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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not want to interrupt but I want to be specific around those two particular criteria that would be in employment law, bullying and harassment. Would they be part of the criteria by which the Arts Council adjudges whether or not an organisation should get funding? Second, because it could be a Bill that we could bring in, for example, to give the Arts Council the power to potentially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Have funds ever been withdrawn from an organisation previously?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: One other thing, €68 million is a fantastic budget. It is a big budget and it comes with heavy responsibilities the Arts Council obviously takes seriously. Interestingly, it was asked of me would it be a good idea for the chairperson of the council to have the same duties as an Accounting Officer with regards to the disposal of funding so that he or she would be considered an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: My next question does not refer to any individuals whatsoever. The arts space is small and, therefore, people get to know each other very well. How often is the board of directors for the Arts Council, for example, renewed? Is it renewed every five or ten years? How regularly would a board member step down? Can he or she rejoin after a couple of years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Is it a five-year term?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Could an arts officer or artist in Ennis apply, for example? Are members drawn from a broad range of sectors? Is selection based on certain criteria?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Do board members step out of meetings that discuss funding for certain organisations if there is a conflict of interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Is an affirmative demographic criterion used to deliver funds? In other words, if one wants a particular socioeconomic cohort to be represented when it comes to funding, perhaps percentage-wise, does that aspect form part of the governance of funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Is there an affirmative element in terms of socioeconomic brackets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Very good. It has been mentioned in the reports that the Arts Council has appointed an independent auditor. I understand that an auditor employed by the Arts Council goes into some of the multi-annual funded organisations and examines whether the funding has been spent according to the prospectus. Does the auditor play a role in protecting workers' rights and preventing bullying or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The Arts Council is not a regulatory body and I do not necessarily think it should be. Can an independent auditor be used to resolve some of the problems that have occurred in the industry in the past number of years? How can we improve the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: My last question is for the Department. The previous Minister, Deputy Humphreys, indicated that she would develop a forum comprised of the heads of the theatres. Can the Department update us on the matter? It might be a good idea were a longer and more embedded industry-wide forum to be developed. Some of the problems that have happened in the arts sector and in the film sector, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I have given 15 minutes for the Senator's answers. We can come back to it again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh maith agat faoí sin. The good work which forms the vast part of the picture has to be recognised, but there are critical difficulties in the sector, although I appreciate efforts are being made to change the culture, which is really important work. I understand workers need a safe place in which to contribute in the arts sector. From the perspective of the Department and...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh, a well-known barrister, was renewing his insurance with AA Ireland. He happened to speak to somebody who knew Irish; the conversation switched into Irish and then the phone line dropped. He rang back and asked to speak to the same individual. He was told that he could but would not be allowed speak Irish. The AA, functioning in Ireland, is banning its...

Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (23 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí chun a rá cathain go díreach a fhoilseofar an plean gnímh cúig bliana don Straitéis 20 Bhliain don Ghaeilge agus Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla. [3446/18]

Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (23 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Ar dtús, guím gach rath ar an Aire nua ina post. B'fhéidir go mbuailfidh sí linne go luath chun rudaí a phlé. Mar is eol don Aire Stáit, tá géarchéim ann sa Ghaeilge thar timpeall na tíre ag an bomaite agus ba cheart go mbrostóimid orainn chun é a dheisiú. Táimid ag fanacht ón samhradh ar an bplean...

Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (23 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: An bhfuil an tAire Stáit ag rá go mbeidh an plean gnímh le foilsiú ag deireadh mí Feabhra?

Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (23 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay. Cén fáth go bhfuil sé déanach? Chualamar an bhliain seo caite go mbeadh sé déanta roimh deireadh na bliana. An bhfuil an foireann chuí ann agus ag obair ar an bplean sin? Cé mhéad duine atá ag obair ar an bplean? Cén fáth go bhfuilimid ag sleamhnú arís agus arís eile mar gheall ar na príomhuirlisí...

Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (23 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: An fhadhb atá agamsa ná go bhfuil gach duine sa Dáil seo ag rá gur cheart go mbeadh Acht teanga ann sa Tuaisceart ach, ar an taobh seo den Teorann, tá na hachmhainní go léir againn agus an toil go léir againn - tá gach duine ar an taobh céanna mar gheall ar an gcuid is mó den Acht sin agus mar gheall ar an bplean gnímh - ach fós...