€1.27 bn for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in #Budget2025, an increase of 6% on last year:
🟢€226m for tourism including €61.4m for marketing to continue to promote Ireland domestically & overseas
🟢record funding of €140m for The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
🟢€35m for the world-leading Basic Income for the Arts pilot in 2025, the scheme is now funded beyond the end of the three-year pilot in August.
🟢overall increase of 6% for the Gaeltacht including increases of €2.25m for Irish Language Support Schemes & €1.9m for Údarás na Gaeltachta
🟢overall 2025 allocation for Sport: €230.68m, a 10% increase in funding from 2024.
🟢 TG4 total funding increased to €60m, an increase of almost €23m / 62% since 2020
Further detail will be announced tomorrow
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