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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fáilte Ireland (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: The Restart Grant Plus for Bed and Breakfast businesses is administered by Fáilte Ireland. The application process for Fáilte Ireland approved B&B's opened on 14th September 2020 and closed on 28th October 2020. Applications for B&Bs not affiliated with Fáilte Ireland or B&B Ireland opened on 19th October and will close on 30th November. I have asked Fáilte...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: The Government has put in place a range of supports for all businesses which are available to the print and online media sectors during health restrictions imposed by Covid-19. The production and publication of newspapers, journals and periodicals and the distribution of those publications has been listed as an essential service. The new Programme for Government, Our Shared Future,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: In recognition of the impact of COVID-19, the BAI levy was waived for the independent radio sector for Quarters 1 and 2 2020. No waivers were applied to television broadcasters and the radio sector waiver has not been extended into Q3/4. While there are no plans for further waivers at this time, the BAI is continuing to monitor and report to me on the financial impacts of COVID-19 on the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: The public health regulations do not designate specific facilities or training centres for the purposes of undertaking the permitted and limited exempted sporting activities under Level 5 of the Government-approved “Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19” . Some facilities and training centres that would previously have provided services to elite,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: Guidance on the Level 5 provision for non-contact training for school aged children has been issued by Government and is available on Sport Ireland's website and guidance on domestic travel restrictions is set out in the COVD-19 section of Gov.ie. Parents can travel outside 5km to drop children to sports training that is outside their 5km limit and can also attend for child safeguarding...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: On Monday 2 November, I announced details of an €85 million funding package for the Irish sport sector, which has been significantly impacted by the various COVID-19 restrictions imposed since March 2020. This funding package includes COVID-19 funding of €70 million, which will provide support for the three main field sports organisations (the FAI, GAA and IRFU), a Resilience...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: International travel is an essential part of normal preparation and competition for many high performing, elite athletes. In particular, such athletes have to travel overseas to compete for qualification competitions and to attend training camps. The Expert Group on the Return to Sport has prepared a protocol on “International Travel for High Performance Sporting Activities during...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: The Government has put in place a range of supports for all businesses which are available to the print and online sectors during health restrictions imposed by Covid-19. The production and publication of newspapers, journals and periodicals and the distribution of those publications has been listed as an essential service. The new Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, expanded the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: Guidance on the Level 5 provision for non-contact training for school aged children has been issued by Government and is available on Sport Ireland's website. The exemption applies to school-age children of 18 years and under, operating in pods of up to 15 outdoors only. The training activity permitted is subject to strict supervisory controls and monitoring conditions. No sport is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: On Monday 2 November, I announced details of an €85 million funding package for the Irish sport sector, which has been significantly impacted by the various COVID-19 restrictions imposed since March 2020. This funding package includes COVID-19 funding of €70 million, which will provide support for the three main field sports organisations (the FAI, GAA and IRFU), a Resilience...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: Budget 2021 included a number of further substantial measures to support and strengthen the tourism sector and are supplemented by the economy-wide business supports and social welfare measures. A key measure was the provision of an additional €55m in Business Continuity funding to support strategic tourism businesses. This funding will be administered by Fáilte Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: As I have previously advised the Deputy in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 361 of 29th September, my Department does not provide financial support on an annual basis to this organisation.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: An allocation of €8m has been made to the National Concert Hall to allow for the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ. This will be a significant step towards the objective of enabling the orchestra to be established as a world class orchestra which will, with the NCH, provide a creative and imaginative programme strategy that will greatly enhance the offering of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: A significant amount of additional funding has been allocated to my Department as part of Budget 2021, including an increased allocation to provide for the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National Concert Hall to cover the estimated operating costs of the orchestra during 2021. The question of funding for all activities under the remit of my Department for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Concert Hall (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: Additional funding of €0.762m has been allocated to the NCH for 2021, in addition to the €8m of which relates to the proposed transfer of the RTÉNSO from RTÉ to the NCH.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: Additional funding has been allocated to the National Cultural Institutions as part of Budget 2021 as follows: National Museum of Ireland€719k Irish Museum of Modern Art€396k Crawford Art Gallery€234k Chester Beatty Library€379k National Concert Hall€762k National Gallery of Ireland€624k National Library of Ireland€468k National Archives€400k

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: The allocation to the Arts Council in 2021 is €130m which is equivalent to an increase of €25m on the final 2020 allocation of €105m. The increase reflects Government's acknowledgement of the important role that arts and culture play in our economy and society and recognises the devastating impact COVID-19 restrictions have had on the sector. Under the Arts Act 2003,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: The Sports Capital Programme is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Grants are available to voluntary, not-for profit sports clubs and community groups such as the organisation referred to by the Deputy. I would recommend that any organisation...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: My Department strives to ensure that there is an appropriate focus on best procurement practice and that procedures are in place to ensure compliance with all relevant guidelines to the greatest extent possible. Where exceptions do arise, as provided for under the provisions of Circular 40/02, the Department provides the details of such instances to the Comptroller and Auditor General and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: The Sports Capital Programme (SCP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The Programme for Government commits to continuing the SCP and to prioritise the investment in disadvantaged areas. The most recent (2018) round of the SCP attracted a record 2,337...