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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: My Department allocated €2 million to the project referred to by the Deputy. In 2019, the local authority informed my Department that all funds were in place to proceed with the project. Once all relevant documents were received to confirm this, the Department provided authorisation to proceed with the project. The conditions of the grant are detailed in a signed Service Level...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 312 and 313 together. A funding package of up to €70 million was announced on 19th June to support the sport sector, which has been significantly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The funding package will be administered by Sport Ireland, which is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport. This funding package includes; -...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314, 315 and 316 together. Following the introduction of specific public health measures in Kildare, Laois and Offaly the Government made additional funding available to Fáilte Ireland, to undertake a promotional campaign focused on increasing the appeal of these counties to visitors and drive bookings. The administration of this funding is an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: I am acutely aware of how badly impacted professional tourist guides have been by the COVID-19 crisis due to the lack of international tourists. Tourist guides provide a vital service to the tourism industry. They are important ambassadors in the tourism experience, promoting our excellent tourism product and we will need them when our overseas visitors return. The July Stimulus measures...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for the board and management of Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy's question to Fáilte Ireland for further information and direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government last week published Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19, to guide Ireland’s response to saving lives and managing the pandemic over the next 6-9 months. The Plan has been designed to provide greater clarity to society and businesses on how to operate as normally as possible in the circumstances, while continuing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 and 75 together. I am eager to get artists, musicians, performers and all their behind-the-scenes technical support people back to earning a living and doing what they do so well. I recently met with the National Campaign for the Arts and separately with the Events Industry Alliance, and heard first hand their concerns. I recently announced the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: I recently met with the Events Industry Alliance (EIA) which is composed of the Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland, the Event Production Industry COVID19 working group (EPIC), the Association of Irish Festival Events, the Association of Irish Stage Technicians, the Event Industry Association of Ireland as well as the Event Industry Ireland (EII), Irish Showman’s Guild...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Art Collection (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: There is an enormous range and diversity of works of art, monuments and other artefacts in the national collections and in or under the care of State bodies. Each institution and agency would have compiled listings and certain information in relation to their holdings and interests over many years. These records would not be in a standardised format and may not be fully digitised for online...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: In budget 2020, Screen Ireland was allocated €21.066 million. A 10% increase on this would amount to an additional allocation of €2.1 million. As part of the July Jobs Stimulus in 2020, I announced details of an additional €3 million to be made available to Screen Ireland to support TV drama and €5 million to be administered by Screen Ireland as part of a pilot...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: Údarás na Gaeltachta can offer qualifying businesses and companies from various sectors a range of incentives and supports to start up, develop, expand or locate in a Gaeltacht region. The organisation supports businesses of all sizes from micro to small and medium enterprises to larger scale international companies. Údarás na Gaeltachta can assist businesses across a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: The Government continues to support the audiovisual sector, including independent producers of content, through a range of measures including section 481 tax relief, international film co-production treaties, an annual international programme of Irish film festivals, and through engaging high-profile talent to project a positive image of Ireland and reflect Ireland as a creative place....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: I have met with RTÉ to discuss a wide range of issues including their strategic vision for public service broadcasting, response to COVID 19 and current funding challenges, and intend to meet the broadcaster again shortly. In the interim, NewEra are continuing to engage with RTÉ in terms of its financial situation and officials in my Department are also scheduled to meet with RTE...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: At its meeting on Thursday 17 September, the Expert Group on Return to Sport, which is chaired by my Department, considered a range of questions from the sporting bodies on the Government’s Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19, including a request for clarification as to the interpretation of ‘Club Championship’. The Expert Group advised...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: I recently met with the Events Industry Alliance (EIA) which is composed of the Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland, the Event Production Industry COVID19 working group (EPIC), the Association of Irish Festival Events, the Association of Irish Stage Technicians, the Event Industry Association of Ireland as well as the Event Industry Ireland (EII), Irish Showman’s Guild...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: The July Stimulus Package introduced significant measures to help support businesses to recover following the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Some of the key measures for tourism and hospitality include the “Stay and Spend” initiative, the €26m adaptation grant, the €10m grant for coach tourism and the revised Restart grant which now includes...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for the board and management of Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy's question to Fáilte Ireland for further information and direct reply. I ask him to advise my private office if he does not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: The July Stimulus Package introduced significant measures to help support businesses to recover following the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Some of the key measures for tourism and hospitality include the “Stay and Spend” initiative, the €26m adaptation grant, the €10m grant for coach tourism and the revised Restart grant which now includes...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for the board and management of Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy's question to Fáilte Ireland for further information and direct reply. I ask him to advise my private office if he does not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: Primary support for the arts in Ireland is delivered by the Arts Council, which is independent in its funding decisions under the Arts Act 2003. The Arts Council, operates within a published 10 year strategic framework entitled Making Great Art Work. The Arts Council provides funding to local authorities, supporting the programmes of Arts Offices in each local authority, as well funding a...