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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In 2017 my Department operated a Digitisation Scheme for National Cultural Institutions (NCIs). and other collections of national significance. This provided funding for 14 projects across 7 NCIs and 3 other cultural organisations. The National Gallery of Ireland put forward 3 proposals including one that included the purchase of digital x-ray equipment. Approval to provide funding for these...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (4 Mar 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 423 and 424 together. Article 13(2) of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive ('AVMSD') provides that Member States may require media service providers under their jurisdiction to make a financial contribution to the production of European works. To exercise this option under the AVMSD, section 159E of the Broadcasting Act 2009 (as amended)...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Office of Public Works (4 Mar 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My 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....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: There is the arrogance. The Deputy's question is more important than theirs.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Opposition does not want to hear from Government backbenchers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Which he does not have.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: There are many people the Deputy owes one.

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

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255, 256 and 259 together. The proposed Short Term Letting and Tourism (STLT) Bill will provide the statutory basis for the establishment of a register for short term lets in Ireland which will facilitate the production of quality data on short term letting accommodation. However, until that point, it is not possible to provide accurate data on such...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 257 and 258 together. The proposed Short Term Letting and Tourism (STLT) Bill will provide the statutory basis for the establishment of a register for short term lets in Ireland which will facilitate the production of quality data on short term letting accommodation. However, until that point, it is not possible to provide accurate data on the quantum of...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: I note from the report my Department carried out on the Examination of The Arts Council Business Transformation Programme that "following the cancellation of the June 2022 scheduled launch of the system due to the level of defects identified in testing, the Arts Council withheld payments totalling €200k from two external suppliers, and has since sought to engage in a redress process...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: The overall approved staffing level for the Arts Council increased from 47 in 2018 to 146 in 2024. In the same period, in line with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, the Department sanctioned a number of IT-related positions, including Head of ICT, Technical Launch Manager and Director of Information Technology. The main IT appointments sanctioned are set out...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: Under the Arts Act 2003, the allocation of grant funding is an operational matter for the Arts Council. However, I am informed by the Arts Council that the section of the annual report referred to is in relation to a human error made in the issuing of grant allocation letters which was quickly rectified. The lessons learned referred to mitigation taken by the Arts Council to ensure it does...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: Chapter 5 of the Report on the Examination of the Arts Council Business Transformation Project outlines the role and broad make-up of the Stakeholder Board (July 2019 – June 2022) and the Steering Committee (February 2023 to August 2024). As set out in the report, a condition of the sanction granted by the Digital Government Oversight Unit of the then Department of Public...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: The estimated overall loss in value of €5.3m in respect of the Arts Council Business Transformation Programme was first notified to my Department at the end of June 2024 and this was then brought to the attention of the Secretary General and the then Minister. More generally, Chapter 7 of the Report on the Examination of The Arts Council Business Transformation Programme looks at...

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...