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Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Once we get the go-ahead from the EU, I hope to move ahead with the legislation as quickly as possible.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: On the concerns around governance and culture and the two reports commissioned by the Government last July, the difference between them and all the other reports is that there will be recommendations. Everything else has been findings. There will be recommendations in relation to the €40 million in funding and that money being released. We will be looking at those recommendations...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: I am very interested in exploring that. I have to see how NDP negotiations go. I would like to do something in that regard in this Government, even if it was a pilot scheme. It would be well worth it. There was engagement before the summer, I think, by the committee in exploring that idea. It was front and centre. I forgot to address one question on short-term letting; I apologise. The...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Regarding broadcasting, while it would not be appropriate for me to interfere with programming issues which are operational matters for RTÉ and other broadcasters, I point the Deputy to the report of the Future of Media Commission. One of its key recommendations was to develop a strategic plan for sports broadcasting. It was developed by Sport Ireland with public service media and...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Our brand is the céad míle fáilte and that we are safe and it is vitally important that visitors feel secure and have the best possible experience in our capital city. Obviously what happened last week has shaken confidence so we need to ensure that it is just a fleeting rocking of confidence. All the measures that the Minister, Deputy McEntee, announced today in the...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: It is something I looked into but I am prohibited under EU rules from having specifically Irish music. Different rounds of the sound and vision fund related to gender and live music. I have been doing that as much as possible in everything I do, including in arts funding.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: It is something on which we have been engaging with the Department of Social Protection. I thank the Deputy for his kind words about the basic income scheme. A lot of people are hearing about the support it is. I hope the three-year pilot will lead to more being done and that it will be rolled out more extensively. The research element of the basic income scheme will help strengthen the...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: RTÉ is not the TV licence issuing agent nor the sole beneficiary of the receipts, but it does air adverts to remind the public of the statutory obligation to purchase a licence. While the airing of advertisements is a scheduling decision for RTÉ and outside my remit as Minister, I think it is absolutely right that RTÉ promote the statutory obligation to purchase a TV licence....

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The stopping of ads was an editorial decision for RTÉ and not something that would have been discussed with the Department. Its spend is a matter purely for RTÉ and not for the Minister. I suspect, given the timing, it was thought counterproductive because of the feeling of the public at that time. That is just me surmising. On the TV licence shortfall, we cannot say if it is...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: I take the Deputy's point but I understand it is the ambition to recommence off-RTÉ TV licence very shortly. I believe RTÉ is cognisant of the need to get people paying their TV licence fee. I take the point on board.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: I think it indicated it would happen in early 2024.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: It was not Cabinet making a decision in isolation. NewERA played a part in this by recommending the €40 million. It felt the shortfall would be €60 million but only recommended €40 million. That was the recommendation that came to me and the Minister, Deputy Donohoe.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Yes, and that is why it is good we are leaving the era of self-regulation. Coimisiún na Meán is now in place. This committee did great work on the relevant Bill before it was enacted. I met with Coimisiún na Meán approximately ten days before the riots to see where it was in regard to the online codes. When those codes are officially put in place, we will have real...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: An coimisiún does not have the powers of enforcement just yet.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: This is why I argued so strongly for the setting up of the regulator. We need an end to the current situation of self-regulation. It is not sufficient as it stands but it is about to change. We will have the online safety codes. The main platforms have bases in Ireland, which means the country of origin principle applies and we can enforce. The applicable penalty is up to €20...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: They did get back to Coimisiún na Meán very early on Thursday to say they had initiated their critical incident response.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Again, we are in the situation that we were just about to get this. They need enforcement. The self-regulation that we have seen does not work.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: My Department was established in its current configuration in September 2020 and the information provided therefore only covers from that period to date. Details of the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty (compensation) payments by my Department and all Government Departments are published by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on a quarterly basis. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: On 21 December 2022 the proposed Short Term Tourism Letting (STTL) Bill was submitted to the EU Commission pursuant to the Technical Regulations Information System (TRIS) EU Directive 2015/1535 that requires EU Member States to notify the Commission of any draft technical regulations concerning products and information society services before they are adopted in national law. Such a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The details relating to the various funding schemes administered by my Department that are open for applications at present are outlined in the table below. There are currently no new schemes confirmed to open for applications in the next six months. Regarding bodies and agencies under my Department's remit, these are operational matters for the agencies themselves, including Fáilte...