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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Engagements (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I recently joined Tourism Ireland in the United States where I undertook a busy programme of tourism, sporting and cultural engagements to promote Ireland. As the deputy is aware, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on Irish tourism. Given that the United States was (pre-COVID) the second-largest source market for tourism to the island of Ireland, worth €1.5bn in 2019, it was...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Creative Youth Plan was published by the government in December 2017 as one of the five pillars of the Creative Ireland Programme.The Plan sets out a number of measures designed to enable the creative potential of every young person, both within the formal education system and in informal or community settings.  While the Creative Youth Plan is wider than the arts, it embraces the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Universal Basic Income (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I have secured significant allocations in Budget 2022 which will allow my Department to: - Introduce a pilot Basic Income Guarantee scheme for Artists with funding of €25m - Continue and expand its support of arts, artists and the arts sector as a whole including maintaining funding of €130m for the Arts Council - Provide supports of €25m for the live entertainment...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: The additional €5m in extra funding being allocated to the national cultural institutions will be broken down as follows: National Cultural Institution Irish Museum of Modern Art €500k Chester Beatty Library €400k Crawford Art Gallery €420k National Concert...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: As Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, along with having responsibility for policy within the audiovisual industry, I allocate funding to Screen Ireland, the development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry. The additional funding of €6.65m will be allocated to Screen Ireland and will be made up of €700,000 in current funding...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy will be aware, I published the Report of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce last month.  This Report contained a number of recommendations which aim to stimulate and drive the Night-Time Economy across the country.  I was pleased to secure €4m in funding towards the implementation of that Report which will go towards funding a number of recommendations which my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 411 together. I am acutely aware of the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the arts/culture and live entertainment sectors.  I have engaged with numerous stakeholders in the sector during the course of the pandemic to ensure that appropriate supports were put in place.  As part of Budget 2022 I have allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Universal Basic Income (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 410, 419, 421 and 425 together. The Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce report Life Worth Living, was published in November 2020 and made ten recommendations for the sector. These recommendations included a proposal to pilot a basic income scheme for a three-year period in the arts, culture, audio-visual and live performance and events sectors. I believe the...

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

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 414 and 417 together. As part of suite of measures to support the live entertainment sector, I allocated €25m to the Live Performance Support Scheme (LPSS 2021).I was delighted to be in a position to fund 237 successful applications under this scheme, the details of which are available on my Department’s website. The grants awarded are helping...

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

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415 and 416 together. I am acutely aware of the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the arts/culture and live entertainment sectors. To support the industry through this difficult period I have provided funding for a suite of measures designed to sustain and support live performance and employment opportunities in the sector. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Freedom of Information (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I would refer the Deputy to my previous response on this matter as set out in Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 22 September 2021.  As previously stated, my Department is satisfied that the third party organisation concerned fully cooperated with the process at all times and provided all records that fell within the scope of the request for each decision and that there is no basis for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Universal Basic Income (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 420, 422, 423, 424 and 426 together. I was particularly pleased to announce €25m for the pilot Basic Income Guarantee Scheme for artists as part of Budget 2022. This scheme will bring new life and support to the arts and culture sector, and I hope it will provide an important legacy for our artists, after the very difficult circumstances they have...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) 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. The 2020 round of the SCEP closed for applications on Monday 1st March 2021. By the closing date, over 3,100 applications were submitted seeking over...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: In general, matters relating to the acquisition and leasing of property for my Department are the responsibility of the Office of Public Works.  The Department also leases offices from Údarás na Gaeltachta for Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga, An Spidéal, Co. Na Gaillimhe. All offices are in use by the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: Government allocated over €60 million in 2021 to a suite of measures to assist the arts and culture sector. As part of that funding, I was delighted to be in a position to fund 237 successful applications under the Live Performance Support scheme, the details of which are available on my Department’s website. There was a very high level of interest in this scheme, with over...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment is a social welfare payment and is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Social Protection. At its meeting of 19th of October Government agreed that the remaining aspects of the hospitality, entertainment and night-time economy sector could reopen from October 22nd with the full range of protective measures in place and the wide and robust...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (2 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: I established an Oversight Group to appraise the recommendations in the Life Worth Living report. Although the remit of the Oversight Group included the examination of all recommendations in the report, I asked that they prioritise the consideration of the Recommendation on a basic income guarantee pilot scheme for artists and arts workers as a priority. The Oversight Group is chaired by my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: Nightclubs, Discos and Live Entertainment Venues may reopen with 100% capacity for patrons with a COVID-19 Pass, photo ID and electronic ticketing to facilitate contact tracing. The electronic ticket must be purchased no less than 1 hour before accessing the event. Facemasks must be worn by all staff and by patrons, other than when they are dancing, eating or drinking. Guidelines around...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: Under the Tourist Traffic Acts 1939-2016 Fáilte Ireland has specific powers and functions in relation to the registration and grading of certain types of tourist accommodation, including caravan and camping parks. These functions mainly relate to the quality of the product and the level of service. Neither this Department nor the tourism agencies have any responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (2 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: My role, as Minister with responsibility for leading the co-ordination of the Decade of Centenaries Programme, is to help ensure that the challenging events of this important and formative period in our history (1912-1923) and associated themes, are meaningfully, proportionately and sensitively remembered. I approved an overall funding allocation of €1.94 million for local...