SUMMARY OF RESOURCES
This plan includes a range of measures, involving significant funding, and the time scale within which they might be implemented. These measures will be considered in due course in the context of available resources.
The Ulster-Scots Agency staff currently consists of a Chief Executive, a Director of Cultural Affairs, a Development Officer in Donegal, a Grants Officer, a Finance Officer and a Personal Assistant. It is proposed to recruit a Director of Education and Language, Finance and Administration Manager, and a Youth and Community Development Officer
An Organisation Chart setting out the proposed staffing structure of the Ulster-Scots Agency is shown at Annex 1.
HR Strategy
The Agency will develop a HR Strategy.
The Ulster-Scots Agency is funded by grants from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland and the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in the South.
In the calendar year 2004, this funding amounts to £1.704m.
For the Period 2005 to 2007, the Ulster-Scots Agency has a projected budget provision of £5.452m based on the projected budgets notified by the NSMC Secretariat.
In a post “care and maintenance” situation the Agency intends to revisit the activities and associated budget shown in this Corporate Plan
Staff Salaries and Running Costs
Over the three-year period 2005 – 2007 staff salaries and running costs are estimated at £1.479m.
Based on the projected budget figures, programme expenditure over 2005 – 2007 is estimated at £3.973m.
A breakdown of this expenditure across the areas of operation of the Ulster-Scots Agency is shown in the Table below:
Programme Expenditure 2005-2007
|
Linguistic Development |
£ 275,000 |
|
Culture |
£2,000,000 |
|
Education |
£I,070,000 |
|
Public Understanding |
£ 628,000 |
Plus staff salaries/running costs £1,479,000 plus the contribution for Youth Development Officer from Irish Youth Foundation
These figures are broken down on an annual basis as follows:
2005 2006 2007 Linguistic Development 90,000 90,000 95,000 Culture 650,000 670,000 680,000 Education 350,000 360,000 360,000 Public Understanding 200,000 210,000 218,000 Staffing/Running costs 479,000 490,000 510,000 Total Programme Expenditure 1,769,000 1,820,000 1,863,000