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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rental Sector (26 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: The 2020 round of the SCEP closed for applications on Monday 1 March 2021 and by the deadline a record 3,100 applications were submitted.  Approximately one thousand of the submitted applications were for 'equipment-only' projects. These applications were assessed first and grants with a total value of €16.6M were announced on 6 August, 2021. The remaining capital applications...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I can advise that no secondments have been made since the formation of my Department in September 2020 on the terms outlined by the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: In the National Cultural Institutions, access to the National Collections remains free of charge for all visitors.  Occasional additional exhibitions of a temporary of special nature require a fee to cover the costs of preparation and presentation.  The application of charges in these cases is a matter for the Board and management of the relevant National Cultural Institution. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Census of Population (26 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is responsible for the gathering of census data in Ireland and took its first census on 18 April 1926. The CSO has published the information gathered in the 1926 census  on its website in significant details across 10 volumes as follows:-  - Volume 1 - Population, area and valuation of each DED and each larger Unit of Area - Volume 2 - Occupations...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regional Development (26 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: As any product development and marketing campaign to promote Lough Derg would be an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland, I have referred this question to them for direct response to the Deputy.  Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (26 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: Initial preparatory planning work has been undertaken by my Department in regard to a national swimming strategy. It is intended to establish a working group in the near future to take forward the detailed work of preparing a national strategy, with a view to its completion and publication this year.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Forálacha Pinsin (26 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: Mar a luaigh mé i mo fhreagra ar an ábhar seo níos túisce i mbliana, tá athbhreithniú déanta ag mo Roinn ar an gcás maidir le hiarfhostaithe Bhord na Leabhar Gaeilge agus a n-iarratas go n-aithneofaí a dtréimhse seirbhíse le Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge mar sheirbhís chun críche pinsin de chuid na seirbhíse...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Data Protection (26 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that neither my Department nor any agencies under the aegis of my Department make use of surveillance technology as described by the Deputy.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: This amends section 7(5)(d) of the Broadcasting Act as amended by the Bill. It provides that the commission may undertake strategic reviews of the sectors regulated by the commission in respect of the protection of workers' rights. I cannot accept the amendment for the following reasons: in the first instance, policy regarding employment rights is primarily the responsibility of my...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I have addressed these issues. I have said I cannot accept the amendment because I believe the policy regarding employment rights is primarily the responsibility of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I also stated I believe the amendment is straying into matters that may be more appropriate to the functions of the WRC. I would be wary of any...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: It is not my intention to come back to this on Report Stage because of the reasons I have outlined. Perhaps I said "today" but I will not be accepting the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Senators for proposing these important amendments. The coverage by broadcasters of our democratic process, particularly during electoral periods, can have a profound impact on the outcome of the process. That is why broadcasting legislation has for many years sought to ensure fairness, objectivity and impartiality in both news coverage and the coverage of elections. This Bill...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: On those two amendments just mentioned, and starting with Senator Ruane's amendment No. 107, it is similar to amendment No. 2, so I am happy to come back to that on Report Stage. I reject it today, but I am happy to come back to it on Report Stage. Regarding Senator Sherlock’s amendment No. 105, it is similar to what amendment No. 104 is seeking to do in a slightly different...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I recognise that amendments Nos. 32 and 33 aim to achieve gender equality within the commission and I thank the Senators for those amendments. One of my key goals since becoming a member of Government has been to further gender equality within every sector under my remit. I am absolutely committed to empowering women and using my position to help raise women's voices and drive greater...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I thank Senators. I am feeling the love in the Chamber today, among Senators themselves anyway. Taken together, I can see that the proposed amendments seek to provide a legislative underpinning for the position of an online safety commissioner with responsibility for the functions of an comisiúin relating to online safety. That, as Senators have said today, is the core point being...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I thank Senators for their amendments. It is important to note that these are not board positions but full-time regulators who will go through a rigorous process to ensure their suitability similar to the Data Protection Commissioner or ComReg. Amendment No. 37 amends section 11 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, as amended by section 7 of the Bill, to provide that I, as Minister, would agree...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I will return to amendment No. 40. As I stated in my contribution,I know that the convention has been ratified by the State. I do, however, want to have that engagement with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. I do not propose to accept amendments Nos. 37, 38 or 39.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: I believe the provisions in amendments Nos. 42 and 45 are largely addressed by the Bill as published. Section 37 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, as amended by section 7 of the Bill, requires that a commissioner or other relevant person should not be party to a consideration of matter by an coimisiún where they, or a connected person such as a family member, may derive a benefit from that...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Catherine Martin: As I have indicated already, I will not be accepting amendments Nos. 42 and 45 because I believe the Bill, as published, addresses the issues raised in the amendments.