Written answer
Office of Public Works
All Iveagh Gardens income, including from events, goes to the Exchequer; OPW activities are funded through annual voted allocations, not ringfenced revenue.
38. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 924 of 7 September 2026, the proportion of earned revenue that is reinvested in the Iveagh Gardens; the amount invested in each of the past five years; the stated purpose for monies returned for the benefit of Iveagh Gardens and the value of reinvestment for same, in tabular form; the amount of earned revenue reinvested, specifically for the Office of Public Works's conservation plan for the gardens; and if he will make a statement on the need to ringfence monies raised in rent for conservation. [67277/26]
Comment on this
In accordance with Government accounting procedures all income from all sources including concerts and events is returned to the central exchequer.
The Office of Public Works receives voted funds annually via the normal Oireachtas budgetary process to fund the staffing, conservation, management and presentation of the Gardens.