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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: That would be useful. Regarding our three main field sport organisations - the IRFU, the FAI and the GAA - will Ms Licken provide an outline of the specific funding for each?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: I thank Ms Licken. Ensuring that these organisations remained operational during Covid was important for keeping people's spirits up throughout the country, and especially to keep their minds off the pandemic. On the Future of Media Commission, I sit on the Oireachtas Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture Sport and the Gaeltacht and we have done much work around the online safety and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: That is correct.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: I see in the appropriation account in regard to the broadcasting fund that there was a provision of €18.05 million available under the sound and vision scheme and we had an overturn of €21.7 million. Why was there no Covid-19 scheme available for the local print media?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: Very conscious, but no funding was provided for that sector.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: The Secretary General can understand the frustration among the National Union of Journalists, NUJ, and local print media outlets when they see the sound and vision scheme allocate funding on two separate grounds and their industry is left secondary with regard to any type of Covid funding. They feel aggrieved about what the Department is doing to support their sector. Will the Department...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: My final question is on subheading 6.2, national lottery funding. There are different subheadings around Sports Ireland and grants for sporting bodies. What is the amount of money under this subheading for 2020?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: Subhead 6.2, miscellaneous note 6.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: What was Fáilte Ireland’s remit in the distribution of Covid grants? I would like to hear the Secretary General's feedback on how they were administered. We all understand Fáilte Ireland's primary remit relates to tourism, but it was asked to administer a number of grants, one of which was the adaptation grant designed to enable tourism businesses in the hospitality and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: I understand the fantastic work that it does. In its capital programme for 2020, was there any slippage on projects that were not completed as part of its funding allocation under the appropriation accounts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Vice-Chairman.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department is supporting the repurposing of landmark buildings in town and village centres for providing new services such as remote working or innovation hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60224/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: It is vitally important we protect our landmark buildings in our towns and villages, as they are often an important centrepiece in their communities. It was great to have the Minister in Swinford last May, where she saw, first hand, the remodelling of the old courthouse into the new DigiWest hub. Many towns and villages in Mayo are working to achieve similar outcomes to what was done in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister for her response. I know Our Rural Future aims to expand the town and village renewal scheme as a key enabler in bringing vacant and derelict buildings back into multipurpose spaces and for residential use. I raised the issue of dereliction in our towns and villages at a Topical Issues debate with Deputy Stanton, who is in the Chamber. I note with interest the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department is addressing the issue of derelict and vacant properties in rural towns and villages; if she will provide additional information on the town regeneration officers announced as part of Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60225/21]

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: The time has elapsed. I ask that we conclude the debate.

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy Naughten for clarifying that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I asked the question because of the debate we were having and the direction in which it was heading. We have fantastic targets for renewable energy that I hope we can achieve. However, we must keep the lights on and with all the interconnectors in the world, we are still reliant on the energy grids of others and, ultimately, gas from potentially volatile areas. On that basis, how long will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: Before we move on, I will ask about that security and the roadblock to the provision of other sources of natural gas, such as LNG terminals. Does the council see that as a necessity to mitigate the problems that might arise should something happen, for instance, in the Norwegian gas field to limit supply directly to us via Scotland? Perhaps it may be redirected elsewhere. That is, of...