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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ukraine War (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The joint Ministerial statement to which the Deputy refers, and the three other statements issued previously, represent a strong and welcome international consensus against the completely unwarranted and unjustified aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation. All of these statements were made on the basis of an explicit recognition and respect for the autonomy of sporting...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The National Sports Policy, which was published in 2018, provided for the establishment of a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The first call for proposals under the LSSIF closed in 2019 with applications confined to local authorities and national governing bodies of sport. All applications were assessed in accordance with the published evaluation procedures and guidelines and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Teanga Gaeilge (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 226 agus 227 le chéile. Tá na critéir riachtanacha don ról aontaithe ag mo Roinnse agus ag TLAC agus déanfaidh PAS iad seo a mheas mar chuid den phróiseas roghnóireachta. Níl Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge mar chuid den phróiseas earcaíochta seo. Toisc go meastar go mbeidh an té a cheapfar in ann...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The TV licence funds a broad range of public service content, enabling essential news and current affairs programming, as well as supporting the creation of a high quality content on culture, sport, entertainment, music and more. It supports not only RTÉ, but also content created and broadcast by many independent producers on a range of national and local broadcasters. As such it remains...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (22 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy is aware, my Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy and implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, as well as certain other bodies. My Department is progressing the development of a new national tourism policy that will seek to establish Ireland as a leading...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Men's Sheds (21 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The TV licence funds a broad range of public service content, enabling essential news and current affairs programming, as well as supporting the creation of a high quality content on culture, sport, entertainment, music and more. It supports content created and broadcast by many independent producers on a range of national and local broadcasters, not only RTÉ. As such it remains...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Ireland (21 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Culture Ireland is a unit of my Department with responsibility for the promotion of Irish Arts internationally. In doing so, they work with International presenting partners and annually funded bodies to bring high quality Irish arts, across all art forms, to global audiences. Details of the funding allocations for Culture Ireland from 2022 onwards are as follows: Year ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (21 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: In addition to setting out the remit and obligations of RTÉ as a public service broadcaster, the Broadcasting Act also provides for the independence of RTÉ in its fulfilment of these obligations. This independence extends not only to editorial decision-making but also to operational activities, including matters relating to staffing and remuneration. These provisions are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (21 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 283 together. My Department was established in its current configuration in September 2020, the details sought in relation to current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world which is owned or part-owned by any Israeli state agency or by any Israeli-based company since then are set...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2024 (21 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Existing Levels of Service (ELS) figures form part of the overall Ministerial ceilings agreed by Government in Budget 2024 and are published by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery & Reform as part of the Expenditure Report www.gov.ie/en/publication/df18e-budget-2024-expenditure-repo rts/ The funding allocation to be provided to my Department in 2024 maintains and...

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: No, I think the Deputy may be feeling a little bit uncomfortable because he played no hand, act or part in the passage of that Bill.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: I got a Bill through and enacted.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Deputy Tóibín was nowhere to be seen or heard.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Has the Deputy read the Bill?

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Has he engaged with Coimisiún na Meán?

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Ar dtús báire ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabhail leis na Teachtaí as an méid a labhair siad faoin mBille seo. As I stated at the beginning of this debate, the issue of children accessing online material that is not appropriate for them, particularly pornography, is a serious matter. This is why the Government has acted and legislated for a new regulatory...

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Why did Deputy Tóibín not contribute to the Bill at the time?

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Did the Deputy attend the committee meetings?

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The Deputy could have gone to the committees but he did not contribute to the Bill.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Dáil Éireann declines to give the Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020 a second reading on the basis that its scope is not in line with the remit of ComReg, its objectives are being pursued by the Government through other initiatives, it would likely infringe...