Results 1-20 of 91 for going forward speaker:Catherine Martin

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: That is why I have asked, going forward, and I said it in public and at that meeting, that with this sort of confidentiality clause being the norm rather than the exception, and with it being stated in the code of governance for these State bodies that it should be exception rather than the norm, that is why I have asked for that going forward.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...should be done in accordance with the law. That is exactly why in complete recognition of that I set up a separate expert group to deal with these issues and to look crucially for recommendations going forward.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: That is why I have said, going forward, that it needs to be given serious consideration as one of the reforms we need to see.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...was she saying they have not taken place on these two, but she pointed to the fact that we have new terms and they will govern any future severance packages. We will now have a role in the future, going forward.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...productions. What I am saying to Deputy Dillon regarding the budget is that we should look at the Future of Media Commission's recommendations, but we also need to see a very clear plan on robust governance going forward and the cost efficiencies that RTÉ will put in place. It will not go above that amount until we see that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...Monday and again on numerous occasions on Wednesday in relation to whether she had a role whatsoever. It was pointedly said to me, “But we will have in future. We did not on this occasion but going forward, we will”. Then on Thursday I could not understand the first phone call to say, “That was wrong. I actually chaired the committee that approved it”.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: On that point, that is why I set up a second group. There was only originally going to be one expert group. Having met the unions, I specifically set up a separate group on the HR issues, contractor issues, staff equality and all those issues that have been raised with me. I continue to engage. I even met those union representatives last week to hear how things are progressing. I am...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...will shortly report to us. I think they are key because they are the only reports that will have recommendations in them. Most recently, I pushed with the DG to seek clarity on the severances and going forward to look at capping those severances. I have asked for the strategic vision in RTÉ-----

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (3 May 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...Library of Ireland (NLI) on exploring the feasibility of expanding the NLI’s capacity to establish a digital legal deposit scheme to serve as a web archive for the .ie domain and that work is ongoing. The NLI has completed a detailed review of relevant legislation and web archiving initiatives across all EU Member states. This information is currently being compiled into a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Catherine Martin: ..., €6 million to look at, first, local court reporting and local democracy. We are devising those schemes right now in consultation with the key stakeholders in this. This is a really positive move forward. There has been a state aid issue that has delayed the roll-out of the schemes, but we are going through that and the stakeholders understand that. The future funding will look...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...at this time as there are currently no schemes open for application. Fáilte Ireland has, however, pledged its full support to the company that will be charged with steering the development of King John's Castle going forward. Indeed, a Fáilte Ireland representative will sit on the board of the newly-formed company. The Limerick City and County Council takeover of King...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (6 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...I am very encouraged by the level of interest from artists and creative arts workers interested in participating in the pilot scheme. Assessment of the applications has begun and this process is ongoing given the high volume of applications. Once assessed for eligibility, all eligible applicants will be entered into an anonymised random sampling process to choose the 2,000 scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...for Government and the Climate Act 2021.  Officials  in my Department have commenced work on a new national tourism policy which will place sustainability at the heart of tourism in Ireland going forward.  To maintain momentum on the sustainable tourism agenda, the Sustainable Tourism Working  Group prepared an interim action plan which I brought to Government...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Television Licence Fee (24 Feb 2022)

Catherine Martin: To clarify, the commission completed its work and, last September, the detailed report was submitted the Taoiseach and me. It contains recommendations on a wide range of issues. I am not going to comment on the content of that report until it comes to Cabinet, but I will say there are far-reaching recommendations that require we give them appropriate consideration. They cannot be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...in most cases but there was one exception to this. It is important that yesterday the head of HR did appear before the committee for accountability. The other key players really need to come forward to the committees, and whether it is the case that they are unavailable or that it happens when they are in a better state of health, accountability from those people is needed. However,...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...will not have to do so again. The LPRGS was just announced yesterday. All grantees will have to complete the evaluation survey to demonstrate that the grants are reaching where they need to go. I am happy to forward the committee more information on comparing the schemes and how that comparison might impact on the LPRGS. What we were doing in the thick of Covid compared with what we...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...are finally the senior members of the school and leading the school teams. They are missing out on taking the last school tour together as a sixth class group, something to which they all look forward. They are also missing out on an official graduation ceremony with their school communities and families and are being deprived of the basics of saying goodbye to the classmates, beside...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (18 May 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...in funding since I became Minister, through what we do in Culture Ireland and Creative Ireland, and through the support we provide to poets under the basic income for the arts scheme. I can forward to the Deputy exact details of the range of funding that comes from my Department, which is pretty vast. We have such a proud, strong tradition of poetry. We are known right across the...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Eamon Ryan. I will work closely with him on this. He is looking at financial issues with Shannon Airport and will bring recommendations to the Government with regard to these in due course. Fáilte Ireland will be assisting tourism attractions through the adaptation grant. I am aware of the impact this is having on the entire...