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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta (21 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: I gcomhthéacs an chúraim atá ar an Roinn tacú le hearnáil na gColáistí Samhraidh agus ar mhaithe le soiléiriú a dhéanamh oiread is féidir ar na bunriachtanais a chaithfí a chomhlíonadh i gcás go mbeadh cúrsaí Gaeilge in ann dul ar aghaidh an samhradh seo, scaipeadh dréacht-treoirlínte maidir le COVID-19...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The club referred to by the Deputy has submitted applications under various rounds of the SCEP and grants were awarded under both the 2017 and 2018 rounds of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: International Agreements (21 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: The National Sports Policy 2018-2027 contains a commitment to complete the preparatory steps necessary to facilitate a decision on the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, also known as the Macolin Convention. My Department is in the process of engaging with other Departments on a consideration of the legal issues and implications arising from...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: In the context of the Government’s COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery Plan 2021 – The Path Ahead, it has been agreed that the public health restrictions will be subject to ongoing review taking account of the evolving epidemiological situation and available evidence in relation to vaccine deployment, uptake and effectiveness. Any easing of measures should be slow and gradual with...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide (21 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 655 and 656 together. Is príomhthosaíocht de chuid Chlár an Rialtais é dul i ngleic leis an athrú aeráide agus todhchaí níos inbhuanaithe a bhaint amach dá gcuid saoránach. Tá an Rionn seo tiomanta do na haidhmeanna seo a bhaint amach trí gach réimse dár gcuid oibre mar a bheidh le...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: Tá punann leathan de mhaoin ag Údarás na Gaeltachta sna seacht gContae Gaeltachta. Tógadh formhór na maoine seo sna 1970’aidí agus 1980’aidí agus cé gur déanadh uasghrádaithe éagsúla ar fhoirgnimh áirithe i rith na mblianta, tá roinnt den mhaoin a bhfuil obair athchóirithe suntasach ag teastáil...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (21 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: Tá an Tionscnamh Ardscileanna Gaeilge a mhaoiniú ag An Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meáin ó 2006 mar fhreagra ar an riachtanas sainaitheanta go méadófaí líon na gcéimithe le scileanna i réimsí sonracha i gcomhthéacs Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 agus an Ghaeilge ina...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: Táim an-sásta bheith anseo inniu chun labhairt faoi thosaíochtaí straitéiseacha na Roinne, maidir leis an spórt, leis an Ghaeilge agus leis an Ghaeltacht. At the outset I echo the comments of my colleague, the Minister in recognising the ongoing impact that the global Covid-19 pandemic and associated public health measures are having on the sports sector and on...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: I understand there is limited time and members want to ask questions. We increased the budget by €26 million for 2021. We want to prioritise and support the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games with an increase in core funding. We have also increased funding in respect of the dormant accounts fund and have obtained a significant commitment on major events in the context of the Ryder...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: On Senator Cassells's first question, there will be significant funding needs for the sport sector again this year. We allocated additional funding of €26 million for Sport Ireland in budget 2021. We are engaging with the governing bodies on their additional requirements. We will be trying to meet them positively and trying to support the rebooting and promoting of our sport system...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: No problem. I might continue on in a bit.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: I thank Senator Carrigy for the questions. On participation, Sport Ireland is doing a great deal of work with the sports system and auditing that to ensure that we see where there are gaps. Obviously, there are gaps in terms of areas of disadvantage, focusing on disability in sport, women in sport and supporting our grassroots system and our local partnerships. Part of what I and the...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: Briefly, we will obviously be in engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the budgetary position there. Senator Carrigy mentioned that there is a gap between the ask and the amount available so we hope we will be able to improve the current figure. That is subject to negotiation.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: I am personally absolutely supportive of and would love to see an all-Ireland soccer team. We need to see both the FAI and Irish Football Association, IFA, trying to have that discussion on a shared island basis. We need to support cross-Border initiatives and co-operation. We have seen great co-operation over other parts of our sports system on a whole range of different sports. It is...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: I thank Senator Hoey for her very pertinent questions. Last year when we had young people training in pods of 15, one of the bits of feedback we received from the sports system was that they were training but were not able to compete. We have a draft paper on this based on the feedback from all the governing bodies. I would like to see competition follow the training in pods of 15. The...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: I thank Deputy McGrath for his questions. Going back to a similar question from Senator Hoey about the impact of clubs, I fully recognise and acknowledge that. That is why last year there was more than €11 million - nearly €12 million, in fact - in respect of the sports club resilience fund. We are conscious about funding requirements this year and that we need to ensure many...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: I appreciate Deputy Fitzpatrick's questions. There is strong bilateral engagement between the Department and the Northern Ireland equivalent and its officials. The North-South Ministerial Council is the forum where we regularly engage. There was a meeting prior to Christmas. I am not sure of the month, but I think it was November. There was due to be one in the last number of weeks but...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: The guidance has been issued to the GAA on the return to senior inter-county training. It has been issued for Monday of this week. I realise that many young adults want to get back to training, be it with their clubs or their counties. That will be part of the review we will have next week for May. It is very important that we get many of our young adults back playing. We recognise the...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: I appreciate the question. Senator Byrne has been in written correspondence with us on the issue as well. It is very important that any host country supports human rights and fundamental freedoms. In terms of Ireland's engagement with China and the issues the Senator raised, we have reflected that to the Minister for Foreign Affairs along with the correspondence the Senator submitted to...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Chair and I appreciate the questions. There are two aspects. An ongoing audit measures participation to try to track national sports policy and ensure we hit our participation targets up to 2027. We are trying to underpin a sports action plan in that regard. Turning to the other question concerning auditing infrastructure, major work is being undertaken by Sport Ireland to tag...