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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 333, 334 and 343 together. I was pleased yesterday to announce a new €50 million suite of measures to support those in the Live Entertainment Sector. As part of this suite, an allocation of €25 million is being made available under the Live Performance Support Scheme 2021. This scheme builds on the successful outcomes of the pilot Live...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tax Credits (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: The Tourism Recovery Oversight Group recently presented its first report to me and I have brought the report to the attention of my cabinet colleagues. Among the steps the Group recommend is a revision of the Stay and Spend initiative to make it more consumer friendly and extending the qualifying period to the end of 2021. I am advised by the Minister for Finance that Stay and Spend is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: The following table sets out the annual funding that has been allocated to national cultural institutions in 2019, 2020 and 2021: - 2019 2020 2021 Crawford Art Gallery 1,489,000 1,499,000 1,733,000 Chester Beatty 2,801,000 2,837,000 3,216,000 Irish Museum of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: The July Stimulus and Budget 2021 provided a significant package of tax and fiscal measures to build the resilience of the economy and to help vulnerable but viable businesses across all sectors including the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS), the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) and the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) as well as the ReStart grants and tax warehousing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Mar 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, particularly in the context of Covid-19. I recognise the essential role that the print media plays in this regard and the particular value of local and regional newspapers in bringing communities together and sharing reliable and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Internships (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: As Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, I have responsibility for the governance of State Agencies and bodies under the aegis of my Department. With regard to your question concerning student work experience and internships, and associated costings, with State and semi-State Agencies, this is an operational matter for the respective Agencies. In that context,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gender Equality (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: I am strongly supportive of the promotion of gender balance on our broadcasting services. I am familiar with the report on gender disparity on Irish radio and I recently met with the producers of the report. My officials continue to engage with all relevant stakeholders in order to further explore appropriate approaches to the issues raised in the report. The Broadcasting Act 2009 sets...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: Since September 2020, the Government has been applying restrictions in line with the Framework for Restrictive Measures contained in the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19 and included again as an Appendix to the recent COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery 2021: The Path Ahead. Public Health advice is clear that this Framework continues to provide an appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: The July Stimulus and Budget 2021 provided a significant package of tax and fiscal measures to build the resilience of the economy and to help vulnerable but viable businesses across all sectors including the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS), the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) and the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) as well as the ReStart grants and tax warehousing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: An amount of €15,000 was paid to the first of the two theatres referred to by the Deputy in October 2020. The funding was for the purpose of capital works to upgrade the box office. No funding was made available by my Department to the second of the two theatres referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: As Minister with responsibility for tourism, I am aware that many of our hospitality businesses are dependent on both domestic and inbound tourism for business. Together with the Tánaiste, I jointly chair a Hospitality and Tourism Forum which allows us both to monitor developments in these sectors. The challenges facing tourism as a result of the pandemic are hugely significant. All...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: The July Stimulus and Budget 2021 provided a significant package of tax and fiscal measures to build the resilience of the economy and to help vulnerable but viable businesses across all sectors including the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS), the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) and the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) as well as the ReStart grants and tax warehousing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: I have been informed by officials in my Department that no funding has been allocated for advertising relating to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. My Department is actively engaged in delivering Covid-19 communications with the public and with stakeholders through various channels. This work is carried out in-house by the communications team and other teams within the Department....

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (8 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: Táim thar a bheith sásta a bheith leis na Comhaltaí inniu mar Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán chun clabhsúr a chur leis an díospóireacht seo. Ba mhaith liom an deis seo a thapú chun labhairt faoi Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan inniu. Tá sé mar phríomhsprioc agam, mar bhall...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: Weddings are an important source of income for some businesses in the tourism sector such as hotels, and I meet with them on a regular basis, but many enterprises involved in weddings such as florists, bakers, hairdressers etc. would not fall under my remit. In this regard to supports, hotels are eligible for a range of supports most particularly the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme and the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (4 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: I am aware that weddings are an important source of income for some businesses in the tourism sector, such as hotels. In that regard, Fáilte Ireland assists with the communication of the Government’s requirements and restrictions by including related guidance in the relevant tourism sectoral guidelines. With specific regard to weddings, relevant guidance is set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fáilte Ireland (4 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 and 65 together. I am advised by Fáilte Ireland, that contrary to some reports, the proposed Outdoor Dining Scheme is still in development and has not been finalised. As the development of the scheme is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland, I have referred the Deputies' questions to them for further information. Please advise my private...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: The July Stimulus and Budget 2021 provided a significant package of tax and fiscal measures to build the resilience of the economy and to help vulnerable but viable businesses across all sectors. In regard to tourism, these measures include: - The first phase of the Tourism Business Continuity Scheme was launched on 11th February by Fáilte Ireland to help strategic tourism business...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (4 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62, 63 and 64 together. My Department published Ireland’s first ever national cultural policy framework, Culture 2025 – A National Cultural Policy Framework to 2025 in January of last year. A key objective of this policy is to increase access to and participation in the arts. Primary responsibility for promoting practice of the arts, including...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (4 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: An allocation of €50 million was made in Budget 2021 for the live performance sector. It is envisaged that the rollout of this funding would include measures such as a grant scheme along the lines of the pilot Live Performance Support Scheme. Officials in my Department have gained valuable insights from this scheme and will apply these learnings when allocating funding this year....