1595. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure, that was required to be communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation on or before the deadline of 17 July 2026, (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60674/26]

The Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation wrote to my Department earlier this year outlining that the levy on the Department's current expenditure would be 1.4%, which amounts to €11 million.

The levy is to be applied to the 2027 vote allocation for my Department and will form part of the 2027 Estimates negotiations.