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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. My Department's records show that data on the final costs of public procurement tenders (over €25,000), where my Department acted as the contracting authority, and where the contract has been completed and costs finalised, in each year since September 2020 are set out in the table below. Regarding the...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: 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 last Wednesday, the 12th of February. It makes a number of key findings and 36 recommendations which will be implemented by my Department and the...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: Section 46N(4)(a) of the Broadcasting and Other Media Regulation Acts 2009 and 2022 empowers Coimisiún na Meán to make media service codes setting out standards and practices to promote balanced gender representation of participants in news and current affairs programmes broadcast by broadcasters or made available by providers of audiovisual on-demand media services. As...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 and 481 together. Charlie McConalogue TD, was appointed Minister of State for Sport and Postal Policy by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin on 29 January 2025. I look forward to working closely with Minister of State McConalogue to progress the remit of this Department. Arrangements for the transfer of Ministerial functions, including the delegation...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (20 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In December 2023, my predecessor - the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media - established an Advisory Committee on the Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage to advise the Government on issues relating to the restitution of historically and culturally sensitive objects in Ireland. The Advisory Committee comprises independent experts in this field,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department is guided by relevant legislation, policies and the National Cyber Security Centre in respect of all matters related to the use or operation of AI. All applications and platforms used or operated by my Department must be in line with relevant policies and be consistent with advice provided by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). I am advised by my officials that no...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 103 to 106, inclusive, together. My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. I wish to advise the Deputy that the information sought in respect of my Department in the period since then is set out in the table below. Regarding service providers contracted by bodies and agencies under my Department’s remit, these are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. I am advised by my officials that my Department has not incurred any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned in the period since its establishment and to the present date. Regarding bodies and agencies under my Department’s remit, while these are operational matters...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Flexible Work Practices (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department's Blended Working was published in October 2022 setting out agreed blended working arrangements for staff and that blended working arrangements are consistently meeting the business needs of this organisation. My Department has commenced an evaluation of this policy in line with blended working evaluation model published by Department of Public Expenditure, NDP and Reform. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Report on the Examination of The Arts Council Business Transformation Project commissioned by the Secretary General of my Department, which is published on my Department’s website , sets out the background to the options considered by the Arts Council in the project initiation phase. These are detailed in chapter two of the Report.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 112 together. I have instructed my Department to commence an external review of governance and culture at the Arts Council that will extend to all activities and expenditures under the remit of the Arts Council. I will shortly announce the terms of reference and other details of the review . In addition, the report of the examination of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The annual allocations to the Arts Council are set out in tabular form below. Year Current €m Capital €m Total €m 2019 73.957 1.045 75.002 2020 102.957 2.045 105.002 2021 128.001 2.045 130.046 2022 ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Secretary General of my Department commissioned an examination of the Arts Council ICT project that was completed on 6 February this year. The report of this examination is published and contains 36 recommendations. Arrangements to ensure the implementation of these recommendations will be put in place shortly. In addition, I have directed that an external review be carried out of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (18 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The 2025 budgetary allocations to each National Cultural Institution are shown in tabular form below. National Cultural Institution 2025 Current Funding 2025 Capital Funding 2025 Total Chester Beatty €4,135,000 €175,000 €4,310,000 Crawford Art Gallery €2,508,000...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Engagements (18 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The details of engagements my Department has had with the government of Australia and state bodies of the government of Australia in 2024 and 2025 to date are outlined in the table below. Year Details of engagement with the government of Australia and/or any state body of the government of Australia 2024 In March 2024, an official from my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (18 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Programme for Government commits to assessing the Basic Income for Artists pilot to maximise its impact. In this regard, the Basic Income for the Arts pilot research scheme is ongoing until August and this will feed into Government consideration of the next steps. In Budget 2025, Government made an allocation of €35 million for the Basic Income for the Arts in 2025. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (18 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. I am advised that my Department has not received any funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America Agency for International Development in the period since its establishment and to the present date. The receipt of any such funding support to bodies under my aegis would be an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (18 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: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: There are currently 40 officers in my Department serving at Principal Officer, Assistant Secretary and Secretary General. The breakdown by grade and gender is set out in tabular form below. Grade Male Female Secretary General 1 0 Assistant Secretary 4 1 Principal Officer ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (18 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Pálás Cinema has been in operation in Galway City Centre for the past seven years. The cinema has three screens showing homegrown and international films, as well as a wide ranging outreach, festivals and schools programme. In 2024, Element Pictures, the operator of Pálás Cinema, indicated their intention to withdraw from operating the cinema in early 2025. The...