23. Grants

(a) Capital Grants

	Group		RTÉ
	2022	2021	2022	2021
	€’000	€’000	€’000	€’000
Opening Balance	4,408	4,811	-	-
Released to Income Statement	(394)	(403)	-	-
	4,014	4,408	-	-
Analysed as follows:
Non-current liabilities	3,632	4,014	-	-
Current liabilities	382	394	-	-
	4,014	4,408	-	-

Commencing in 2017, the DTCAGSM issued a capital grant to RTÉ’s subsidiary, RTÉ Transmission Network DAC, to facilitate the clearing of the Spectrum 700 MHz frequency band, as stipulated by EU directives. The movement in the grant during the year is in line with the Group’s accounting policy.

(b) Other Grants

During the year Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) awarded a grant of €585,000 to RTÉ (2021: €825,000) for the purpose of making science-related programming. In total €793,000 was received during the year (2021: €240,000).

In 2022 the BAI Archive awarded RTÉ a grant of €867,456 (2021: €nil) in respect of digitising the archive library and Archiving Schemes. €500,372 was received in the year (2021: €nil). In 2021 the BAI Sound & Vision awarded RTÉ a grant of €66,911 in respect of programme funding. RTÉ received €46,707 in the year (2021: €36,338).

RTÉ was awarded a grant of €150,000 (2021: €80,000) in 2022 from the Arts Council in relation to Culture Night. €150,000 was received in the year (2021: €80,000).

In 2021 RTÉ was awarded a grant of €2,430,000 from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media (DTCAGSM) in relation to production, delivery, and curation of content as part of the Decade of Centenaries programme of commemorations. €750,000 was received in the year (2021: €500,000).

RTÉ was awarded a grant of €100,000 from the DTCAGSM to promote Irish language (2021: €100,000). €100,000 was received in the year (2021: €100,000).

In 2021 RTÉ was awarded a grant totalling €129,505 from the DTCAGSM in relation to The Atlas of the Irish Revolution. €50,000 was received in the year (2021: €nil).

RTÉ was awarded grants totalling €110,000 (2021: €50,000) from the DTCAGSM in relation to the Digital Art Initiative for 2022 and 2023 to upgrade the This Is Art website. €110,000 was received in the year (2021: €50,000).

RTÉ was awarded a grant of €50,000 from the DTCAGSM in relation to Crinniu Na Nóg. €50,000 was received in the year.

RTÉ was awarded two grants totalling €218,476 in 2020 in relation to projects commemorating the War of Independence and the Famine. €120,477 was received in 2021.

RTÉ was awarded a grant of €330,661 from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) in relation to the LIFE project. €66,132 was received in the year.