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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Under the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council has primary responsibility for the development of the arts in Ireland. The Arts Council's commitment to the arts is provided for in its 10-years investment Strategy - Making Great Art Work. Arts participation is a core value across all areas of the Arts Council's work and it is committed to increasing public engagement in the arts in Ireland. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards, including the allocation of funding across its various programmes. Sport Ireland channels the funding through the relevant National Governing Body of sport. Sport Ireland allocates its funding for football to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications, including an application from the organisation referred to by the Deputy, exceeds...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: I published the Report of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce in September 2021. It is a cross-Government Report containing 36 actions across a broad range of issues all with the aim of encouraging innovation and creativity in the Night-Time Economy in our towns and cities across the country. While there is no grant funding scheme currently in place specifically targeted at small music...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Engagements (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: I have not yet had the opportunity to meet with the new GAA President since his appointment.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (11 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Tar éis próiseas comhairliúcháin a eagrú ar an ábhar seo i samhradh 2014, seo a leanas an liosta bailte a d’fhéadfadh a bheith aitheanta mar Bhailte Seirbhíse Gaeltachta ach pleananna teanga a bheith aontaithe leis na pobail sna bailte éagsúla i gcomhréir leis na critéir pleanála teanga forordaithe faoi Acht na...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (11 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Seo a leanas an liosta bailte - Gaeltachta agus neamh-Ghaeltachta - a d’fhéadfadh a bheith aitheanta mar Bhailte Seirbhíse Gaeltachta ach pleananna teanga a bheith aontaithe leis na pobail sna bailte éagsúla i gcomhréir leis na critéir pleanála teanga forordaithe faoi Acht na Gaeltachta 2012. Is figiúirí an daonáireamh is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department engaged extensively with representatives of the organisation referred to by the Deputy in 2022 and 2023 in an effort to assist the organisation in putting proper governance and financial management structures in place within the organisation to allow the continuation of state funding to support its operations. Emergency funding was also approved at that time by the Department in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Staff (16 Apr 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 is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Although a figure of international renown, Shackleton's memory is particularly memorialised in Ireland, Great Britain, and in New Zealand (Antarctic Heritage Trust). Born in Athy in 1874, the family moved to London when Ernest was 10. Shackleton is very much part of the 'shared heritage' of Britain and Ireland - in which context it was pleasing to note that the new memorial plaque at...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (17 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I stated in my reply to the Deputy, which he refers to in the question, in the event of viable proposals for the sustainable future operation of the Museum in question, officials from my Department remain available to meet with the local authority or the Old Drogheda Society to review the situation. As the Deputy is aware, the resources available to the Department are limited and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The basic income for the arts is a once-in-a-generation policy intervention that has the potential to transform the lives of artists. The scheme is part of a suite of measures I have introduced to support professional arts practice, including record funding of €134 million for the Arts Council, increased funding for Screen Ireland, the highest level of funding for Culture Ireland...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: It would be good to have artists' spokespeople attend such a conference, given how they speak for artists and various parties. I am happy to extend an invitation to them and give them the details of the conference's date in May, its format and its agenda. I assure the Deputy that, as the Minister who introduced this support, I am aware of the pilot scheme's benefits. It is a three-year...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: If I have all of the research, it will help to form a stronger case for my argument to extend the scheme. I am trying to do what is best for the artist community. Regarding investment in the arts, while there is always more to be done, funding for the culture programme in my Department in the four years since I became Minister has grown by over 90%, funding for the Arts Council has grown...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Deputy will appreciate that the development of city quarters, such as the one outlined by him, is primarily a matter for Dublin City Council as the relevant local authority under the Planning and Development Act 2000. However, my Department is investing significantly in the city's cultural infrastructure through our national cultural institutions, including the Abbey Theatre. The record...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I said earlier, the matters relating to the development of Moore Street are for the relevant local authority, Dublin City Council and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and work is currently under way with the OPW and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the conservation of the national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I said, as Minister for arts and culture, I see how that investment in the cultural infrastructure is of fundamental importance. We see other areas of regeneration through investment in culture, such as The Abbey, as I have checked, which is a driver of renewal for the area. That is what is really exciting about investment in culture, but also, definitely, there are benefits when we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Media Sector (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The wider media sector in Ireland, which is a vital element of our democracy and society as a whole, is undergoing fundamental change. This is in part due to the increased digitalisation of news and media content generally and the associated decline in advertising revenue. For this reason, the Future of Media Commission was established to examine the challenges faced by the media sector and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Media Sector (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: I agree with the Deputy. As I said, we are in that final public consultation that closes in early May. At least we got the state aid approval. There are certain processes that have to be gone through, but Coimisiún na Mean has secured that. Television, radio, print, online and community media will all be eligible to apply for the funding, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Media Sector (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Once the consultation in concluded in May, my Department and Coimisiún na Mean will work to get the schemes operational and to the market as early as possible. Since taking office in 2020, I have secured an additional €28.4 million in Exchequer funding for Sound and Vision. The Deputy is probably aware that WLR FM received almost €300,000 in the period 2020 to 2023 to...