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- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising (15 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: My Department ran a number of advertising campaigns this year as part of its overall drive to effectively communicate with the public and stakeholders, which is essential in achieving its goals. To this end, paid advertising is used to promote a wide range of schemes and programmes operated under the auspices of the Department, and to support engagement and consultation with citizens and...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (15 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 340 and 341 together. While I recognise the potential impact on viewers in Northern Ireland, at an operational level the acquisition of sports rights and the geographical areas in which they are broadcast is a commercial matter for the relevant sporting bodies, which usually provide broadcasting licences on an exclusive territorial basis. Neither I nor my...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Revenue (15 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of developing national tourism policy and the tourism agencies, Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, deal with the implementation of this policy. Tourism Ireland is the agency responsible for promoting the island of Ireland overseas as a compelling tourism destination. The matter raised by the Deputy is an...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Engagements (15 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: I wish to advise the Deputy that, since my appointment as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in September 2020, I have not attended any international events or engagements, where members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government delegation.
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Harbours and Piers (15 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 699 and 710 together. Toisc go bhfuil an t-eolas atá á lorg ag an Teachta fairsing, ní féidir é a chur ar fáil laistigh den fhráma ama atá ceadaithe. Seolfar an méid atá iarrtha ar aghaidh nuair a bheidh sé ar fáil chuig an Teachta de réir na h-amlínte atá leagtha síoa sna...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reviews (10 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: Whilst the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has only existed in its current configuration since mid-2020, an Organisation Capability Review (OCR) was carried out in respect of the then Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in 2019. An Implementation Plan was subsequently developed in early 2020 with a number of actions identified across five themes....
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Youth Plan (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: Creative Schools is a flagship initiative of the Creative Youth Plan 2023-2027, supporting schools to put the arts and creativity at the heart of children’s and young people’s lives. Since 2018, the initiative has supported schools to develop and implement a bespoke Creative Schools plan over 2 years. It is led by the Arts Council in partnership with my Department and the...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 102 together. I welcome the Joint Oireachtas Committee's report on 'The Development of Local and Community Arts' which was recently published. The recommendations broadly align in many instances with policies and programmes in place in my Department in relation to areas such as local arts infrastructure, disability, and arts and health. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (8 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: The Department does not have a fund to support local dances. The relevant local authority may have information to assist local groups.
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Travel (8 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: While I have no plans at present to visit the west coast of the US before the end of 2024, I was pleased to lead a trade mission to Los Angeles and San Diego to promote the Irish screen industry last year, together with Screen Ireland, Tourism Ireland, the I.D.A., and the Department of Foreign Affairs. This trade mission was part of the Government’s St Patrick’s Day programme...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2025 (8 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: Grassroots venues help support and nurture our artists, bands and musicians at the start of their career and are so important in generating vibrancy and cultural diversity in our night-time economy. The grant scheme which I recently announced in Budget 2025 will provide much needed support for these venues. My officials will now begin working through the details and parameters of this...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (8 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: I wish to acknowledge the important role that the community media sector plays within the overall media landscape, and I commend these stations as they fulfil a vital role in community engagement, cohesion, and in the promotion of social inclusion in our communities large and small. In Budget 2025 I secured €6m in funding for 2025 to expand the Sound and Vision Scheme to support...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (3 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99 to 102, inclusive, together. Independent radio plays an important role in providing valuable public service content to the Irish public. The Future of Media Commission (FOMC), in examining the challenges faced by the media sector and consequent impact on the provision of public service content, made a number of recommendations to counter these...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artificial Intelligence (2 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: My Department has no regulatory function in relation to this matter and accordingly it has not issued any guidelines to public bodies on this issue.
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (2 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: Independent radio plays an important role in providing valuable public service content to the Irish public. The Future of Media Commission (FOMC), in examining the challenges faced by the media sector and consequent impact on the provision of public service content, made a number of recommendations to counter these challenges and to support the provision of public service content. This...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (1 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: Under the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council has primary responsibility for the development of the arts in Ireland. The Arts Council's commitment to the arts is provided for in its 10-years investment Strategy - Making Great Art Work. In Ireland, dance, including traditional dance, is supported by the Arts Council. In Budget 2023, I provided a record €130m funding for the Arts...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (1 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: Since its inception in 2008, the National Famine Commemoration has taken place on a generally rotating basis across each of the four provinces of Ireland, and has included host communities from across the island of Ireland. In 2018, the Government approved the designation of the third Sunday of May each year as the National Famine Commemoration Day, with the arrangements for the holding of...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Brexit Supports (1 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: As a result of the adverse impact of Brexit on Irish tourism, €7.75 million in Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) funding was allocated to Tourism Ireland in 2023 to put in place a marketing strategy to stem and reverse the decline in tourist numbers and associated revenues from Great Britain and Northern Ireland and also to grow tourism from other markets.? The marketing strategy...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (1 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: Creative Schools is a flagship initiative of the Creative Youth Plan 2023-2027, supporting schools to put the arts and creativity at the heart of children’s and young people’s lives. It is led by the Arts Council in partnership with my Department and the Department of Education. Since 2018, the scheme has supported schools to develop and implement a Creative Schools plan...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (1 Oct 2024)
Catherine Martin: I launched the Noise Mitigation Grant Scheme in July 2023 to support late night venue owners to take pro-active steps to implement noise mitigation measures to better control and reduce sound emissions from their premises, especially in those areas where it has the potential to impact on residents. The scheme operated with a limited fund of €2 million with a maximum of €70k...