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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (12 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce report titled Life Worth Living, was published in November 2020 and made ten recommendations for the sector. The recommendations included a proposal to pilot a basic income scheme for a three-year period in the arts, culture, audiovisual and live performance and events sectors. The Taskforce was of the view that a pilot basic income would keep the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: I have been informed by officials in my Department that no funding has been allocated to, or contracts entered into for awareness raising campaigns or advertising relating to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. My Department is actively engaged in delivering COVID-19 communications with the public and with stakeholders through various channels. This work is carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (12 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the second platform under Fáilte Ireland's Platforms for Growth capital investment programme. Through the grants scheme for this platform, Fáilte Ireland will provide €19m in funding to Local Authorities for the specific purpose of developing activity facilities centres in 22 selected waterside locations around the country, where...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Arts Council has worked with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to develop guidance for children and young people’s arts and cultural activities. The guidance was recently published on the Arts Council’s website This guidance will continue to be updated in line with any relevant changes to public health measures in the coming months. This...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Schemes (13 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: Fáilte Ireland’s Outdoor Dining Enhancement Scheme is being delivered in partnership with local authorities and has the specific aim of developing outdoor dining capacity nationwide. Under one strand of this scheme, grants for outdoor seating and accessories are available to a range of businesses selling food for consumption on their premises. Work is underway to examine how pubs...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (13 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: I allocated €50 million to a suite of measures to assist the live performance sector. €25m has been allocated to Live Performance Support Scheme (LPSS 2021) which has now closed for applications. Over 400 applications had been received by the closing date of 14 April. Assessment of applications to the scheme is underway and the results will be announced shortly. LPSS 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Government’s COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery 2021 - The Path Ahead plan sets out the Government’s objectives for the full recovery of social life, public services and the economy. The plan committed to the development of sectorial guidance for very large purpose built event facilities, for example: stadia, auditoriums, conference or event centres. I established a Return to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Policy (13 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: My Department strives to ensure that there is an appropriate focus on best procurement practice at all times and that procedures are in place to ensure compliance with all relevant guidelines to the greatest extent possible. With specific reference to Circular 20/2019: Promoting the use of Environmental and Social Considerations in Public Procurement, my Department has engaged with the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: COVID-19 is a highly infectious disease, which spreads when individuals and groups come into close contact with one another, enabling the virus to move from one person to another. In certain settings, such as weddings, higher noise levels due to music, can force people into close proximity, requiring them to raise their voices or shout to communicate thus increasing the risk of spreading...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (13 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that the National Monuments Service comes under the remit of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (18 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: My Department operates an annual fund for Small Scale Local Festivals and Summer Schools Scheme to promote local summer cultural events and which is open to application by commerce chambers, business associations and other community groups. The maximum allocation available to projects under this Scheme is €5,000. In 2019 a total of €111,000 was allocated to 50 projects under...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: I am acutely conscious of the importance of dance and dance classes as sources of well-being and creativity as well as being a professional career choice for dance practitioners and I can assure the Deputy that I am engaging on an ongoing basis with Government colleagues on the importance of opening up facilities that support all art forms including dance, as soon as the epidemiological...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sustainable Development Goals (18 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 340 and 341 together. As the Deputy will be aware the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a significant and ambitious policy agenda with implications for all Government Departments. Overall political oversight for national SDG implementation is provided through the Cabinet, with Ministers having...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: Effective communication with the public and stakeholders is essential in achieving the Department’s goals. My Department uses social media to promote the wide range of schemes and programmes operated under its auspices and it uses digital content services to support engagement with citizens and communities across Ireland. My Department does not generally engage ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: I have been informed by my Department that no officials are tasked with conducting online and social media monitoring and completing reports on social media coverage of my Department and my Ministerial activities.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Investigations (18 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that my Department has not engaged any private investigation companies or persons in the period specified by the Deputy. With regard to those bodies under the aegis of my Department, under the Sport Ireland Act 2015, Sport Ireland is the National Anti-Doping Organisation in Ireland and under Section 42 (1) (a) of the Act it can implement such measures as it considers...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (18 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce report Life Worth Living, was published in November 2020 and made ten recommendations for the sector. The recommendations included a proposal to pilot a universal basic income (UBI) scheme for a three-year period in the arts, culture, audiovisual and live performance and events sectors. The Taskforce was of the view that a pilot basic income would...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Data Protection (18 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: The number of data breaches recorded by my Department for the period specified is set out in the table below. I am advised that the majority of breaches were deemed to be of zero or low risk, and were therefore not required to be reported to the Data Protection Commission. These were managed internally with steps taken to ensure that similar breaches would not reoccur. Those breaches that...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: My Departmentcovers a broad remit which includes the tourism, culture, arts, Gaeltacht, sport and media sectors.  The Department posts social media messaging relevant to activities and programmes across all of these sectors, with annual output standing at close to 6,000 posts across the entirety of its social media platforms, which includes Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (18 May 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353 to 355, inclusive, together. As I recently advised the House in my reply to  Dáil Question no. 303 of 11th May, while my Department provides funding to a wide range of sporting, cultural and community organisations, I am advised that funding is not provided to any non-governmental organisations.  As the Deputy will...