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- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: I recently announced the locations of the 9 towns and cities which will take part in the new Night-Time Advisor pilot initiative. The selected pilots are Dublin City, Cork City, Limerick City, Galway City, Kilkenny, Drogheda, Sligo, Buncrana and Longford Town.The selection process was led by the City and County Management Association (CCMA) with support from my Department and an independent...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: As the National Tourism Development Authority, in line with its statutory functions as set out in Section 8(1) of the National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003, Fáilte Ireland’s role is to support the long-term sustainable growth of tourism in Ireland. Its remit does not extend to Northern Ireland. Tourism Northern Ireland, which is an agency under the aegis of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: As the National Tourism Development Authority, in line with its statutory functions as set out in Section 8(1)(a) of the National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003, Fáilte Ireland’s role is to support the long-term sustainable growth of tourism in Ireland. Its remit does not extend to Northern Ireland. Tourism Northern Ireland, which is a body under the aegis of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: Regional tourism promotion is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland, in collaboration with Local Authorities and other tourism stakeholders, and Fáilte continues to work closely with stakeholders in the Lee Valley area to develop and promote the area as a tourism destination. The Lee Valley features on Fáilte Ireland’s new look DiscoverIreland.ie website for...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: The Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) pilot scheme was a key priority for me as Minister with responsibility for arts and culture. The pilot was also the number one recommendation of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce and I was very pleased to have been able to deliver on this recommendation with the first payments on the scheme being made two weeks ago. 2,000 recipients will be paid...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: The Mission Statement for my Department is "To lead the sustainable development of Tourism, Media and the Gaeltacht and promote participation in the Culture, Arts, Sports and the Irish language supporting social progress, and enhancing cultural and economic growth across Irish society". As I have previously advised, in response to Parliamentary Question No 153 of 29thSeptember and...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: Last month, I launched Safe to Createwhich is a Dignity at Work programme aimed at bringing change on the culture and practices of the arts sector in Ireland. It is a framework of supports to assist organisations to provide safer working conditions for artists and arts workers. The programme is managed by the Irish Theatre Institute, on behalf of the Department and in partnership with the...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: As I previously advised the Deputy in my response to Parliamentary Questions Numbers 48 and 49 of 9thNovember last, the National Famine Commemoration Committee has responsibility for considering arrangements. The Committee, which last met in December 2021, will meet shortly to consider arrangements for the 2023 Ceremony and will reflect on the experience of the last two years in putting...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cross-Border Co-operation (17 Nov 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: Arts Policy (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: The Creative Ireland Programme is a culture-based initiative in my Department designed to promote individual, community and national wellbeing. Under its Creative Communitiesinitiative, in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, over €28 million has been allocated since 2018 to the 31 local authorities to empower and support community-led...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 46 and 64 together. The Tour de France is the biggest cycling race in the world and I have discussed on a number of occasions over the past year with my counterpart in Northern Ireland, the then-Minister for the Economy (which encompasses tourism), what a wonderful event it would be for the whole island if we could co-host a future Grand Départ, the...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: My Department’s Arts and Culture programme 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. Some notable initiatives include: - The retention of the record €130m funding...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: Responsibility for rates of VAT rests with the Minister for Finance and when the 9% VAT rate for tourism and hospitality was introduced it was initially planned to last 14 months, from 1 November 2020 to 31 December 2021. This was then extended for an additional 8 months to 31 August 2022 and was then further extended to 28 February 2023. The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, has...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Priority Question No 1 today. Ireland is resolute in its solidarity and support for Ukraine and we are honouring our commitment to help people that have been displaced by this horrendous war. Over 63, 000 people that have been forced to leave their homes in Ukraine have sought refuge in Ireland and approximately 45,000 of these people are being provided...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: I launched the Night-Time Economy Support Scheme earlier this year in support of Actions 1 and 12 of the Report of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce. I allocated €4m to the Scheme and my Department consulted with a wide range of Stakeholders in its development. The Scheme aimed to encourage licensed and unlicensed venues to put on entertainment later into the night, in off-peak times,...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: As set out in my reply of 29 September last, my Department is liaising with Galway 2020 on the development and implementation of the proposed legacy framework arising from the designation of Galway as Ireland’s 2020 European Capital of Culture. My officials are reviewing the proposals for the allocation as part of the framework of the remaining €1 million from my...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2023 (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: Budget 2023 provides for gross expenditure of €1,142.419m for my Department in 2023 consisting of current expenditure of €935.937m and capital expenditure of €206.482m and is available online at www.gov.ie/en/publication/eb6ec-budget-2023-expenditure-repo rts/. The overall allocation for Culture in my Department's Vote for 2023 is €352.382m, an increase of 83% on...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: The Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) pilot is a key priority for me as Minister with responsibility for arts and culture. Covid clearly highlighted both the precarious nature of working in the arts and the importance of the arts for us all. It is well established that artists suffer from precarious incomes. The scheme will research the impact on artists and creative arts workers creative...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: The Tánaiste and I co-chair the Hospitality and Tourism Forum which facilitates discussion of key issues with the tourism and hospitality sectors. Most recently the forum met ahead of Budget 2023 and subsequently officials from my Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment met with the forum to hear the views of the sectors following the announcement of the Budget...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (17 Nov 2022)
Catherine Martin: I refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question No 153 of 29thSeptemberlast, which details the support measures that my Department has put in place for the Tourism, Arts and Culture Sectors under my Department's remit. As the Deputy will be aware, in order to meet the challenges arising from cost of living increases, as well as those challenges referenced by the Deputy, I...