Arts Policy Seanad Éireann — 2024-02-21 ============================================================ James Browne (FF), Wexford I hope that I have provided an overview for the Senator of the work being carried out the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. I do not have specific answers to the more detailed questions but I will certainly raise them with the Minister. There has been sustained investment in arts and culture in recent years and in budget 2024 a total of €367.406 million was provided for arts and culture elements of the Department's budget, an increase of €10.424 million from €356.982 million in 2023. I thank Senator Warfield. I am sure the Minister, Deputy Martin, would join with me in thanking him in particular, as well as other Seanad colleagues for their engagement on this matter. --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2024-02-21/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:52:41+00:00 Sitting date: 2024-02-21