Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Question:303. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his Department’s annual expenditure on commemorations for each of the past ten years. [46643/26]
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It should be noted that my Department was reconfigured as the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport in June 2025. Prior to this, responsibility for commemorations fell within predecessor Departments.
The total expenditure incurred by the Department and its predecessor bodies on commemorative programmes and initiatives from 2016 to date amounts to €60,534,443.18
The expenditure figures comprise both current and capital expenditure associated with the development and delivery of commemorative programmes and initiatives during the period concerned.
The expenditure incurred in each year for which figures are available is set out in the table below:
|
|
Current (€) |
Capital (€) |
Total (€) |
|
2016 |
16,600,068.92 |
11,773,946.71 |
28,374,015.63 |
|
2017 |
1,159,355.43 |
4,550,748.06 |
5,710,103.49 |
|
2018 |
843,076.99 |
2,175.00 |
845,251.99 |
|
2019 |
1,099,998.34 |
318,158.00 |
1,418,156.34 |
|
2020 |
1,330,442.14 |
675,314.00 |
2,005,756.14 |
|
2021 |
4,002,297.42 |
1,162,173.00 |
5,164,470.42 |
|
2022 |
4,962,991.42 |
1,712,850.00 |
6,675,841.42 |
|
2023 |
5,000,000.00 |
1,677,684.18 |
6,677,684.18 |
|
2024 |
1,353,044.16 |
1,308,276.05 |
2,661,320.21 |
|
2025 |
1,000,630.58 |
1,212.78 |
1,001,843.36 |
|
2026 |
33,103.57* |
Nil* |
33,103.57* |
To date*