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Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Further Revised) (14 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: I can respond briefly to that. The Estimates for the Gaeltacht are now taken by a separate committee chaired by the Deputy's colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh. We dealt with the Estimates for the Gaeltacht. We have a new strategy for Údarás na Gaeltachta and there were significant increases in funding for Údarás na Gaeltachta over the last 24 months, particularly in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Olympic Games (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. I fully understand and acknowledge the disappointment of Dressage Ireland and individual riders at the decision not to send a dressage team to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. I know that it is very frustrating for those riders who had secured a place at the Olympics to accept the decision that was made by Horse Sport Ireland not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Olympic Games (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: As I said in my initial remarks I accept and acknowledge that it is very frustrating for the riders who had secured a place to accept the decision made by Horse Sport Ireland and how difficult that is. The role specific to national governing bodies is that they deliver and develop their sport, working with their club networks, affiliates and partners. Obviously, that involves structures and...

European Union Regulation: Referral to Joint Committee (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure: Regulation (EU) 2021/693 of the...

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) Orders: Referral to Select Committee (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft: Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Federal Republic of Germany) Order 2021, and Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Republic of Kosovo) Order 2021, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 7th July, 2021, be referred to the...

Appointment of Member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 29th June, 2021, to propose, for the approval of Dáil Éireann, Shane Galligan to be a member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority on the Nomination of the Institute of Legal Cost Accountants, and pursuant to section 9 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, approves the appointment by the Government...

Orders of Reference of the Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Motion (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the Orders of Reference of the Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community, as agreed by Order of the Dáil of 22nd September, 2020 and 28th April, 2021, be amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 7: ‘7. The Joint Committee shall make its final report to both Houses of the Oireachtas by 30th November, 2021, and shall...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: The most detailed statistics on non-Irish nationalities published by the CSO are from the Census of Population. Relevant reports from Census 2016 include Profile 7 - Migration and Diversity, published in September 2017, and the report on Non-Irish Nationalities Living in Ireland, published in September 2018. These reports contain statistics on the number of non-Irish nationals usually...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Outdoor Events (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: The Government recently decided to allow for the further easing of restrictions in line with public health guidance. From 5 July the numbers permitted at outdoor organised events have increased to a maximum of 200 for the majority of venues, with a maximum of 500 for outdoor stadia/venues with a minimum accredited capacity of 5,000. Subject to improving public health conditions, further...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: The Chair of Sport Ireland has sought the approval of my Department to fill the upcoming CEO vacancy, which will arise on the completion of the current CEO's contract at the end of this year, and to recruit and appoint a new CEO. My officials are currently engaging with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the necessary sanction of that Department in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: The submission referred to by the Deputy was never received in the relevant sections of my Department. I understand this was due to the size of the file submitted and the use of email to transmit same. Officials in my Department have subsequently engaged directly with the organisation referred to and received a version of the submission last week. My Department is now examining...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: The National Sports Policy as published in 2018 provided for the establishment of a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) and the National Development Plan provided a capital allocation of at least €100m for the Fund over the period to 2027. The first allocations under the LSSIF were announced in January 2020 and thus far, approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: Mar is eol don Teachta, rinneadh cinneadh i mí Bealtaine nach bhféadfadh coláistí Gaeilge feidhmiú den dara bhliain as a chéile mar gheall ar COVID-19. Rinneadh an cinneadh sin ar bhonn comhdhearcaidh tar éis dom mar Aire Stáit dul i ndáil comhairle le páirtithe leasmhara - idir lucht lóistín an chórais, lucht stiúrtha...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards. Sport Ireland does not maintain or manage walking trails nor does it allocate funding towards trails development or wheelchair accessibility on trails.  Sport Ireland has responsibility for Sport...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: Tá punann maoine forleathan ag Údarás na Gaeltachta sna seacht gContae Gaeltachta ar a bhfuil an eagraíocht ag freastal. Tá gá sciar de na foirgnimh a uasghrádú agus a chur in oiriúint do riachtanais an lae inniu agus iad a dhéanamh níos éifeachtaí ó thaobh chúrsaí fuinnimh de chomh maith. Is é uaillmhian...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: Tuigtear dom go dtosaíonn coláistí Gaeilge ag glacadh le héarlaisí ón bhfómhar ar aghaidh don samhradh dár gcionn. Mar is eol don Teachta, nuair a cuireadh cúrsaí samhraidh 2020 ar ceal de thoradh COVID-19 i mí Aibreáin 2020,  bhí cuid mhaith éarlaisí agus táillí glactha faoin tráth...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: As the Deputy is aware I recently established a fund worth €2.2m to support eligible Gaeltacht families who normally provide accommodation for summer college students. The funding is being made available on foot of the cancellation of Irish language courses in the Gaeltacht for the second summer in succession due to COVID-19. The decision was reached by consensus at the beginning of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: It is a matter for decision by the Government as to when various restrictions such as those currently in place for indoor group fitness training can be lifted. Such decisions will be based on public health advice and will be framed to respond effectively to the prevailing pandemic circumstances. The Government recognises the physical and mental health benefits associated with fitness...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: A total Covid-19 funding package of €88.5 million was provided last year to support the sport sector. This significant investment benefited all levels of the sport sector, including thousands of grassroots clubs across the country, and provided some certainty for sporting organisations in their planning for 2021. The funding package included support for the three main field sports...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2021)

Jack Chambers: I wish to clarify that the activity concerned, as with similar charity or community runs, whilst a valuable and inclusive recreational activity for many communities countrywide, is not a sporting activity governed by a recognised National Governing Body of Sport (NGB). They are therefore subject to the rules governing organised outdoor gatherings, not those rules governing sports events or...