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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Please, Deputy Doherty. You know you are not supposed to interrupt. You were allowed to speak without interruption. Please let that happen for other contributors.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: No, I will decide that. The Minister, to conclude.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We should have a new regime whereby everybody speaks at the same time. Is that the case?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Okay, but please do not lead on to a whole new debate.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I appeal to Members to stick to the amendments and replies thereto in order that we get to the end of them. It will give everybody a fair crack of the whip.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Please allow one speaker to finish before the other starts.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Just one second-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I know. The Deputy should wait for the answer. I am trying to be helpful myself.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, we can do that. What do the members wish to do?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Yes. We will dispose of it very quickly.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to pursue the mission statement of her Department under each heading, with a view to ensuring the maximum support in all situations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56686/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she proposes to maximise Ireland's culture at home and abroad, with a view to ensuring maximum benefit therefrom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56687/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 167. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she is in dialogue with the tourism sector; the extent to which particular areas of concern have been identified by the sector; her proposals for any remedial action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57209/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has received representations from the tourism, culture and arts sectors in connection with the need to ensure adequate support for the revival of the industry in the wake of various challenges including Covid, the Russian war in the Ukraine and other competition factors with a view to identifying the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 169. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to support the tourism sector through the medium of Irish culture at home and abroad, with particular reference to the needs of the industry in the present challenging times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57211/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to promote the arts in its various forms in this country, both professional and amateur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 171. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she can influence practice and high standards throughout social media in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the emphasis that she expects to place on sport in the coming year, with particular reference to the need of facilities in all areas throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (17 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 173. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects an emphasis on sport and sporting activities to be supported in the future, having particular regard to the successes achieved to date and given the need to compete effectively internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57215/22]