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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Key Priorities and Legislation of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (24 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: No, it depends. There are strict regulations on it. I will make sure the Deputy gets the relevant information on that. If one has a relevant licence, the dance-floor space and the event is ticketed, it is allowed. The restrictions are about the layering process. I know the decision on the midnight issue is very tough on the night-time economy in particular. That is what the Deputy is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Key Priorities and Legislation of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (24 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: Comhghairdeas le Maggie Farrelly on being the first woman ever to referee a county final. As the Chairman said, it is shocking that she is the first despite it being 2021. We have a long way to go. Maggie has definitely played her part. As the Chairman knows, young girls cannot aim to be what they cannot see. Maggie will definitely inspire young girls to referee in the future. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 69 together. I will begin by thanking the members of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media for their work on the pre-legislative scrutiny report on the general scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill. The report of the joint committee demonstrated the importance of pre-legislative scrutiny, and Oireachtas...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: The expert advisory group will be examining a proposal that will raise complex legal and practical matters, as I mentioned earlier. For example, in one context there is the complexity in the Irish constitutional and legal context of upholding fundamental rights and respecting due process requirements for complainants, online services and the uploaders of content subject to complaint. From a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: Disinformation is primarily being dealt with through the EU code of practice on disinformation, which is linked to the forthcoming digital services Act. Deputy Naughten is aware that this is still under negotiation. On the question of getting it right, this commission must have real teeth, as it does, including powers of investigation, search warrants, fines of up to €20 million or a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Deputy. As Minister with responsibility for arts and culture, I am conscious of the value the sector brings to all Irish citizens and how art is an inherent part of Ireland's cultural identity. The importance of Irish culture, art and productions as a whole cannot be understated. It contributes to individual and societal well-being, as well as contributing to Ireland's...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: My entire approach to the pilot scheme is that, by its nature, it is a research project. I do not intend it to be exclusive, but rather as inclusive as possible. It is a three-year research project to determine the impact of a basic income on artists and arts workers. As part of that research, we will need to determine what impact a basic income will have on the entire life cycle of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Deputy. The opinions of the MEAI are, as I said, included in the over 500 submissions I have received and will be considered by the Department. The fairness to which the Deputy referred is at the heart of the scheme. It is important to note that applications for the basic income for artists, BIA, scheme will involve a non-competitive process. Therefore, once a person satisfies...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ceisteanna Craolacháin (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: Ag teacht leis an treoir athbhreithnithe um sheirbhísí meán closamhairc, foráiltear sa Bhille um Rialáil Sábháilteachta agus Meán Ar Líne a foilsíodh le déanaí go bhféadfadh coimisiún na meán tobhach ábhair a ghearradh ar sheirbhísí teilifíse agus físe ar éileamh atá ar fáil sa...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ceisteanna Craolacháin (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: Mar eolas, i mí an Mheithimh 2021, d'fhoilsigh Rialtas na Fraince foraithne inar leagadh amach na hoibleagáidí atá ar sheirbhísí físe ar éileamh ar nós Netflix, Amazon Prime Video agus Disney+ maidir le saothair Fhrancacha agus Eorpacha a mhaoiniú. Sonraítear san fhoraithne go bhfuil ar sheirbhísí síntiúis ar a laghad...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ceisteanna Craolacháin (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: Leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh mar ní raibh mé críochnaithe. Má tá aon eolas breise ag teastáil ón Teachta, cuirfidh mo Roinn é ar aghaidh chuige. Faoi dhlí an AE, ní féidir oibleagáid infheistíochta a thabhairt isteach bunaithe ar chraobh léirithe faoi leith san Eoraip. Is féidir oibleagáid a thabhairt isteach...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Online Safety (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: Thanks are due to the members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media for their extensive work on the pre-legislative scrutiny report on the general scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill. This included 33 recommendations, which shows how complex and important this legislation is. One of those recommendations was that an individual...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Online Safety (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: It is exactly for all of those reasons that I have established this expert group to examine the proposals. There are significant complex legal and practical issues in this area. For example, in the constitutional and legal context, there is the complexity of upholding fundamental rights and respecting due process requirements for complainants, online services and the uploaders of content...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Online Safety (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: That is the intention. I spoke previously about the detail and real teeth of this commissioner. We have already started the recruitment process for the commissioner, in parallel with the progress of the Bill through both Houses. I will be initiating the Bill in the Seanad, and I have written to the relevant joint committee in that regard. That we have started the recruitment process for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: I must clarify that policy responsibility for the core issues at the heart of this matter, namely, the protection of architectural heritage, urban regeneration and planning legislation, rests with my colleague, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Implementation of such policies on the ground falls, to a great degree, to local authorities, which in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: In her absence, I commend Deputy Bríd Smith on the work she is doing on this issue. Again, I remind Deputy Boyd Barrett that the policy responsibility for the core issues at the heart of this matter, namely, the protection of architectural heritage, urban regeneration and planning legislation, do not lie with my Department but with that of my colleague, the Minister for Housing, Local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Department held the remit for heritage before I became the Minister, but that responsibility has now moved over to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I am looking at Deputy Bríd Smith's question before me and it directly relates to the tourism aspect. My role does not come into play until the legal issue is worked out. As I said, the architectural heritage...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 78, 81, 99, 100, 120, 127, 128, 130 and 152 together. The number of questions on this issue goes to show the interest in and support for our arts in this House, which I welcome. As Minister with responsibility for arts and culture, I am conscious of the value that this sector brings to all Irish citizens and how art is an inherent part of Ireland's cultural...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: I will revert to all of the Deputies.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) is a collaboration between University College Dublin (UCD) and the National Library of Ireland (NLI).  It is a company limited by guarantee constituted to establish and operate a dedicated educational and visitor centre relating to the life and works of James Joyce and other notable Irish writers at Newman House, Dublin 2.  The company may...