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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department currently has no EU Directives awaiting transposition. The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) is an EU regulation and directly applicable to Member States. Some elements will require implementation into Irish law through primary legislation, which my Department is currently progressing.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Properties (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In general, matters relating to property for my Department are the responsibility of the Office of Public Works. My Department does not rent any properties. My Department assumed its current configuration in September 2020 following a transfer of functions order. Details of expenditure incurred by the Department in its previous configuration, including any money spent on rent, is available...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Allpro provides cleaning services for my Department since 2022. The value of this contract each year is set out in the table below. 2022 €76,794 2023 €92,572 2024 €115,331 2025 to date €50,665 The contract was awarded on foot on a competitive tendering process based...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department does not have any contracts with companies to provide security services at any of its buildings.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Ireland engages on an ongoing basis with fellow EU Member States and the European Commission regarding a wide range of tourism matters. As the Deputy may be aware, there is a wide range of EU funding programmes relevant to the tourism ecosystem. Various tourism enterprises, businesses, destinations or local authorities can, if they wish, submit applications for funding (when calls for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1117 and 1118 together. Details of the annual funding allocations provided to Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland by my Department, in its current configuration since September 2020, are available in the annual Revised Estimates Volume (REV) and supplementary estimates published by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: This Government is committed to growing Ireland’s tourism industry and, through support for Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, we will continue to showcase Ireland as a high-quality and accessible destination for both national and international visitors. The Government will work with Fáilte Ireland to develop a balanced regional spread of tourism throughout the country,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Programme for Government (PFG) comprehensively sets out the Government's ambitious plans to strengthen and enhance the tourism sector. The Tourism Policy Framework 2025 – 2030 was published by the previous Government last November. I understand that my colleague, Deputy Peter Burke, to whom ministerial responsibility for tourism is transferring, has asked officials to consider...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy and implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct response to the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy and implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct response to the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Civil Registration Service (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department manages the Irish Genealogy website, www.irishgenealogy.ie. The site provides access to the historic civil records of Births, Deaths and Marriages and to an array of church records. Access to the records are free of charge, and the website attracts millions of visits every year from those interested in researching their family history. Access to personal data is subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The legislative basis for the payment of rewards to a person or persons in respect of the finding an archaeological object is set out under Section 10 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994. It is an operational matter for the Director of the National Museum of Ireland to decide how any such reward may be divided with regard to the circumstances in which the object was found.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In relation to the gender balance of grants made payable to artists by my Department in the previous 12 months, there is information in relation to the Basic Income for the Arts Scheme, as set out below. Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) Pilot Research Scheme This is a pilot research scheme where 2,000 artists and creative arts workers are being paid a weekly basic income. The primary...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department employs officers at Archivist and Senior Archivist grades in the National Archives of Ireland. The number of WTE qualified Archivists and Senior Archivists employed by my Department as of 22 April 2025 and as of 30 April 2021, are set out in tabular form below. Grade 22 April 2025 30 April 2021 Archivist 24 15 ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my diary, which is published on the Department's website, contains details of all meetings I have held in my capacity as Minister during the first quarter of 2025. www.gov.ie/en/department-of-tourism-culture-arts-gaeltacht-s port-and-media/organisation-information/ministers-diaries/#2 025. Subsequent diaries will be published on a quarterly basis, in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (10 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: As outlined in the Programme for Government, the Government believes that culture and the arts are essential to a well-rounded society, providing opportunities for education, expression and community engagement. Ireland is world renowned for our rich, diverse and vibrant arts sector. As part of the Programme, the Government has committed to examining the feasibility of a minor capital works...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (10 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: There is now a significant body of legislation providing the foundation for Ireland’s online safety framework, including the regulation of social media. Coimisiún na Meán, as Ireland’s new online safety and media regulator, is at the heart of that framework. It was established under the Online Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Act, which transposed the AudioVisual...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artificial Intelligence (10 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department is guided by relevant legislation, policies and the National Cyber Security Centre in respect of all matters related to the use or operation of AI. All applications and platforms used or operated by my Department must be in line with relevant policies and be consistent with advice provided by the National Cyber Security Centre. At present my Department has not adopted the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artificial Intelligence (10 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251, 252 and 253 together. My Department does not have any projects underway with CeADAR. Regarding the bodies under the aegis of my Department, this would be an operational matter for the bodies themselves. The policy areas where my Department is examining future use of AI, and the entities my Department is working with in this regard, are set out below....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artificial Intelligence (10 Apr 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The 'Interim Guidelines for Use of AI in the Public Service' document was published in February 2024 by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Deliver and Reform. As outlined in the document, AI tools and technologies have the potential to transform the delivery of public services and specifically in training, general language models can be a valuable tool. In 2024, one staff member from...