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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (2 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...restrictions on the trading of certain business sectors to slow the spread of Covid-19. These restrictions had a particular impact on sectors such as hospitality, the night-time economy, and the arts and entertainment sectors. The re-opening of the scheme was specifically targeted at persons who were directly affected by the trading restrictions introduced on 7 December 2021. It did not...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...the Department of Rural and Community Development, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Enterprise Ireland, IDA, Údaras na Gaeltachta and the Western Development Commission. The first deliverable from the interdepartmental group was to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...xa0;alone and in receipt of certain payments, including Disability Allowance and Blind Pension.  My Department regularly reviews its supports and payments schemes to ensure that they continue to meet their objectives, while any proposed changes have to be considered in an overall policy and budgetary context. In addition, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...; The vast majority of businesses are open and able to operate as normal. The current restrictions are targeted and limited in nature and in this regard, my Government colleague, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media announced a funding package of €50m to support the Live Performance Sector. In addition, the Minister for Finance also announced...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...Department will begin to scale up the numerous development activities that it began trialing in 2021. These pilot projects include supports for remote workers and students, a suite of digital skills training courses, arts and culture activities including musical instruction and access to national cultural resources, and a range of eHealth and telemedicine programmes. I will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: As the economy has reopened we have seen a huge reduction in the number of customers receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) across all sectors including the arts and entertainment sector which fell by approximately 91% since the height of the pandemic in May 2020 when some 14,300 recipients were being supported by a PUP payment as with just under 1,300 recipients last week. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...the PUP to support people who lose employment arising from the new restrictions. These measures will have a particular impact on sectors such as hospitality, the night-time economy, and the arts and entertainment sectors. A self-employed person whose income from self-employment ceased or reduced since 7 December 2021 due to the introduction of the public health restrictions...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...scale up the numerous development activities that it has recently begun trialing. These pilot projects include supports for remote workers and students, a suite of digital skills training courses, arts and culture activities including musical instruction and access to national cultural resources, and a range of eHealth and telemedicine programmes. I have made available funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...recognises the potential of digital hubs as key economic assets for our rural towns and villages as well as the clear benefits to individuals and families in terms of quality of life indicators. My Department operates a number of funding schemes that focus on projects supporting the development of digital hubs and Broadband Connection Points (BCPs). . In May of this year, I launched the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...while 6,375 work in the area of administrative and support service activities. Approximately 950 recipients work in public administration and 1,800 in education. Some 2,000 work in the area of human health and social work activities while 1,325 work in the arts, entertainment and recreation sector. Some 2,792 work in other services. Some 12,557, or 24%, of those on the PUP are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...to build this sector back up. Some people may be nervous about going out and this could impact on ticket sales, particularly for concerts and similar events. The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, has worked to bring in a number of sector-specific supports for the entertainment sector and is in constant contact with its...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (25 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Budget 2022 included the announcement of €25 million to pilot a new Basic Income scheme for artists and arts workers, as reflected in the National Economic Recovery Plan. My colleague the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has lead responsibility for this initiative. Her Department is examining the various options associated with introducing a pilot...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ..., projects which have been allocated funding to date range across sectors, including town and village regeneration, enterprise development, tourism development, digital and co-working initiatives, libraries, arts and cultural facilities and sports and recreation facilities. Projects are often a combination of a number of these elements. It would be open to a local authority or other...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Artists' Remuneration (2 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...November 2021 and 8th February 2022. As PUP customers move on to the €203 rate, they will be transitioned to standard jobseeker terms. Having listened to sectors including those working in the performing arts sector, I deferred the commencement of the transition process which was due to start at the beginning of September until after all sectors were able to start to reopen...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (2 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...HSE Attend Anywhere initiative and be suitable for a range of virtual consultations. - Training & Education- adult digital literacy training; CoderDojo and OurKidsCode for children and families - Arts & Culture- a nationwide BCP film festival curated by the IFI; tuition in the Uilleann pipes by NPU - Remote Working– training for hub managers provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (14 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...scale up the numerous development activities that it has recently begun trialling. These pilot projects include supports for remote workers and students, a suite of digital skills training courses, arts and culture activities including musical instruction and access to national cultural resources, and a range of eHealth and telemedicine programmes. I have made available funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...In that regard, projects allocated funding to date range across sectors, including town and village regeneration, enterprise development, tourism development, digital and co-working initiatives, libraries, arts and cultural facilities and sports and recreation facilities. Projects are often a combination of a number of these elements. It would be open to a local authority or other...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Arts Policy (7 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...’s activation programme for one year. This scheme acknowledges the specific status of self-employed professional artists and gives them a 12-month window to focus on building up their work in the arts sector, while retaining their jobseekers payment, before they are required to engage with Intreo's activation services and supports. Professional artists can still avail of my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (7 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...Economic Recovery Plan, which the Government published in June 2021, contains a commitment to bring forward a proposal for a pilot basic income scheme for artists. This follows publication of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce report - 'Life Worth Living' - in November 2020 which included a recommendation to pilot a basic income scheme for a three-year period in the arts, culture,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (21 Sep 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...William O'Brien Street, Mallow, Co. Cork Midleton Courthouse, Main Street, Midleton, Co. Cork Skibbereen Courthouse, North Street, Skibbereen, Co. Cork Youghal District Court, Mall Arts Centre, Youghal, Co. Cork Youghal Court Office, 58/59 South Main Street, Quay Lane, Youghal, Co. Cork Donegal ...