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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Programme (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The General Scheme of the Registration of Short Term Tourist Letting Bill was approved by Government and published in December 2022. This Bill provided for the establishment of regulatory controls, including a register for all Short Term Letting (STL) properties. Following a legally required notification of the General Scheme to the European Commission under the Technical Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Consultations (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information sought in respect of external legal consultation for my Department is set out in the table below. Year External Legal Consultancy Provider Purpose of Consultancy Report/Recommendations Total cost (incl. VAT) 2023/2024 McCann Fitzgerald To (i) advise the Expert...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) report on the accounts of the Public Services 2023 included a Chapter on Performance Information for Programme B Arts & Culture and Programme D Sport. The report set out the following recommendation for the Department: Recommendation 10.1 from report states that "The Department should complete an evaluation of its performance...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department, through Sport Ireland, provides funding to encourage women and girls to participate, and remain in, sport. Sport Ireland distributes the funding, on behalf of Government, to National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs). The Women in Sport funding programme is in place since 2005 and, since then, over €30 million has been invested through the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), formerly known as the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). My Department also administers a range of funding schemes in other sectors outside of the capital funding schemes for sport. Details of these funding schemes are set out...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. My Department's records show that data on the final costs of public procurement tenders (over €25,000), where my Department acted as the contracting authority, and where the contract has been completed and costs finalised, in each year since September 2020 are set out in the table below. Regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In July 2024, the Secretary General of the Department initiated an examination of the Arts Council's ICT project which was completed on 6 February 2025. I published the Report on the Examination of the Arts Council Business Transformation Project last Wednesday, the 12th of February. It makes a number of key findings and 36 recommendations which will be implemented by my Department and the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Sector (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Section 46N(4)(a) of the Broadcasting and Other Media Regulation Acts 2009 and 2022 empowers Coimisiún na Meán to make media service codes setting out standards and practices to promote balanced gender representation of participants in news and current affairs programmes broadcast by broadcasters or made available by providers of audiovisual on-demand media services. As...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Responsibilities (25 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 and 481 together. Charlie McConalogue TD, was appointed Minister of State for Sport and Postal Policy by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin on 29 January 2025. I look forward to working closely with Minister of State McConalogue to progress the remit of this Department. Arrangements for the transfer of Ministerial functions, including the delegation...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (20 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In December 2023, my predecessor - the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media - established an Advisory Committee on the Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage to advise the Government on issues relating to the restitution of historically and culturally sensitive objects in Ireland. The Advisory Committee comprises independent experts in this field,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department is guided by relevant legislation, policies and the National Cyber Security Centre in respect of all matters related to the use or operation of AI. All applications and platforms used or operated by my Department must be in line with relevant policies and be consistent with advice provided by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). I am advised by my officials that no...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 103 to 106, inclusive, together. My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. I wish to advise the Deputy that the information sought in respect of my Department in the period since then is set out in the table below. Regarding service providers contracted by bodies and agencies under my Department’s remit, these are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. I am advised by my officials that my Department has not incurred any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned in the period since its establishment and to the present date. Regarding bodies and agencies under my Department’s remit, while these are operational matters...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Flexible Work Practices (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department's Blended Working was published in October 2022 setting out agreed blended working arrangements for staff and that blended working arrangements are consistently meeting the business needs of this organisation. My Department has commenced an evaluation of this policy in line with blended working evaluation model published by Department of Public Expenditure, NDP and Reform. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Report on the Examination of The Arts Council Business Transformation Project commissioned by the Secretary General of my Department, which is published on my Department’s website , sets out the background to the options considered by the Arts Council in the project initiation phase. These are detailed in chapter two of the Report.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 112 together. I have instructed my Department to commence an external review of governance and culture at the Arts Council that will extend to all activities and expenditures under the remit of the Arts Council. I will shortly announce the terms of reference and other details of the review . In addition, the report of the examination of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The annual allocations to the Arts Council are set out in tabular form below. Year Current €m Capital €m Total €m 2019 73.957 1.045 75.002 2020 102.957 2.045 105.002 2021 128.001 2.045 130.046 2022 ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (19 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Secretary General of my Department commissioned an examination of the Arts Council ICT project that was completed on 6 February this year. The report of this examination is published and contains 36 recommendations. Arrangements to ensure the implementation of these recommendations will be put in place shortly. In addition, I have directed that an external review be carried out of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (18 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The 2025 budgetary allocations to each National Cultural Institution are shown in tabular form below. National Cultural Institution 2025 Current Funding 2025 Capital Funding 2025 Total Chester Beatty €4,135,000 €175,000 €4,310,000 Crawford Art Gallery €2,508,000...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Engagements (18 Feb 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The details of engagements my Department has had with the government of Australia and state bodies of the government of Australia in 2024 and 2025 to date are outlined in the table below. Year Details of engagement with the government of Australia and/or any state body of the government of Australia 2024 In March 2024, an official from my...