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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Correspondence (27 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In July 2024, the Secretary General of the Department initiated an examination of the Arts Councils ICT project. The examination was undertaken by the Department and completed on 6 February 2025. The Minister published the Report on the Examination of the Arts Council Business Transformation Project on 12 February. It makes a number of key findings and 36 recommendations which will be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (27 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The details of the divisions and units that operate within my Department are set out in the Corporate Governance Framework, available at the following link: www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=. The Corporate Governance Framework for my Department will be updated and published upon the conclusion of the formal Transfer of Functions process, to reflect the Department's revised functions and associated...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (27 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: As with many other Government Department, there is a diverse range of state bodies under the aegis of my Department, each playing a critical role in delivering and supporting public service whilst ensuring effective implementation of the Department’s statutory and policy obligations. These State bodies are complex in terms of the underpinning regulatory sphere in which they operate...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy and implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct response to the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Cumulative investment from the LSSIF since 2020 now stands at €297 million, while over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to community sports clubs and facilities from the CSFF in 2024. This funding represents the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (26 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy and implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct response to the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Centres (26 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department publishes all payments on its website in tabular form for each county on an annual basis once they have been prepared for publication. Accordingly, a full list of all capital payments for 2022 and 2023 can be found at . The list of capital payments for 2024 is currently being finalised and tabulated for publication and it is planned to publish it on the Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Surveys (26 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy and implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct response to the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Telecommunications Infrastructure (26 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In relation to concerns around mobile phone coverage, the roll-out of infrastructure for mobile telecommunications services in Ireland is primarily a matter for private mobile network operators, operating on a commercial basis in a liberalised market, regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). ComReg is statutorily independent in the exercise of its functions in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reviews (26 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The review of my Department’s internal governance operations will focus on governance, risk and escalation processes. My Department has had preliminary discussions with the Institute of Public Administration in this regard. The timeframe for this review has yet to be finalised and I intend to publish the review when it is concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Census of Population (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The 1926 Census was taken on the night of 18 April 1926 and is the next full set of census records available in Ireland following the 1911 and 1901 censuses. The National Archives, in collaboration with the CSO, is preparing the 1926 Census for publication. Cataloguing, conservation, digitisation and transcription of the 1.5 million census returns is underway. This work is on track for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Census of Population (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The 1926 Census was taken on the night of 18 April 1926 and is the next full set of census records available in Ireland following the 1911 and 1901 censuses. The National Archives, in collaboration with the CSO, is preparing the 1926 Census for publication. Cataloguing, conservation, digitisation and transcription of the 1.5 million census returns is underway. This work is on track for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department works with the Department of Foreign Affairs to identify possible locations for the International Famine Commemoration. There have been twelve international commemorations of the Great Irish Famine to date. Since the first international commemoration in Toronto and Quebec in 2009, events have also been held in Australia, Canada and the UK. As well as the International Famine...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 460 and 461 together. In July 2024, the Secretary General of the Department initiated an examination of the Arts Council's ICT project which was completed on 6 February 2025. I published the Report on the Examination of the Arts Council Business Transformation Project on the 12th of February on the Department's website. It makes a number of key findings...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Surveys (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In support of Action 7 in the Department commissioned a survey in 2024, to examine the issues for patrons and artists with disabilities when going out at night and engaging in cultural activities. The issue of accessibility and the barriers that currently exist in the Night-Time Economy (NTE) has been raised on a number of occasions. The survey closed in June 2024 for submissions and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Programme (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The General Scheme of the Registration of Short Term Tourist Letting Bill was approved by Government and published in December 2022. This Bill provided for the establishment of regulatory controls, including a register for all Short Term Letting (STL) properties. Following a legally required notification of the General Scheme to the European Commission under the Technical Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Consultations (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information sought in respect of external legal consultation for my Department is set out in the table below. Year External Legal Consultancy Provider Purpose of Consultancy Report/Recommendations Total cost (incl. VAT) 2023/2024 McCann Fitzgerald To (i) advise the Expert...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) report on the accounts of the Public Services 2023 included a Chapter on Performance Information for Programme B Arts & Culture and Programme D Sport. The report set out the following recommendation for the Department: Recommendation 10.1 from report states that "The Department should complete an evaluation of its performance...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department, through Sport Ireland, provides funding to encourage women and girls to participate, and remain in, sport. Sport Ireland distributes the funding, on behalf of Government, to National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs). The Women in Sport funding programme is in place since 2005 and, since then, over €30 million has been invested through the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), formerly known as the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). My Department also administers a range of funding schemes in other sectors outside of the capital funding schemes for sport. Details of these funding schemes are set out...