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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: With the greatest respect, I did not speak over Deputy Gould. This is to be expected with an issue of such importance. It is to be welcomed that these different views are expressed and teased out to ensure we get to the right decision. I am not afraid. I am the Minister with responsibility for media and I will take this decision and make a recommendation to the Government. There is no...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department works to support language networks right across the island of Ireland, including through the work of Foras na Gaeilge. In particular, the language planning process as set out under the Gaeltacht Act 2012 provides for the formal recognition of Gaeltacht service towns and Irish language networks as identified under the Act. Gaeltacht service towns are towns in, or adjacent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: You do not have to be fluent in the Irish language to love our native tongue. I commend the Deputy for showing that love of the language and trying to support it here. We should never be fearful of stumbling, getting grammar wrong or forgetting our séimhiús. It is about using and promoting the language, even if it is through putting questions in English, which is fantastic. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department has a scheme to develop Irish language centres and there might be potential to do something in Cork in that regard. I will follow up with my officials and get back to the Deputy. There is a scheme to develop Irish language centres and I believe there is potential for doing something in Cork in this regard given the desire for the promotion of and support for the Irish language.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: On 4 July 2023, following Government approval, I commissioned a root and branch examination of RTÉ comprising two elements:an independent review to examine the governance structures and organisational culture of RTÉ, overseen by an Expert Advisory Committee on Governance and Culture; and,an independent review to examine the mechanisms by which external contractors are engaged, the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: I welcome the publication by RTÉ of the Grant Thornton report into Toy Show The Musical on 25 January 2024 and, in particular, the revised version which has now been published and which, following my request to the Chair for further transparency, identifies the majority of those individuals who engaged with Grant Thornton in relation to the report. As I said at the time, the facts...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Referendum Campaigns (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: In accordance with standing procedure, officials in my Department issued a guidance note last December to all Ministers and civil servants within my Department in respect of the application of the principles of the various Court judgments relevant to the Government’s role in referendum campaigns, which are generally referred to as the ‘McKenna/McCrystal principles’. I...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Under the Broadcasting Act 2009, An Post are the statutory collection agent for the TV licence. An Post make every effort to promote the purchasing of a TV licence and thereby ensure compliance. This includes issuing of reminders and undertaking household visits to confirm possession of a TV licence or otherwise. While it is an offence not to possess a TV licence, prosecution through the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that Fáilte Ireland has completed a number of Accommodation Audits to establish a baseline on existing tourism accommodation capacity for local authorities in each destination and region. This includes a quality and gap analysis for additional accommodation development on a county-by-county basis along with the projected accommodation requirements. Additional capacity...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: My role and that of my Department in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy development and in securing resources to assist the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, in implementing that policy. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland who manage the register of hotels for the country....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Funding allocated to public service broadcasting, through a mix of TV licence revenues and Exchequer allocations, supports the activities of our public service broadcasters RTÉ and TG4, as well as the provision of public service content across a range of broadcasters at national, local and community levels through support from the Broadcasting Fund. Total funding provision since 2020 is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Part 9 of the Broadcasting Act, 2009 makes provision for the administration of the TV licence fee system. As statutory collection agent, operational issues regarding collection and enforcement are primarily a matter for An Post, who make every effort to promote the purchasing of a TV licence and thereby ensure compliance. This includes issuing of reminders and undertaking household visits to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department works with the Public Appointments Service to ensure that vacancies on the Boards of public bodies under my Department's aegis are filled as quickly and efficiently as possible. Board appointments are made in accordance with the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards (2014), as well as the Code of Practice on Governance of State Bodies (2016) and its Annex on Gender...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Last year I set up an Advisory Committee on the Restitution and Repatriation of Historically and Culturally Sensitive Objects in Ireland. The committee met for the first time on 4thDecember 2023 and began their work on this important topic. It is anticipated that the work of the committee will be carried out over 18 months, subject to the direction that the committee decides to take. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (14 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Since 2019, applications for Section 481 are made directly to my Department, as the body responsible for certifying that the film qualifies for the purpose of the credit. My Department conducts an in-depth examination of the information supplied in the Section 481 application. If my Department is satisfied that the application passes the range of tests set out in the Regulations, the film...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: ‘Free’ TV licences are awarded as part of the Household Benefits Package, administered by the Department of Social Protection. The Exchequer funding allocated for these 'free' licences for 2024 is €69.8 million. Discussions on the future funding of public service media are continuing and I am committed to this Government being the one to make a decision on this long...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na Gaeltachta (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Ar 28 Meitheamh 2023, d'fhógair mé go raibh conradh bronnta ar an gcomhlacht, Barr Feabhais Teo., chun athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcéad 10 bplean teanga a ceadaíodh faoi réir Acht na Gaeltachta 2012. Cinnteoidh an tionscnamh seo, a bhfuil buiséad suas le €92,500 á chur ar fáil ina leith, go ndéanfar athbhreithniú...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Last Thursday, a stakeholder forum was held in Dublin and attended by representative bodies of all parts of the Irish audiovisual industry. While there was a small number of presentations on elements of Section 481 requirements, the entire focus of the day was on ensuring that everyone attending from the industry was given ample opportunity to voice their opinions. Because of the large...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Future of Media Commission, established by Government in 2020, was tasked with developing recommendations on sustainable public funding and other supports to ensure media in Ireland remains viable, independent and capable of delivering public service aims. The Commission’s report, which was published in July 2022, constitutes a strategic agenda for transforming Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tionscadail Fhorbartha Pobail (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Tuigtear dom go bhfuil i gceist ag Údarás na Gaeltachta Lárionad Forbartha Réigiúnach a thógáil mar chuid d'athfhorbairt Choláiste Íosagáin agus go bhfuil cead pleanála don fhorbairt bheartaithe bainte amach ó mhí Aibreáin 2023. Faoin bpróiséas a bheidh á ghlacadh ag an Údarás, agus mar chuid den...