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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Míle buíochas. Bhí sé sin an-suimiúil ar fad. The presentation was very clear. Sometimes in Ireland we focus on all of the negative and difficult stuff and the stuff that does not work. Often in Ireland we have some serious successes that slip by very quietly and under the radar. It is clear from this discussion that there are some serious successes in Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Both Departments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is important to know. All the witnesses engage with thousands of children, but at what level? Is it the case that what is happening inside and outside of schools is that we are reaching 20% or 30% of children with tuition? Will Dr. McDonagh say if there has been any analysis on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Is it that the investment has increased by 13%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Very good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is a very impressive increase but obviously it is only for a small section.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the socio-economic penetration like? Do we know if that 13% is in a particular income bracket or geography? What information is available on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Does the roll-out of Music Generation look to tackle geographic and socio-economic barriers, for instance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I have one final question as my time is running out. Another tool available to us here is investment. Has an analysis been done on Government investment in music in Ireland and is there a comparative study of Government investment across Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the comparative figure in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is not Government investment. That is philanthropic and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Who would like to start on those questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I call Senator Fintan Warfield. We will return to this again, if we have time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Every village and town was mentioned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank all of our guests for attending. They have provided a really good insight into what is happening within this really important area. I also thank them for the amount of work they are doing in the sectors in which they are involved. As Deputy Danny Healy-Rae said, the whole committee is open at all times to receiving information from the various organisations. We will be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (22 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of studies on the recovery of salmon fish stocks; and the actions taken to replenish them since 2007. [22114/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (22 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 634. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she is not satisfied to provide funding for groups (details supplied). [22413/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (16 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad cruinniú a bhí ag an gCoiste Comhairleach a bunaíodh in 2014 chun comhairle agus aiseolas a chur ar fáil maidir le cur i bhfeidhm na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, 2010-2030, san iomlán ó bunaíodh é; agus cé mhéad cruinniú a bhí ag an gCoiste...

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: First Stage (15 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: First Stage (15 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Tairgim:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 for the purpose of deeming certain parts of Moore Street, and its environs, in the City of Dublin to be a national monument for the purposes of those Acts; and to provide for related matters. The Moore Street battlefield is the birthplace of the Irish Republic. Its streets,...