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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (6 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: The National Museum of Ireland plays a valuable role as one of the custodians of Ireland’s National Collections. This work encompasses not only the collection, preservation and display of heritage objects and artworks, but also educational activities that facilitate the public’s understanding of items in the collections and the broader context in which they were produced. A...

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

Catherine Martin: The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media was formed in September 2020 Staff in the Department are civil servants. The Croke Park Agreement encompassed all civil and public servants and no distinction was made between categories of civil servants under the Agreement. The link to the Croke Park agreement which references the Civil Service and Non-Commercial...

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

Catherine Martin: Funding through the Sound and Vision Scheme, which is administered by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), is available to commercial radio stations for the production of programming on Irish culture, heritage and experience. The purpose of the Scheme is to support eligible content across the broadcasting sector as a whole, ensuring a balanced and fair approach. The Sound and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (8 Dec 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.  The matter raised is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland.  Accordingly, I have referred this question to them for direct...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (8 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 and 226 together. The Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) pilot was a key priority for me as Minister with responsibility for arts and culture. The pilot was the number one recommendation of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce which I established in 2020 to examine how best to assist the sector to recover post-pandemic.  I was very pleased to have...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: Details of expenditure in Limerick from my Department in 2022 to date is outlined in the table below. Scheme/Programme Funding Provided € Commercial Entertainment Capital Grant Scheme 2022   98,199 Live Performance Restart Grant Scheme 341,620 Local Live Performance Programming Support Scheme...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: As I said, the research element is the key part of this. Maybe the issues the Deputy raises is something that will come out of the research, but I wanted to adhere to the direct, number one recommendation from the artists themselves because they spent a lot of time putting that report together. Let us see what comes out of the research. We will have annual reports on this. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Properties (13 Dec 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. The matter raised is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to them for direct response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (13 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: The aim of the government’s Culture programme is to promote and develop Ireland’s world class artistic and creative strengths at home and abroad, maximising their value for the country, and supporting the sectors in their recovery. I have summarised hereunder the main measures that have been undertaken to strengthen and develop the arts and culture sectors since 2020. In...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (13 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: The board of IMMA is as set out in the table below. All members are appointed by the Minister. The Public Appointments Service has responsibility for providing an open, accessible, rigorous and transparent system to support Ministers in making appointments to State Boards, including the Board of IMMA. A selection process for new board members is underway and it is envisaged that a number...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (13 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Broadcasting Fund is provided for under Part 10 of the Broadcasting Act, 2009, and supports the Sound and Vision Scheme and Archiving Scheme. The Broadcasting Fund is funded primarily by 7% of television licence revenues, but can also be augmented by Exchequer funding. Since taking office, I have secured significant additional resources for the Scheme, which has enabled increased and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Food Promotion (13 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: As the matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland, I have referred the matter to Fáilte Ireland 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: Culture Policy (14 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: My Department has no role in the governance of Trinity College Dublin or with respect to its collection. My Department does however have oversight of the National Cultural Institutions (NCIs), the custodians of our national collection of historic artefacts and artworks. In keeping with international best practice, the NCIs have carefully developed policies in relation to the acquisition,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Data (14 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 80 of 16 November 2022 and can confirm , I am advised that neither my Department or any of the agencies under its remit have paid fines in respect of infringements of EU law or failures to transpose EU Directives during the period specified by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (14 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: I launched the Night-Time Economy Support Scheme (NTESS) earlier this year in support of two recommendations (1+12) in the Report of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce, assets.gov.ie/198233/43608ada-27d4-4bb4-ad16-f1ea0f3ec1d0.pd f The Taskforce recommended that a scheme should be developed to increase footfall in our cities, towns and villages, which could provide artists with paying gigs and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (14 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Live Performance Restart Grant Scheme (LPRGS) was launched in March to provide a new grant for businesses engaged in staging live events in the arts and culture live performance sector. This scheme has supported the live entertainment sector by providing business re-start grants to de-risk the planning of events and to assist with the costs of reopening following the lifting of COVID-19...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: The NCH development is a flagship project under the National Cultural Institutions investment programme, part of the National Development Plan. Once completed, it will represent the largest single investment in a National Cultural Institution in a generation. The initial funding envelope identified for the project in 2018 was €78 million, and was based on a very early stage outline...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (14 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am aware of proposals for development of traditional music sector contained in the article referred to by the Deputy. A number of measures are already in place to support this sector and these are referenced in the article. A few proposals come within the remit of other Departments and wider Government Under the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council has primary responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Sector (14 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: A diverse, vibrant and independent media sector is essential for our society, democracy, cultural development and indeed social cohesion. However, it is a sector that is undergoing profound change. Government recognised this, and established the Future of Media Commission to examine how media should serve Irish society, how well the current system meets these goals and what changes ought to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (14 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: The amount spent by my Department, and the campaigns per Social Media platform, between 1 January 2021 and 13 December 2022 are set out in the table below. Programme Year Spend Social Media Platform Major Sports Events Consultation 2022 €600 Twitter Major Sports Events Consultation ...