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Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: That is very welcome because the world has changed a lot since then.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: The other question I want to ask relates to the budget. Does the Minister of State have any idea of what the budget will be for the current local and regional schemes that just closed for applications? I know he does not have the overall ask yet but does he have a ballpark figure?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I wish the Minister of State well with his endeavours. It is money very well spent.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: We will be pushing for as much money for Kerry as we can get. A couple of clubs in my constituency have come to me that are having difficulty drawing down funding at the moment so they have bridging loans and various difficulties as a result. Is there a possibility that the issue will be resolved between now and 1 January?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: It seems to be more a cash flow issue, as distinct from an administrative issue. The paperwork is done but I do not think the cash is there to drawdown at the moment.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Okay. I ask that the Department would pay if it could because it puts clubs under pressure when the drawdown is not available. My last point relates to the preparation for Paris 2024. Is the Olympic Federation of Ireland happy with the level of funding at the moment or is there a chance of further supplementary funding between here and the summer?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Very good. I thank the Minister, Deputy Martin, for coming in. I want to ask about what happened in Dublin last week. Pictures were beamed all over the world. Does the Minister anticipate that we will need to address reputational damage to Ireland as a tourism destination internationally as a result of the awful, dreadful scenes we saw in Dublin? Is brand Ireland damaged and will it...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: That is very good. On the arts front, I concur with the suggestion of Deputy Cannon regarding the national music strategy. I think it would be a very positive thing. One of the points we discussed in the committee last week, which I would like to bounce off the Minister is that we are trying to get more stations to play Irish musicians. Would she consider rewarding stations with further...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: That would be positive. It is worth considering. It was brought to our attention that there is a slight anomaly in the new scheme that is being piloted. By the way, the artists' support scheme is really fantastic. It is progressive and very innovative. One of the issues that has been brought to the committee's attention – the Minister may have received correspondence on it...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I will now ask about RTÉ. Friday night and the massive success of the "Toy Show" reminded us just how important RTÉ is to everyone in this country. I grew up in two-channel land and I have a massive affinity and fondness for RTÉ. I want to see the very best for the station into the future. It shaped who I am culturally because we did not have any other legal radio or...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I echo that. It is important people be reminded that, despite the mistrust of RTÉ or certain people in the higher echelons of RTÉ that may be there at the moment, independent broadcasters and producers benefit from the fund as well. You would have thought the messaging would have shifted in July. On 17 July, I got the figures back on the massive fall-off in licence fee...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: The Minister needs to find out how this decision was reached, given how much funding was at stake and how much exposure there is for the taxpayer as a result of the dramatic fall-off of over €17 million in licence fee renewals and new licences. She needs to scrutinise who was in the room, how the decision was made and if RTÉ can explain why it was made. If a private company was...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: When was the decision to recommence it made?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: When it made that decision is the question. All of this is in public now and all of a sudden it decides to recommence it but it has got its money in the meantime. I am not convinced everything was done appropriately. There were some games played by RTÉ and it ultimately got its money. With public money, Cabinet needs to be far more serious about giving money to organisations that I...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I know, but Cabinet should be asking what efforts RTÉ made to stop the rot and the fall-off in the fee. It looks to me like it decreased rather than increased efforts. It is unforgivable if that happened. Facts are facts; RTÉ stopped advertising it. That is new. We were not told that at any hearings before summer. It is not the Minister’s decision. She did not make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (23 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a new IDA Ireland advance facility at Kerry Technology Park; the anticipated timeline for the various stages in the process of delivering the new facility; the progress made in the past three years while this Deputy has been seeking regular updates through parliamentary questions;...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (23 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I did not realise four questions would be skipped. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for her discretion; I appreciate it. I ask the Minister to update the House on the efforts to provide a new advance facility in Kerry Technology Park and to create jobs in County Kerry.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (23 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister for the update. When County Kerry is included with Cork city and county in those south-west figures, the lack of foreign direct investment, proportionately, in County Kerry often gets masked. It is important to acknowledge that Kerry does not punch as heavily as we should and we need to widen our economic base. We depend too much on the tourism and hospitality sector...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (23 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: The news about Astellas is fantastic. I look out my kitchen window every morning at Astellas across Castlemaine Harbour. The fact that it will now also locate in Tralee is fantastic news for the county. I will point out three things to the Minister. First, the previous advance facility has not worked to date. Nobody has worked in that site to date and no one is working there this...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the performance of the IDA advance facility at Kerry Technology Park (details supplied); if he will consider the job opportunities hitherto foregone; if best practice was followed throughout the entire process of attracting and agreeing the tenancy; if adequate safeguards were put in place as part of the process;...