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Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: Two thousand artists are in receipt of the basic income, and 1,000 artists are in the control group. For each year the control group receives two weeks of basic income for participation in the research part of the scheme, and it is important to have that group as well.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: Gabhaim buíochas le baill an choiste as an gcuireadh a bheith ina dteannta. I thank the committee members for the invitation to join them. The main purpose of this Bill is to provide the statutory basis to allow the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to increase the aggregate level of...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: That is something we should look at. The increase to €500 million will satisfy demand for the next few years. Perhaps we should be looking at a different way of doing this. It is something we will examine.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: As I said, the research element is the key part of this. Maybe the issues the Deputy raises is something that will come out of the research, but I wanted to adhere to the direct, number one recommendation from the artists themselves because they spent a lot of time putting that report together. Let us see what comes out of the research. We will have annual reports on this. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Priorities (22 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: I recently announced the locations of the 9 towns and cities which will take part in the new Night-Time Advisor pilot initiative. The selected pilots are Dublin City, Cork City, Limerick City, Galway City, Kilkenny, Drogheda, Sligo, Buncrana and Longford Town. The selection process was led by the City and County Management Association (CCMA) with support from my Department and an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Travel (22 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: Neither I nor Minister of State Chambers travelled to the COP27 conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. I am advised also that no officials from my Department or the bodies under its aegis travelled to the COP 27.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am advised by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment that Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is vacancy-led and designed to accommodate the arrival of non-EEA nationals to fill labour gaps for the benefit of our...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (22 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: Full details of the membership of the Board of Screen Ireland, the terms of each member and the dates those terms expire are available on the screenireland.ie website at www.screenireland.ie/about/board-members. The next appointments to the board of Screen Ireland are due to take place in May 2023 when the terms of two members expire. The Public Appointments Service operates a dedicated...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Charge (22 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: Section 33 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 ('the Act') provides that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) may impose a levy on broadcasters for the purposes of meeting the cost of fulfilling their functions ('the broadcasting levy'). The design and implementation of the broadcasting levy is matter for the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland as an independent regulatory body. The Online...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 8 together. The basic income for the arts, BIA, pilot was a key priority for me as Minister with responsibility for arts and culture. I see this scheme as an important intervention to support the arts sector recover after the devastation wreaked by the Covid pandemic. Covid clearly highlighted both the precarious nature of working in the arts but...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: A total of €25 million was allocated for this year because we knew we would not have a full year of basic income and that it would take time to get the randomised process up and running to do the engagement. I welcome and appreciate the Deputy's constructive engagement throughout this process. He has been very supportive of this scheme, which I think comes from his and his family's...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: It is my plan to re-purpose. The details will be available shortly. It will support artists, energy supports they need and the issues that affect the arts, like any other sector. In respect of 2025, the research piece is ongoing. We already have the baseline from the participants who received their payment. Something will be published every six months so we will see the benefits and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: As I said, I have to emphasise that this is a matter for RTÉ, given its statutory independence. My Department has no role in the day-to-day administrative or operational functions of RTÉ and, therefore, I cannot direct it in matters relating to staff remuneration. It is vital, however, that there is parity of esteem between both languages. There should also be transparency and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: My role and that of my departmental officials in 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. With regard to specific expenditure by Fáilte Ireland from its Exchequer funding allocations, such decisions are an operational matter...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: As I said, Fáilte Ireland will have a representative sitting on the board of the newly-formed company. It has pledged full support to the company that will be charged with the development and steering of it. As the Deputy agreed, the company has had quite a successful summer in steadying the ship, with those wonderful events and concerts and high-profile media coverage, which is good,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy said, the tourism offering in Limerick is vast and within the development of our new national tourism policy, where some consultation is now happening with stakeholders, there will be public consultation in the new year. We are looking to put sustainability at the heart of tourism. That includes all-year-round tourism and driving it out in order that visitors do not just...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: .As I set out in my response to Deputy Munster on the issue of potential pay discrepancies between workers in Raidió na Gaeltachta and their English language counterparts, RTÉ is currently undertaking a wide-ranging review of its staff grading structure. I am advised that this process involves a root-and-branch evaluation of all staff roles and grades, including an assessment of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: As I outlined in my replies to the Deputy and to Deputy Munster, both of whom I thank for raising this important issue, parity of esteem between the Irish and English languages is vital and so I share the Deputy's concerns in respect of any disparity in pay purely related to the language through which a person conducts his or her work. Although we have been told the ongoing review is not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: Tá sé ríthábhachtach domsa go dtugtar stádas comhionann don Ghaeilge i ngach réimse den saol, ach go háirithe i leith na craoltóireachta, a bhfuil ról ríthábhachtach aici i múnlú fhéiniúlacht agus chultúr na hÉireann. As the Deputy will recall, this issue of potential pay discrepancies between workers in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: I share the Deputy’s concern to make sure there is no disparity in pay. That is why, after Committee Stage of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, I committed to the Oireachtas joint committee that we would have follow-up discussions with RTÉ, which my officials did. I have written to RTÉ, with regard to disparity in pay which is purely related to the language...