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Ministers Martin and Chambers announce details Of Budget 2023 for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

27 Sep 2022

€30m continued additional funding to support tourism development at home and amongst overseas visitors
Record €130m funding for Arts Council retained for a further year
€35m for pilot Basic Income for the Arts scheme
€2m funding increase for Culture Ireland for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide
New €7m capital funds for artists’ spaces, and for climate adaptation measures
Additional €8.5m to support the Irish language and the Gaeltacht
Additional funding to Sport Ireland of €8m – to support high-level performance sport, develop a new coaching fund, grow participation at all levels, and deliver first-ever national swimming strategy
€7.5m to enable Coimisiún na Meán commence the vital work of online safety and media regulation
€6m for new Media Fund’s Courts and Local Democracy Reporting Schemes as part of wider support package for local, regional and national media and journalism
Largest ever increase to TG4 will support the launch of a new dedicated Children’s Channel, as part of their continued provision of quality Irish language programming
€35m for sports, €15m for the arts and €10m for the Gaeltacht and community sectors as part of a €60m fund to subsidise energy bills

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, and Minister of State, Jack Chambers TD, today announced details of €1,142m gross funding allocated to the department in Budget 2023. These new funding streams and measures run in parallel to, and in addition to, the wider, all-of-society Cost of Living support measures announced by the Government yesterday. Separately, the Government has announced a strong package of horizontal supports, helping citizens, practitioners, organisations and groups manage the current cost of living increases.