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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: My Department’s main role in relation to tourism lies in the area of national tourism policy development.  Implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland.  Funding is provided to Fáilte Ireland to promote and support the development of Irish tourism. This includes funding for business supports for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Income Inequality (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: I was delighted that as part of the National Economic Recovery Plan, I secured a commitment from Government to prioritise the development of a Basic Income Guarantee pilot scheme for the arts and cultural sector. As Minister with responsibility for Arts and Culture, I am conscious of the value that this sector brings to all Irish citizens.  The importance of Irish culture,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: The establishment of the Media Commission and the appointment of Commissioners, including an Online Safety Commissioner, is a priority for the Government.  As the Media Commission cannot be formally established until the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill is enacted, it is intended to undertake preparatory work to ensure the Commission hits the ground running on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: A strong and independent media sector is central to our parliamentary democracy, freedom of speech and to the provision of quality and impartial information. It is for this reason that the Programme for Government expanded the remit of the Public Service Broadcasting Commission to become the Future of Media Commission. The Commission was tasked with considering the future of print, broadcast,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the tourism industry. As we rebuild this vital sector, which supports livelihoods all across Ireland, we have an opportunity to ensure that the sector recovers and grows in a way which delivers social and economic gain to cities, towns and villages all across Ireland, more evenly spread throughout the year, and in a manner that protects our...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy is aware, the inbound tourism market has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While our domestic tourism market has helped sustain the industry, it now needs international visitors to return in significant numbers in order to facilitate a meaningful recovery. Since the easing of restrictions on the 19th of July overseas visitors have started to return to our shores...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I also thank the Deputy and her colleagues in the Joint Oireachtas Committee (JOC) for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media for the publication, on Tuesday of last week, of a comprehensive pre-legislative scrutiny report in relation to the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill. The 33 recommendations contained in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: 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.  With specific regard to the Wild Atlantic Walkway,  I understand that challenges relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic meant that Fáilte Ireland had to defer initial work relating to this project...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Pluralism (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 157 together. A strong and independent media sector is central to our parliamentary democracy and freedom of speech. The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, provided for the establishment of the Future of Media Commission, in recognition of the importance of a sustainable Irish media sector. It was tasked with considering the future of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Income Inequality (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: I was delighted that as part of the National Economic Recovery Plan, I secured a commitment from Government to prioritise the development of a Basic Income Guarantee pilot scheme for the arts and cultural sector. As Minister with responsibility for Arts and Culture, I am conscious of the value that this sector brings to all Irish citizens.  The importance of Irish culture,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 173 together. I am not aware of research that identifies a shortage of performance spaces in Dublin of the scale to which the Deputy refers.  The Programme for Government contains a number of proposals under the heading Creative and Cultural Infrastructure which contain measures to increase the provision of affordable workspaces for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: Fáilte Ireland has provided a wide range of supports to tourism businesses in 2020 and 2021. I have referred the Deputy's question to Fáilte Ireland for further information on supports provided to tourism businesses in County Cork.  Please contact my private office if you do not receive a response within 10 working days. 

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: Up-to-date operational guidelines for a range of tourism and hospitality businesses are available on the Fáilte Ireland website(covid19.failteireland.ie/operational-guidelines/).&# xa0;Guidelines for the live entertainment and nightclub sector have recently been published by my Department and can be found at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/updated-guidelines-for-nightlife-a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy is aware, the inbound tourism market has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While our domestic tourism market has helped sustain the industry, it now needs international visitors to return in significant numbers in order to facilitate a meaningful recovery. Since the easing of restrictions on the 19th of July overseas visitors have started to return to our shores...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Deputy for her question and commend her for overseeing the thorough pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill in her role as chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee (JOC) for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media. Regarding the recommendation of the Committee in their pre-legislative scrutiny report for a moratorium on the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Night-time Economy is a hugely important sector, contributing to our economy and our cultural and creative sectors and it is important that we protect, support and sustain it – particularly as we begin to emerge out of this pandemic and we start to think about how and where we socialise and how we plan our city and town centres. The Report of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and the Labour Court are independent statutory bodies  under the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and the Industrial Relations Act 1946 respectively.   The WRC and the Labour Court are the mechanisms for regulating employment law in the State.  They are under the aegis of my colleague the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sporting Rights (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: Negotiations for broadcasting rights for sporting events is in the first instance, a matter for the sporting bodies and the broadcasters concerned. However, under the Audio-Visual Media Services Directive 2013/13/EU, Member States are allowed to designate certain sporting and cultural events as being of major importance to society and to provide that events so designated should continue...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Income Inequality (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: I was delighted that as part of the National Economic Recovery Plan, I secured a commitment from Government to prioritise the development of a Basic Income Guarantee pilot scheme for the arts and cultural sector. As Minister with responsibility for Arts and Culture, I am conscious of the value that this sector brings to all Irish citizens.  The importance of Irish culture,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: At its meeting of 19thof October Government agreed that the remaining aspects of the hospitality, entertainment and night-time economy sector could reopen from October 22ndwith the full range of protective measures in place and the wide and robust implementation of the COVID-19 pass.This represents an important next step towards the full reopening of our economy and our society, and is a...