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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: The redevelopment of the National Concert Hall has been included as a flagship project in my Department's Project Ireland 2040 - investment programme to renew, redevelop and future-proof our National Cultural Institutions.It remains a commitment under our Programme for Government and has been reconfirmed in the revised National Development Plan published last year.  The vision for this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: Officials  in my Department have commenced work on a new national tourism policy which will place sustainability at the heart of tourism in Ireland going forward. A working group was established under the Tourism Action Plan 2019-2021 to review international policy and best practice in sustainable tourism and propose guiding principles for sustainable tourism development in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 70 together. The Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) pilot is the scheme initiated by my Department.  I can assure the Deputy that the issue of disabled artists participating in this scheme it is a matter which I take seriously. The BIA is a three-year research programme to examine the impact a basic income style payment could have on artists and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Recovery Oversight Group, which has provided valuable inputs to the Government on the measures required to assist the tourism sector, reports to me on a regular basis with updates on the implementation of the recommendations set out in the Tourism Recovery Plan 2020 – 2023 and on the recovery of the sector more generally. In terms of international perception, there is a risk of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Section 481 tax credit system is a vital part of the financial infrastructure of the audio-visual industry in Ireland.  The objectives of the film tax credit are to act as a stimulus to the Irish audiovisual industry in the State, creating quality employment opportunities, upskilling workers across the industry, supporting the production of new audiovisual programming across areas of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: The media sector, and broadcasting in particular, plays an important role in supporting our identity as a nation, our arts and culture, our sports, and our native language.   TG4 continues to make a huge contribution to both Irish broadcasting and the preservation and promotion of the Irish language. Its broad range of programming, its ‘súil eile’ approach, it's...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Measures (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: On 31st January this year, on foot of recommendations arising from pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, I established an Expert Group on an individual complaints mechanism in respect of online safety. In particular, the Expert Group was tasked with assessing whether it would be practicable to provide for an individual complaints...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Northern Ireland (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy is aware, the PEACE PLUS 2021-2027 programme presents an excellent opportunity to deliver North South co-operation projects in the border counties and tourism is one of the investment areas identified under the programme.   Since 2019, officials in my Department have been engaging with their counterparts in the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland and with the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: Ensuring a sustainable tourism product offering in Ireland is a key priority for me as part of the broader tourism policy development. A working group was established under the Tourism Action Plan 2019-2021 to review international policy and best practice in sustainable tourism and propose guiding principles for sustainable tourism development in Ireland. To maintain momentum on the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: A diverse, free, independent and pluralistic media plays a vital role in any democracy by informing citizens and holding powerful institutions and interests to account, in both the public and private sectors. Media freedom in the State is underpinned by a robust legislative and constitutional foundation and a regulatory framework that is intended to protect media freedom and promote media...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: Culture 2025 (accessible via this link www.gov.ie/en/publication/62616d-culture-2025/), sets the direction for Government policy across the cultural sector, including the arts, the Irish language and the creative, cultural heritage and audio-visual sectors.  This Framework Policy sets out values and high-level principles to inform public policy and planning in the decade...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 provides for the dissolution of the BAI and establishment of a new regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, which will oversee updated regulatory frameworks for broadcasting and video-on-demand service and a new regulatory framework for online safety. To oversee the regulatory framework for online safety, Coimisiún na Meán will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Night-Time Economy Taskforce Report was published in September 2021 and contained 36 actions across a broad range of issues associated with the Night-time Economy (NTE) all with the aim of increasing the diversity of events, increasing cultural opportunities for families and other age-groups into the evening and also to look at new ways of encouraging innovation and creativity in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Circular Economy Strategy is a key addition to the Government’s drive to achieve a 51% reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and to get on a path to reach net-zero emissions by no later than 2050, as per commitments in the Programme for Government and the Climate Act 2021.  Officials  in my Department have commenced work on a new national tourism...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: European Union (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Creative Europe Programme is the key Action of the European Union to support the culture and audiovisual sectors. Regulation (EU) 818/2021, agreed by the European Parliament and the Council, establishing the Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027, includes a provision for participation by certain categories of third countries if they contribute financially to the Programme. Article...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: Demand for the basic income for the arts pilot research scheme has been very strong with just over 9,000 applications received by the closing date of May 12th.  I am very encouraged by the level of interest from artists and creative arts workers interested in participating in the pilot scheme.  Assessment of the applications has begun and this process will take at least 6-8 weeks...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am committed to supporting progress on equality across society and in all areas under my remit. Ireland has made significant progress in recent years in terms of the greater respect shown to LGBTI+ people.  Media policy and regulation plays an important role in protecting LGBTI+ people from hate speech and in supporting the representation of LGBTI+ people on broadcast and other...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy and implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, as well as certain other bodies.  With specific regard to the development of tourism product offerings, such as Ireland's Ancient East, these are operational matters for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 200 and 201 together. Under Section 99 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, RTÉ is required to prepare a Statement of Strategy which sets out how they intend to achieve their public service objects for the following five year period.  These Statements of Strategy are required to be presented to the Minister and subsequently laid before each House of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Live Performance Supports Scheme - LPSS 3 was launched to support events which were due to be staged in December 2021 and January 2022 and were curtailed, cancelled or rescheduled due to the restrictions on audience capacity.  Grants of over €9.5m have been offered under LPSS 3.