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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Staff (6 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: I can confirm that no former county managers or CEOs of local authorities are currently working within my Department. In relation to the State Bodies under the Department’s remit, the relevant information is outlined in tabular form below: State Body The number of former county managers and Chief Executive Officers of local authorities who are currently on each of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (6 Jul 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 is ongoing given the high volume of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (6 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: My Department submits annual reports and accounts of all State bodies under its aegis to the Government, in advance of their being laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. In addition, it is standard practice that each body will publish their annual report and financial statement once the documents have been submitted and laid as outlined above. The Department prepares the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (6 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: As Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, I allocate funding to Screen Ireland, the development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry. The 2022 allocation to Screen Ireland is €36.743m and 15% of that amount is €5.511m. Exchequer funding for Screen Ireland has increased by some €15.7m, or over 74%, from the original 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (6 Jul 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 the Wild Atlantic Way, these are operational matters for Fáilte...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (5 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: In respect of State Boards under the Department's remit, I can confirm that the Deputy's query applies to three State Boards, which are set out in tabular form below. State Board The number of former Civil Servants who are currently serving on State boards The number of former County Managers and Chief Executive Officers of local authorities who are currently on...

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

Catherine Martin: I am advised that there are no full-time candidates in PhD positions paid for by this Department. In relation to bodies under the aegis of this Department, two PHD positions are being funded by Sport Ireland at an annual value of €8,000 per person.   Údarás na Gaeltachta currently co-funds 3 full-time PhD research projects on a collaborative basis with three Higher...

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

Catherine Martin: My Department has not allocated funding to organisations, groups or persons in order to combat misinformation and disinformation online during the period of time specified by the Deputy. I understand, however, that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), as an independent regulatory authority and as a member of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA),...

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

Catherine Martin: In December, following Budget 2022, I was pleased to announce details of another €50m suite of measures to support the live performance sector in 2022.  The funding has provided for the following schemes: - 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...

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

Catherine Martin: The current and capital funding provided by my Department to the venue referred to by the Deputy for years 2020 and 2021 is set out in tabular from below. To date, no funding has been provided in 2022. Year Current Capital Total 2020 0 €400,000 €400,000 2021 €46,000 ...

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

Catherine Martin: I can advise the deputy that no funding was provided by my Department to the Gate Theatre from 2020 to date.

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

Catherine Martin: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will issue directly to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: My role as Minister with responsibility for leading the coordination of the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023 is to help ensure that the challenging events of this important and formative period in our history and related themes, are meaningfully, proportionately and sensitively remembered. The Government's approach to commemorations continues to be underpinned by the guidance of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (7 Jul 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 any development plans for the Lough Derg region as a tourism...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Senators for their amendments, which seek to replace the phrase "political end" in the Bill with a definition of "political purposes", with the aim of amending the current definition of "an advertisement towards a political end". As I set out on Committee Stage, the term "an advertisement towards a political end" has been defined in the 1998 High Court judgment in Colgan v. the...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Amendments Nos. 5 and 15 are intended to replace two references to user-generated video with references to user-generated content. Amendment No. 5 will amend the definition of “commercial communication” to replace the reference to user-generated video with a reference to user-generated content. Amendment No. 15 will amend a line in section 7 regarding the functions of an...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Amendment No. 5 will amend the definition of "commercial communication” to replace the reference to user-generated video with a reference to user-generated content.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Yes.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: While also addressing a number of amendments tabled by Senators on Committee Stage, the Government amendments in this group give effect to my commitment to explicitly provide for the role of online safety commissioner in the Bill. This was a key recommendation of the report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media in its report on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Amendment No. 7 is intended to address matters raised by Senators Malcolm Byrne, Cassells, Higgins and Ruane on Committee Stage. Section 7(2)(b) of the Broadcasting Act 2009 as amended by section 7 of the Bill requires that, in performing its functions, an coimisiún shall endeavour to ensure that the interests of the public, and the interests of children in particular, are protected....