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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: The operators to which the Deputy refers provide an important service to the tourism industry and are ambassadors in promoting Ireland as a  golfing destination.  Tourism enterprises benefit from wider horizontal supports such as the new Employment Wage Support Scheme, liquidity and enterprise investment measures, warehousing of tax liabilities and the extension for a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pool Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: Swimming pools are important community facilities which support people of all ages to stay active. The Irish Sports Monitor Report 2019, recently published by Sport Ireland, found once again that swimming is among the most popular forms of sport in Ireland. Swimming is particularly popular among women and older people who tend to be less active. Sport Ireland research has found that...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Corporate Governance (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: My Department provides annual support for Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann for their work in the conservation and promotion of Irish traditional music, dance and language.  The organisation was founded in 1951 and has grown to have some 400 branches today across Ireland, Europe, the Americas and in the Asia-Pacific region.  From the beginning, the organisation has high...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport Ireland (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: The person referred to by the Deputy has no involvement or engagement in the operations of Sport Ireland. In respect of the organisation concerned,  while the person referred to by the Deputy remains an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, I understand that they have not had any involvement or engagement with that organisation since they...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: The Sports Capital Programme (SCP) 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. Every grantee under the SCP provides the Department with a guarantee that the equipment or capital works funded will remain in sporting use for a minimum period of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Radio Broadcasting (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: Part 10 of the Broadcasting Act, 2009 makes provision for the disbursement of 7% of the net television licence fee receipts to the Broadcasting Fund administered by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). The Broadcasting Fund supports both the Sound and Vision (S&V) and Archiving Schemes. Total Licence Fee Receipts comprises monies from TV licence sales and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media Regulation (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: The General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill was approved by Government on 9 January 2020 and subsequently published on 10 January 2020. At that time the Government also approved the detailed drafting of the proposed Bill by the Office of the Attorney General and forwarded the General Scheme to the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Communications, Climate Action and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media Regulation (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: On 10 December 2019 the former Government agreed the terms of reference for the Commission on the Future of Irish Public Service Broadcasting to be established by the Department of the Taoiseach. The former  President of Dublin City University, Professor Brian Mac Craith was appointed as Chair of the Commission. The Programme for Government has expanded the remit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: Tourism has suffered a severe impact as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Along with my colleagues in Government, I have taken a number of measures to help the sector survive this current crisis. The July Stimulus Package introduced significant measures to help support businesses to recover following the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Some of the key measures for tourism and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: Brexit poses significant challenges to our tourism sector. The impact of the drop in value of sterling since the UK referendum on EU membership in 2016 has been that from a tourism perspective, Ireland has become a more expensive destination for UK visitors.  The number of British visitors to Ireland in 2019 was 3.5% lessthan in 2016 and the associated revenue generated by...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 to 138, inclusive, together. The arts and culture sectors have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; cultural venues and events were among the first to be closed in the country’s public health response to the crisis, and they will be among the last to recover. The Deputy will also be aware that I have recently appointed the Arts...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the sport sector, with all sporting activity suspended at the end of March. The sport sector has played a key role in supporting the public health by promoting key messages and many sports clubs throughout the country supported elderly and vulnerable members of their communities.  The sporting bodies have also done...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Oct 2020)

Catherine Martin: From the outset of the pandemic earlier this year, a close liaison has been maintained between my Department, Sport Ireland and the various sporting organisations. This has been achieved in particular through the establishment of a representative Sports Monitoring Group, which has held regular meetings over the past few months. In addition, Sport Ireland, which is the statutory body with...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (30 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: As the Minister with responsibility for leading the Decade of Centenaries commemorative programme, my priority is to ensure that the Government's approach to the remembrance of the significant historical events and related themes of the period from 1920 to 1923 is appropriate, measured, respectful, inclusive and sensitive to the different perspectives that persist on the events of this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: Covid-19 has had a devastating and unprecedented impact on the sectors for which I have responsibility.  Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport are integral parts of the fabric of society, supporting economic activity, physical and societal well-being. I recognise that while absolutely necessary to protect us all, the impact of the public health guidelines disproportionally affects the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (30 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: I recently met with the Events Industry Alliance (EIA) which is composed of the Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland, the Event Production Industry COVID19 working group (EPIC), the Association of Irish Festival Events, the Association of Irish Stage Technicians, the Event Industry Association of Ireland as well as the Event Industry Ireland (EII), Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 91 together. The information sought by the Deputy in relation to expenditure on media monitoring of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020  from my Department's administrative budget is set out below. Cost of media monitoring service Media monitoring of coverage relating to the Department is carried out on national and regional print and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Centres (30 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: In July, my Department provided funding for arts and culture facilities which had issues arising from Covid19.  I also provided capital funding to assist in the re-opening of theatres, arts centres and culture venues such as that referred to in the question.  The measures are designed to support arts and culture facilities in preparation for staff, artists and audiences...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: I refer the Deputy to the reply given to Dáil Question No. 1309 of 13 May last. I am informed that since May of this year the Department incurred expenditure of €180 on hard-copy publications and €4,183 on online publications bringing total expenditure in 2020 to date to €3,638 and €5,926 respectively. The hard-copy media publications to which...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (30 Sep 2020)

Catherine Martin: Following the publication of the report by RTÉ that it commissioned from independent consultants Helen Boaden and Mediatique on the RTÉ Orchestras entitled RTÉ Orchestras Ensuring a Sustainable Future, the Government  agreed in principle that the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) should come within the remit of the National Concert Hall (NCH), and authorised the...