Results 2,861-2,880 of 7,556 for speaker:Catherine Martin

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (13 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Fáilte Ireland's 2022 capital funding allocation of €39.55 million from my Department is provided under two subheads of the Tourism Services programme in the annual Revised Estimates Volume (REV) for Public Services. The breakdown under each subhead in 2022 is: - Subhead A.3 - €3.05 million; - Subhead A.6 - €36.5 million.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (13 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: As Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, I allocate funding to Screen Ireland, the development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry. Information on allocations under my Department's Vote are published online at www.gov.ie. The 2022 allocation to Screen Ireland is €36.743m. This is made up of €32.15m in capital funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (13 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Section 156 (2) of the Broadcasting Act 2009 provides that the core funding of the Sound and Vision Scheme is derived from the disbursement of 7% of the net TV licence fee receipts to the Broadcasting Fund, which is operated by the BAI and supports both the Sound and Vision (S&V) and Archiving Schemes. The amount allocated to the Broadcasting Fund from TV Licence receipts in 2020 was...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Charge (13 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Under Section 114(1)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 2009, RTÉ are required to offer a free to air service to the whole community on the island of Ireland. Under Section 98 of the Act, RTÉ are independent in the pursuance of these objects. All Irish public service TV channels are widely available in Northern Ireland, including via Saorview, Freeview, Sky, and cable provider Virgin Media,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that the salaries as paid by my Department for the four roles to which the Deputy refers are as follows: 1. Salary of €211,765 2. Two roles with salaries of €138,019 and two with salaries of €157,886 (steps 1 and 4 of the relevant grade) 3. Salary as a TD paid by the Oireachtas, with an additional Ministerial salaried allowance of €82,739 paid...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: As per the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty (‘the Duty’), public service organisations have a statutory obligation to eliminate discrimination, promote equality of opportunity, and protect the human rights of staff and those to whom they provide services. As a civil service employer, my Department operates within a legislative framework that recognises the importance...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: The Building Regulations 1997-2021 set out minimum standards for the design and construction of buildings and works to ensure the health and safety of people in and around such buildings. These come within the policy remit of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The provision of office accommodation for my Department, and for many of those bodies under the remit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Overall responsibility for coordination of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021, rests with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. In 2021, that Department announced that the NDIS 2017-2021 would be extended for an additional year. My Department is represented on the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group (NDISSG) which...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: The past two years have provided unprecedented challenges for this country and the coalition Government has risen to these challenges and lead the country through these turbulent times. An extensive range of funding streams and measures to support the sector overseen by my Department have been introduced. The tourism and hospitality sectors felt the brunt of the impact of the Covid-19...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to services provided by the two named organisations to my Department, or bodies under its aegis, is set out in the table below. I am advised that the following engagements were entered into with one of the organisations to which the Deputy refers: VALUE YEAR €4,180 2020 ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 362 to 364, inclusive, together. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Questions No 207, 208 & 209 of 31st May, in which I set out the out the position in relation to the arrangements for the 2022 National Famine Commemoration which was held at the National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, Co. Roscommon on Sunday, 15th May. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy is aware, the tourism sector has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic so I was therefore pleased to secure a record level of funding for tourism in Budget 2022. This total sum of €288.5 million represents an increase of €67.5 million over the 2021 allocation. The allocation includes €50 million for business continuity supports and a €35...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Under the provisions of the Broadcasting Act 2009, RTÉ is funded through a combination of licence fee revenues and commercial revenues, the latter being obtained largely from advertising. The licence fee revenues comprise both TV licence fees collected by An Post and an Exchequer contribution from the Department of Social Protection in respect of free TV licences. These revenues fund...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: The media sector in Ireland, which is a vital element of our democracy and society as a whole, is undergoing fundamental change, for the most part driven by advances in technology and the manner in which we ourselves consume media content. A key element in this was the establishment of the Future of Media Commission, which was chaired by Professor Brian MacCraith. The report of the Future...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: The RTÉ Superannuation Scheme (RTESA), established under Statute, is sponsored by RTÉ. Section 91 of the Broadcasting Act provides for the RTÉ pension scheme on Ministerial approval with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. In addition, Section 85 of the RTÉ Superannuation Scheme provides for authorisation of increases from time to time and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: I can advise the Deputy that under Regulation 85 of the RTÉSA, payment of the discretionary pension increase of 2% to RTÉ staff (backdated to January 2021) has recently been authorised by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a once-off basis. Implementation of the increase is currently being examined by RTÉ.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Senators for their amendments, which seek to replace the phrase "political end" in the Bill with a definition of "political purposes", with the aim of amending the current definition of "an advertisement towards a political end". As I set out on Committee Stage, the term "an advertisement towards a political end" has been defined in the 1998 High Court judgment in Colgan v. the...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Amendments Nos. 5 and 15 are intended to replace two references to user-generated video with references to user-generated content. Amendment No. 5 will amend the definition of “commercial communication” to replace the reference to user-generated video with a reference to user-generated content. Amendment No. 15 will amend a line in section 7 regarding the functions of an...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Amendment No. 5 will amend the definition of "commercial communication” to replace the reference to user-generated video with a reference to user-generated content.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Catherine Martin: Yes.