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- Other Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: So it is a funding agency.
- Other Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: It is a funding agency.
- Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: The Minister cannot say it is not her responsibility. The Arts Council is independent but she still has to put the measures in place.
- Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: I accept that but the Minister must have criteria in place.
- Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: There was not in this case.
- Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: They did not. That is the point.
- Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: Why is it not happening?
- Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she will ensure that all bodies under her Department’s remit and those in receipt of funding from her Department make sufficient efforts to ensure that bullying and harassment do not happen in the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47854/17]
- Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: I will forgo a reading of the question and let the Minister answer it. Is that okay?
- Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: I had submitted this question before the Minister's announcement on 9 November in which she said she intends to introduce measures to address harassment and abuse of power in the arts and the cultural sector. This is important, and I acknowledge that the Government appeared to go to some lengths to distance itself from the controversies that erupted around the Gate Theatre and the National...
- Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: The Minister keeps saying in all her replies to everyone around the House that she cannot interfere in HR matters. However, if HR and its board of management still do not have the facilities to deal with issues, that is our problem as legislators. We cannot wash our hands of it. Was the Minister aware of the findings of wide-scale harassment reported in a survey by Irish Equity last year?...
- Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: As the Minister said, €8.5 million was allocated in the budget in order to accelerate the delivery of the objectives of Creative Ireland. However, it is entirely unclear to me and to many in the arts community how that money will be spent. I am concerned that Creative Ireland is going to either duplicate or usurp the function and role of the Arts Council. I am not alone in my...
- Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of additional funding the Arts Council sought in budget 2018; the reason for the decision to allocate an additional €3 million to the Arts Council compared to the additional €8.5 million allocated to Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47855/17]
- Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: Will the Minister outline how much additional funding the Arts Council sought in budget 2018? Will she explain the rationale behind the decision to allocate an additional €3 million to the Arts Council compared to the additional €8.5 million allocated to Creative Ireland?
- Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: My question was clear. I am interested in the Minister's thinking and logic behind the Arts Council as opposed to Creative Ireland. While I appreciate all the other figures she gave us, I am interested in these two specific bodies. The Arts Council is an independent statutory organisation, independent of politics, with an arm's length approach to support and assist artists and creative...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Bodies Code of Conduct (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: As the Minister is well aware, bullying and harassment allegations have been made against the former director of the Gate Theatre and have been widely discussed in print and broadcast media. Her Government colleagues have been at pains to emphasise that the Gate Theatre is not a State body but she and I both know it received significant funding from her Department to the tune of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Bodies Code of Conduct (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: As I stated when introducing the question, this is about governance structures. In the context of the overview and oversight of that from the Minister's Department, it is important that good governance structures are in place in any organisation that is in receipt of funding, be it from the Arts Council or Creative Ireland and that receipt of such funding would be contingent on having proper...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Bodies Code of Conduct (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure that bodies in receipt of State funding have in place good governance structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48144/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Bodies Code of Conduct (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: What steps have the Minister and her officials taken to ensure that bodies in receipt of State funding have good governance in place? I ask her to make a statement on the matter.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (14 Nov 2017)
Niamh Smyth: 42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the processes with regard to, and if an audit is in place for, the awarding of funding by Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48143/17]