
· An allocation of €65.2m for the Arts Council which is a 5% reduction on the 2010 allocation will enable it to maintain its major programmes and activities.
· The Irish Film Board allocation of €18.4m will enable it to continue to support indigenous Irish audiovisual industry and attract inward investment from international productions.
· The National Museum allocation of €14.2 million includes €2m capital funding for renovations at the Treasury in the Museum on Kildare Street and the fitting out of the Collections Resource Centre.
· Almost €21m is allocated to the National Library, IMMA, National Concert Hall, Chester Beatty Library and Crawford Gallery.
· An allocation of €9.85m for the National Gallery – a reduction of 3% on 2010.
· Over €4m is provided to support regional and smaller museums, as well as to fund events such as Culture Night 2011 and the major new contemporary art event Dublin Contemporary 2011.
· A carry-over of €3m from 2010 will be used towards the funding of Culture Ireland’s major year-long season of contemporary Irish culture - Imagine Ireland- across the United States in 2011.
Tourism also has a budget of almost £146 million, of which over €62.5m is allocated to Fáilte Ireland to promote home holidays, provide enterprise supports, support festivals and events and assist marketing activity for the industry.
Full details at: http://www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie/publications/release.asp?ID=101020
2011 Budgetary allocation for Culture and Film
Date: 15 Dec 2010
Current funding for the Department’s three sectors is €296 million, a reduction of 6.5 % overall on current spending on 2010. This includes the current funding of €8 million provided for the National Gallery. A further €96 million is available for capital projects across the tourism, culture and sport sectors in 2011. In addition, a further €8m of unspent capital funding from 2010 is being carried forward into 2011.Culture & Film – allocation of €150 million
· An allocation of €65.2m for the Arts Council which is a 5% reduction on the 2010 allocation will enable it to maintain its major programmes and activities.
· The Irish Film Board allocation of €18.4m will enable it to continue to support indigenous Irish audiovisual industry and attract inward investment from international productions.
· The National Museum allocation of €14.2 million includes €2m capital funding for renovations at the Treasury in the Museum on Kildare Street and the fitting out of the Collections Resource Centre.
· Almost €21m is allocated to the National Library, IMMA, National Concert Hall, Chester Beatty Library and Crawford Gallery.
· An allocation of €9.85m for the National Gallery – a reduction of 3% on 2010.
· Over €4m is provided to support regional and smaller museums, as well as to fund events such as Culture Night 2011 and the major new contemporary art event Dublin Contemporary 2011.
· A carry-over of €3m from 2010 will be used towards the funding of Culture Ireland’s major year-long season of contemporary Irish culture - Imagine Ireland- across the United States in 2011.
Tourism also has a budget of almost £146 million, of which over €62.5m is allocated to Fáilte Ireland to promote home holidays, provide enterprise supports, support festivals and events and assist marketing activity for the industry.
Full details at: http://www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie/publications/release.asp?ID=101020
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