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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (2 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: In keeping with international best practice, the National Cultural Institutions have carefully developed policies in relation to the care and management of the national collections. Increasingly in recent decades, curatorial responsibilities require a constant consideration of ethics and the changing sensitivities with regard to the acquisition, holding and exhibition of historic artefacts....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336 and 337 together. In its decision of 19 October 2021, Government agreed that the remaining aspects of the hospitality, entertainment and night-time economy sector can reopen only with the full range of protective measures in place and the wide and robust implementation of the COVID-19 pass.This represents an important next...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (21 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I was delighted to secure €25million as part of Budget 2022 for a Basic Income Guarantee Pilot Scheme for the Arts and Culture Sector. The pilot scheme was the number one recommendation of 10 recommendations made in the Life Worth Living report, published in November 2020 by the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce. The level of funding required was assessed on the basis of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (20 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that neither I nor any officials in my Department had any contact  with the company identified by the Deputy during this period.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: The issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland and I have referred the Deputy's question to the agency for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I am acutely aware of the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the arts/culture and live entertainment sectors.  I have engaged with numerous stakeholders in the sector during the course of the pandemic to ensure that appropriate supports were put in place. To support the industry through this difficult period I have to date allocated funding for a suite of measures...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Sector (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393 and 392 together. The Future of Media Commission, chaired by Professor Brian MacCraith, held its inaugural meeting on 29 October 2020.  It was tasked with considering the future of print, broadcast, and online media in a platform agnostic fashion. The Commission engaged comprehensively with stakeholders, including broadcasters, journalists,...

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

Catherine Martin: The issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly I have referred the Deputy's question to the agency for direct reply to the Deputy.  Please contact my private office if you have not received a reply within ten working days.

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

Catherine Martin: The issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly I have referred the Deputy's question to the agency for direct reply to the Deputy.  Please contact my private office if you have not received a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Engagements (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I recently joined Tourism Ireland in the United States where I undertook a busy programme of tourism, sporting and cultural engagements to promote Ireland. As the deputy is aware, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on Irish tourism. Given that the United States was (pre-COVID) the second-largest source market for tourism to the island of Ireland, worth €1.5bn in 2019, it was...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Creative Youth Plan was published by the government in December 2017 as one of the five pillars of the Creative Ireland Programme.The Plan sets out a number of measures designed to enable the creative potential of every young person, both within the formal education system and in informal or community settings.  While the Creative Youth Plan is wider than the arts, it embraces the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Universal Basic Income (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I have secured significant allocations in Budget 2022 which will allow my Department to: - Introduce a pilot Basic Income Guarantee scheme for Artists with funding of €25m - Continue and expand its support of arts, artists and the arts sector as a whole including maintaining funding of €130m for the Arts Council - Provide supports of €25m for the live entertainment...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: The additional €5m in extra funding being allocated to the national cultural institutions will be broken down as follows: National Cultural Institution Irish Museum of Modern Art €500k Chester Beatty Library €400k Crawford Art Gallery €420k National Concert...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: As Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, along with having responsibility for policy within the audiovisual industry, I allocate funding to Screen Ireland, the development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry. The additional funding of €6.65m will be allocated to Screen Ireland and will be made up of €700,000 in current funding...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy will be aware, I published the Report of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce last month.  This Report contained a number of recommendations which aim to stimulate and drive the Night-Time Economy across the country.  I was pleased to secure €4m in funding towards the implementation of that Report which will go towards funding a number of recommendations which my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 411 together. I am acutely aware of the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the arts/culture and live entertainment sectors.  I have engaged with numerous stakeholders in the sector during the course of the pandemic to ensure that appropriate supports were put in place.  As part of Budget 2022 I have allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Universal Basic Income (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 410, 419, 421 and 425 together. The Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce report Life Worth Living, was published in November 2020 and made ten recommendations for the sector. These recommendations included a proposal to pilot a basic income scheme for a three-year period in the arts, culture, audio-visual and live performance and events sectors. I believe the...

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

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 414 and 417 together. As part of suite of measures to support the live entertainment sector, I allocated €25m to the Live Performance Support Scheme (LPSS 2021).I was delighted to be in a position to fund 237 successful applications under this scheme, the details of which are available on my Department’s website. The grants awarded are helping...

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

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415 and 416 together. I am acutely aware of the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the arts/culture and live entertainment sectors. To support the industry through this difficult period I have provided funding for a suite of measures designed to sustain and support live performance and employment opportunities in the sector. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Freedom of Information (19 Oct 2021)

Catherine Martin: I would refer the Deputy to my previous response on this matter as set out in Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 22 September 2021.  As previously stated, my Department is satisfied that the third party organisation concerned fully cooperated with the process at all times and provided all records that fell within the scope of the request for each decision and that there is no basis for...