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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cyberbullying Issues (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Online Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Bill 2022 will establish a multi-person Media Commission (to be known as Coimisiún na Meán) including an Online Safety Commissioner, dissolve the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, establish regulatory frameworks for online safety and the regulation of audiovisual media services, and transpose the revised Audiovisual Media Services...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 292, 293, 300 and 301 together. As the Deputy will be aware from my response given to Dáil Questions Nos. 320 and 321 of 13th July last, overall responsibility for coordination of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021, rests with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Updates on the progress of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that my Department has not entered into any contracts or agreements that necessitate the use of advance payments or retainers for services.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297 to 299, inclusive, together. In Budget 2022, I secured €50m for the Tourism Business Continuity Programme which is designed to support strategic tourism businesses to survive through the pandemic and to help drive the recovery of the Irish tourism industry. The Tourism Business Continuity Schemes for 2022 are managed by Fáilte Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 302 and 303 together. The all-of-Government Creative Ireland Programme is a culture-based programme led by my department to promote individual, community and national wellbeing. Its core proposition is that participation in arts, culture and heritage-based activities drives personal and collective creativity, with significant implications for individual and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Consultations (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: I can advise the Deputy that my Department engaged the Civil Service Employee Assistance Service to deliver a talk to staff on Harmony at Work in 2021, which included a segment on diversity and inclusion. No cost was incurred. My Department plans to avail of the diversity and inclusion training which is in development by OneLearning, the Learning and Development centre for the Civil...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: As part of a suite of supports for the live entertainment sector, €5 million was allocated to the Live Performance Support Scheme – Strand II to support pantomime and seasonal musical theatre impacted by the Covid restrictions in place in December and January. In order to be eligible for this scheme a business must have VAT-exclusive turnover of €100,000 or above as a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that there are no Civil Servants in my Department on secondment to the private sector.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gender Equality (31 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 introduced the legislative basis for gender pay gap reporting and requires organisations to report on their gender pay gap and reporting by employers with over 250 employees will begin later this year. I welcome the announcement by Minister O'Gorman, Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on 8th March 2022 of further...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Transport Policy (31 Mar 2022)

Catherine Martin: My Department continues to support and facilitate the operation of the Cycle to Work Scheme which encourages cycling to work by the provision of tax exemptions and the facilitation of salary deduction for the purchase of bicycles. In addition, my Department actively promotes and encourages employees to engage with health and well-being initiatives including those that support physical...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (5 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I welcome the opportunity to address the Seanad this evening to speak on tourism. Sular bhuail ráig Covid-19 an domhan bhí turasóireacht ar cheann de na hearnálacha ba mhó agus ba thapúla fás sa gheilleagar domhanda agus chuir sí go mór le cúrsaí eacnamaíocha agus sóisialta in go leor tíortha, cathracha agus...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (5 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Senators for their comments and kind words on the launch of the pilot basic income scheme for the arts today. I will address as many matters as possible in the time given to me. If I do not reach a specific question, my officials will follow up with the relevant Senators. Senators Garvey and Conway asked about the plan for the Cliffs of Moher and I will speak with Fáilte...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Plaques (5 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 276 to 278, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware both the Customs House and its surrounding grounds are protected structures in the ownership of the Office of Public Works. I am advised that, at the National Famine Commemoration in 2020, my predecessor as Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee, Minister Josepha Madigan T.D....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Promotion (5 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: Since Ireland’s ratification of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) four elements of our living heritage have been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of ICH; Uilleann Piping, Hurling, Irish Harping , and most recently Irish Falconry in 2020 joined the existing multinational inscription of Falconry. Hurling was...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: Action 20.4 of Housing for All, the Government's housing plan to 2030, commits to the development of "new regulatory controls requiring short-term and holiday lets to register with Fáilte Ireland with a view to ensuring that houses are used to best effect in areas of housing need”. Funding was allocated in Budget 2022 to Fáilte Ireland which has been tasked with the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Staff (5 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that there are no staff absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in my Department. In relation to the State Agencies under my remit, this is an operational matter for those bodies.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: Throughout the pandemic I have been very cognisant of the challenges the restrictions caused for the arts, culture and live entertainment industry and I remain committed to the live entertainment sector as the industry recovers following the lifting of all restrictions in January. To this end I have provided a €50 million suite of supports for the live performance sector in 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (5 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: The person referred to by the Deputy is a member of the Venue Operators and Promoters Forum with whom I have met a number of times during the pandemic to discuss the impact of Covid restrictions on the Live Entertainment Sector. The person was nominated as a representative of the Venue Operators and Promoters Forum to represent them at my Department's Live Entertainment Stakeholder Forum....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Flexible Work Practices (5 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: Implementation of blended working arrangements commenced in September 2021 in my Department.My Department currently has an Interim Blended Working Policy in place to facilitate transition arrangements to blended working. Under this policy, staff are currently attending the office 2 days per week. Following publication of the Civil Service Blended Working Policy Framework on 31 March 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (5 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Tourism Recovery Taskforce was established in May 2020 to prepare a Tourism Recovery Plan which included a set of recommendations on how best the Irish Tourism sector can adapt and recover in a changed tourism environment due to the Covid-19 crisis. The Tourism Recovery Plan 2020 – 2023 made a number of recommendations to help tourism businesses to survive, stabilise and recover....