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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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Martin: My role and that of my Department in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy development and in securing resources to assist the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, in implementing that policy. The matter raised in relation to the Platform for Growth 2 scheme is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have...

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. Since 2018, Creative Schools has supported schools over 2 years to develop and implement a bespoke Creative Schools plan. It is led by the Arts Council in partnership with my Department and the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Martin: While I am pleased as Minister to have overseen record levels of funding to the Arts Council, under the Arts Act, the Arts Council is independent in its funding decisions and I as Minister cannot direct the Council in the allocation of its funding across grants or in any of its funding decisions. The Arts Council has a rigorous assessment and scoring processes for its schemes, and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Martin: I have received a number of 2025 Budget submissions from various industry stakeholders and consideration will be given to these submissions in the context of the ongoing Budget preparations. The principal Government supports for the audiovisual sector include the Section 481 tax relief and funding for the operation of Screen Ireland, now at record levels. Decisions on tax reliefs, including...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy will be aware, in July of this year Government agreed to a multi-annual public funding arrangement for RTÉ, consisting of a combination of revenue from TV licence fees and Exchequer support. Key to Government's decision was the provision of multi-annual funding to provide certainty to RTÉ, enabling it to plan on a multi-annual basis for the delivery of its New...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Martin: The designation of the issuing agent for the purposes of the TV licence is set out in Section 145 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. Section 145(3) of the Act currently provides that the Minister may, by order, designate an issuing agent other than An Post. When the question of potentially appointing another or different issuing agent was previously proposed, it was considered on the basis...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department works with the Department of Foreign Affairs to identify possible locations for the International Famine Commemoration. There have been twelve international commemorations of the Great Irish Famine to date. Since the first international commemoration in Toronto and Quebec in 2009, events have also been held in Australia, Canada and the UK. As well as the International Famine...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Martin: The information in relation to to 2023 Accounts and Annual Reports for the bodies and agencies under my aegis that have yet to issue my Department with their most recent audited financial accounts or annual report is detailed in the table below. State Agency 2023 Audited Financial Accounts Issued to Department 2023 Annual Report Issued to Department ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Engagements (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. I wish to advise the Deputy that neither I nor any Minister in my Department, in their capacities as Ministers for Sport and the Gaeltacht, have had any contact with any Minister or official in the government of Israel since the establishment of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Martin: I wish to advise the Deputy that neither I or my special advisory teams, or senior officials from my Department have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Staff (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: Since the formation of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in September 2020 there has been five Special Advisers employed by the Department. The appointment of Special Advisers is subject to section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. All special advisers appointed to me are paid at the relevant Principal Officer (Standard) PPC scale. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: The 'Where to Watch' platform is operated by Screen Ireland the State Body with responsibility for the development of the Irish audiovisual industry. This platform, launched in 2022, is designed to help audiences all over the world discover where they can watch Irish film, selected TV dramas, animated works and documentaries both at home and in cinemas anywhere in the world. Users can browse...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Functions (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: As Minister, I have no role in the nomination or appointment of members of the board of Irish National Opera, nor has my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (25 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department funds a variety of projects under the B6 Subhead in support of objectives under our high-level goal in relation to developing individual and community engagement with and in the arts, culture and creativity and promoting Ireland’s arts, culture, and creativity globally. The Arts Council offers a wide range of schemes that provide funding to artists and arts...