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National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (6 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.

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

Catherine Martin: At My Department supports the functions of a very wide range of organisations in the sectors under my remit, including through grant aided programmes, and does not have details as requested of each organisation. In relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department, the Deputy may wish to note that the Annual Reports and Accounts for the North/South Implementation bodies, Tourism Ireland and...

Creeslough Community: Expressions of Sympathy (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: Friday, for the tight-knit community of Creeslough, was the beginning of the weekend. School was over. People were finishing up work. Children were buying treats and families in this peaceful rural community were running errands and stopping at the local Applegreen petrol station. Some had stopped to go into the station shop, were queuing for the post office or simply wanted to buy an ice...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: My Department has a dedicated Policy on all matters relating to official travel by staff of the Department and its Offices, including air travel. The Policy is framed on the relevant circulars and advice from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and reflects the general principle of achieving efficiency and value for money and minimising travel and subsistence costs. The Policy is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: The table below sets out the occasions on which I spoke to the CEO and/or Chairperson of the State Agencies under my remit to date in 2022 and includes meetings which took place as part of a formal launch event or official trip. Agency Meetings Fáilte Ireland (National Tourism Development Authority) 31/01/2022 CEO03/03/2022 CEO24/03/2022...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: The National Concert Hall is funded through a combination of Exchequer funding and income generated through its commercial activities. As such, the salaries of its staff members are met from that mix of Exchequer and commercial revenues. While the information sought by the Deputy is a matter for the National Concert Hall, I can confirm that at the end of 2021, the National Concert Hall had 41...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2023 (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: My Department’s Arts and Cultureprogramme aims to promote and develop Ireland’s world class artistic and creative strengths at home and abroad, maximising their societal and economic value for the country, and supporting the Arts, Culture and Creative sectors to continue to develop and expand. In Budget 2023, the following programmes were announced making funding available...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am aware of the decision to which the Deputy refers and I consider the lifting of the ban by any sport on athletes competing internationally as part of Russian and Belarussian teams is unjustified and unwarranted. European Ministers of Sport have previously stated that Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable war against Ukraine is abhorrent and a flagrant breach of its international...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Properties (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: Breastfeeding mothers in my Department have access to secure and private rest rooms in each of its seven Departmental locations, some of which are shared with other Government Departments. The locations are set out in the table below. These spaces are also available to staff who become unwell or to pregnant staff who may need to rest. Mothers who return to work in my Department following...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Judicial Reviews (13 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. I am advised that there have been no judicial reviews taken against my Department in this period.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Correspondence (13 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: There has been no funding regulatory or accreditation role between my Department or its agencies and the organisation to which the Deputy refers. I can also confirm that neither I as Minister nor my Department were consulted about the appointment in question. I have however welcomed reports that a retired judge has been appointed to examine these allegations. I have also written to the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ukraine War (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: As I recently outlined to Government, my Department and the Agencies under my Department’s remit continue to have an ongoing positive role in the integration of the Ukrainian Community into our Communities across the various Sectors of my Department. I would like to outline some examples of the type of integration measures and events my Department, and the Agencies under my remit, are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that, while my Department’s officials regularly engage with the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth across a range of programmes, there are no officials assigned from my Department, on a full-time basis, to that Department specifically for the purpose of implementing the Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55 EC) (as activated by EU...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that there has been no funding, regulatory or accreditation relationship between my Department or its agencies with the organisation to which the Deputy refers.

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (18 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move: That it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media on the National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022, that pursuant to Standing Order 187, the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill in order to increase the aggregate amount of...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move: "That the Bill be now read a second time." The National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022 provides the basis to enable the continued provision of capital funding to the National Tourism Development Authority, Fáilte Ireland, for the purpose of supporting tourism product development and the tourism industry. Section 24(1) of the National Tourism Development...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

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National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabhail leis na Teachtaí go léir a labhair sa díospóireacht seo agus a chuir a dtuairimí faoi fhorbairt fhoriomlán thurasóireacht na hÉireann in iúl. I thank all the Deputies who contributed to the debate and offered their views on the overall development of Irish tourism. It is proof of the importance of the...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: As I said, the last two years have been most challenging for the tourism sector and we are facing into another demanding year with cost inflation and rising energy prices. Many issues have been raised during this debate. I do not know if ten minutes will suffice to address them but I will attempt to do so. If I do not respond to any Deputy, I will ask my officials to follow up. Deputies...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (18 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Education and Skills pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).