Imelda Munster
Question:169. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to TG4 in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [19953/24]
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The Exchequer funding allocation to TG4 for 2024, as provided for in the Revised Estimates for Public Services, is €57.033 million. This consists of €52.233m current and €4.8m capital funding.
The 2024 allocation will enable TG4 to continue to provide quality public service content to its audiences, both at home and abroad, including programming for the first dedicated, Irish language children's channel, Cúla4, which was launched last year.
TG4 was allocated €52.233 million for 2023, as provided for in the Revised Estimates for the Public Services, comprising €48.033 million current and €4.2 million capital funding. An additional €4 million capital funding was provided in December 2023 as part of a Supplementary Estimate.
TG4 has been provided with substantial additional resources under my term as Minister, with a total increase of €19.8 million in funding being provided over the lifetime of this Government. This is a 53% increase on the level of funding TG4 had in 2020.