Almost €42m will be available to the Department in 2015 for Irish language, Gaeltacht and Island functions, in addition to a further €13.444m for An Foras Teanga (the North South Language Body). These are indicative figures which are subject to the Estimates being approved in due course and to the agreement of the North South Ministerial Council in the case of An Foras Teanga.

The Government has allocated €4 million as part of Budget 2015 to support a comprehensive national programme of commemorative events in the lead up to 2016 and the centenary of the Easter Rising.