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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (29 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 654. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget spent on the provision of music tuition for children in each of the past 10 years. [23635/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Election Management System (24 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of foreign nationals have received polling cards in County Meath for the upcoming referendum on the eighth amendment (details supplied). [22959/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá leithscéal faighte agam ón Teachta Dála Niamh Smyth. Comhairlím do na comhaltaí a ngutháin phóca a mhúchadh ionas nach gcuireann siad isteach ar an gcóras fuaime agus ar chraolachán an chruinnithe. De réir mar atá comhaontaithe ag an Coiste um Nós Imeachta maidir le coistí gan pháipéir, tá na...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith fíorfháilte a ghabháil le gach duine a tháinig anseo inniu chun a gcuid cur i láthair a dhéanamh. All are very welcome and my thanks to all of the witnesses for giving up their time to make their presentations here today. Inniu, is é an t-ábhar a bheidh le plé ag an gcomhchoiste ná an ceol in Éirinn faoi láthair. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank Dr. McDonagh for that stark analysis of where we are at the moment. I would like to invite Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann a chur i láthair a dhéanamh anois.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Míle buíochas, bhí sé sin an-shuimiúil ar fad. I invite Music Generation to make its presentation please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It is clear that Music Generation is a busy organisation. I thank Ms Molloy for her presentation, which is appreciated. I invite Mr. Keenan to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Míle buíochas. Bhí sé sin an-suimiúil ar fad. The presentation was very clear. Sometimes in Ireland we focus on all of the negative and difficult stuff and the stuff that does not work. Often in Ireland we have some serious successes that slip by very quietly and under the radar. It is clear from this discussion that there are some serious successes in Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Both Departments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is important to know. All the witnesses engage with thousands of children, but at what level? Is it the case that what is happening inside and outside of schools is that we are reaching 20% or 30% of children with tuition? Will Dr. McDonagh say if there has been any analysis on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Is it that the investment has increased by 13%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Very good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is a very impressive increase but obviously it is only for a small section.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the socio-economic penetration like? Do we know if that 13% is in a particular income bracket or geography? What information is available on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Does the roll-out of Music Generation look to tackle geographic and socio-economic barriers, for instance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I have one final question as my time is running out. Another tool available to us here is investment. Has an analysis been done on Government investment in music in Ireland and is there a comparative study of Government investment across Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the comparative figure in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is not Government investment. That is philanthropic and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Who would like to start on those questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Ceol in Éirinn: Plé (23 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I call Senator Fintan Warfield. We will return to this again, if we have time.