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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: The annual allocations to Screen Ireland are published every year in the Revised Estimates Volume. They are set out below for each of the past 5 years. Year Current (€'000) Capital (€'000) Total (€'000) 2019 €3,840 €16,200 €20,040 2020 €3,866 €27,550 €31,416 2021 €3,893 €26,200 €30,093 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: Creative Schools is a flagship initiative of the Creative Youth Plan, supporting schools to put the arts and creativity at the heart of children’s and young people’s lives. Since 2018, Creative Schools has supported schools over 2 years to develop and implement a bespoke Creative Schools plan. It is led by the Arts Council in partnership with my Department and the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: Culture Ireland is a unit of my Department with responsibility for the promotion of Irish Arts internationally. In doing so, they work with International presenting partners and annually funded bodies to bring high quality Irish arts, across all artforms, to global audiences. In terms of expenditure, Culture Ireland does not have a dedicated capital allocation. Details of the current funding...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: In 2020 I established the Night-Time Economy Taskforce as part of the commitment in the Programme for Government. The assets.gov.ie/198233/43608ada-27d4-4bb4-ad16-f1ea0f3ec1d0.pd f) was published in September 2021. It is a Cross-Government Report containing 36 actions across a broad range of issues associated with the Night-Time Economy. My Department is largely responsible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Local Live Performance Programming Scheme (LLPPS) was launched as part of a suite of supports for the live entertainment sector during the pandemic. The LLPPS facilitated the programming of hundreds of outdoor live performances in 2021, animating town centres for local communities, as public health considerations permitted. In 2022 this scheme continued to help underpin the recovery of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: I launched the Artist Workspaces Scheme on 12 June. Under the scheme, capital funding of €6m is available to local authorities to meet the Government’s commitment under the Programme for Government to increase the provision of affordable workspaces for artists and creative practitioners. Due to the fact that just six weeks has elapsed since the launch of the Scheme, no payments...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Exchequer funding allocation to TG4 for the years requested, as provided for in the Revised Estimates for Public Services, is laid out in the table below. Year Current Capital Total 2020 €34,233,000 €3,000,000 €37,233,000* 2021 €36,733,000 €4,000,000 €40,733,000 2022 €40,849,000 €4,200,000 ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Safe to Create Programme includes allocations to the Irish Theatre Institute and Minding Creative Minds both of which are included in the figures below Year Current € Capital € Total €0 2024 €996,484 0 €996,484 2023 €782,000 0 €782,000 2022 €582,000 0 €582,000 2021/2020 ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Future of Media Commission recommended that TG4 should have editorial control over its news services. While any move to support greater plurality of news and broadcasting services is to be welcomed, in accepting this recommendation in principle, Government agreed that the financial and operational implications must first be considered and examined. My Department and Coimisiún na...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: The information requested by the Deputy is shown in tabular form below. National Cultural Institution Year Current Capital Total National Gallery of Ireland 2024 €12,910,000 €1,458,000 €14,368,000 2023 €12,440,000 €1,460,000 €13,900,000 2022 €12,930,000 €3,460,000 €16,390,000 2021...

Seanad: Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: Go raibh maith agat as an deis an t-ábhar ríthábhachtach seo a phlé agus gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir Mullen agus leis na comhurraitheoirí as é a ardú. I thank Senator Mullen and the Bill's cosponsors for raising this important issue. I will not oppose the Bill. The intention of the Bill is to prevent children from accessing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 to 243, inclusive, together. The streaming service referred to is a joint venture between RTÉ and an autonomous body. My Department has no role in the day-to-day operations of either organisation and does not hold the information sought and has no formal role in seeking such information.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: Primary public support for the arts in Ireland is provided through the Arts Council. This Government has increased funding to Arts Council in recent years and it now stands at a historic high of €134m. It appears from the details supplied that the organisation to which the Deputy refers has not made an application for funding to the Arts Council in recent years. Under Section 24 of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: All of the funding provided to my Department in respect of Covid-19 was provided directly by the Exchequer.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Equal Opportunities Employment (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department is required to report annually to the National Disability Authority (NDA) on the number of persons with disabilities employed on 31st December each year in both the Department and in the Public Bodies under its aegis. The NDA publishes the statistics provided on its website in their annual Report on Compliance with Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005. My Department conducted...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artificial Intelligence (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that officials from my Department have not used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or in drafting responses to Parliamentary Questions. The use of software or applications in my Department must be in line with all relevant Department policies, and consistent with advice provided by the National Cyber Security Centre.

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

Catherine Martin: Since the formation of my Department in its current configuration in June 2020, I am advised that 2 laptops have been reported as lost or stolen.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (9 Jul 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 securing resources to assist the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, in the implementation of that policy. With regard to the administration of the EU Just Transition Fund, the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly (EMRA) is the Managing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 377 together. Following the publication of the in September 2021, a high level Night-Time Economy (NTE) Implementation Group was established. The group consists of representatives from key Departments, Agencies, and Stakeholders and is chaired by my Department. The group meets regularly to oversee the progression and implementation of the NTE...

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

Catherine Martin: The proposed Short Term Letting and Tourism (STLT) Bill will provide the statutory basis for the establishment of a register for Short Term Lets (STLs) in Ireland and for the implementation of the new EU Short Term Rental (STR) Regulation which was adopted by the EU on 11 April 2024. It is intended to bring the STLT General Scheme to Government for approval and publication and to then proceed...