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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourist Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: The growth of the short term letting sector in recent years is a key aspect of the tourism ecosystem but it has brought with it certain challenges, in particular a lack of data on the short term letting market which impedes authorities’ ability to determine which properties are best placed for tourism and which are more appropriate to the longer term housing market. The proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: I am very conscious of the contribution that festivals make to the artistic and cultural life of local communities and how these events make destinations attractive to domestic and international tourists. I recognise also the challenges involved in arranging festivals, often involving significant financial outlay and commitments and a great deal of voluntary activity. Accordingly, my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: The number of officers on Career Break in my Department in 2023 was 11 and in 2024 was 6. None of these career breaks exceeded 5 years. The tables below outline details of these career breaks, including by grade and by month. Grade 2023 - Number of Officers on Career Break by Month 2024 - Number of Officers on Career Break by Month ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: The number of vacancies in my Department fluctuates on an ongoing basis. Vacancies arise across all grades due to staff promotions, staff availing of civil service mobility, career breaks, staff retirements and exits. During 2023, 112 vacancies arose in my Department of which 109 were backfilled. The three vacancies at end of 2023 by grade are as follows: Grade ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: I am assured that since the formation of this Department in 2020, no civil servant in this Department has had their career break extended beyond five years. All staff that wished to return from a career break were offered a suitable vacancy. Career breaks in this Department are managed under the terms of Circular 04/2013 - Career Breaks in the Civil Service.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: There are 17 vacancies in my Department, the majority have arisen following a number of recent internal promotions and staff turnover. These vacancies will be filled as soon as possible through available recruitment methods for the Civil Service including publicjobs.ie and mobility. Grade Number of Vacancies Assistant Principal Officer 1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: The 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 tourism destination. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: 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. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct response to the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Just Transition (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I referred the question to the agency for direct response to the Deputy and I understand that a response issued earlier this month.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: The network of venues and arts centres established throughout the State receive ongoing annual funding from the Arts Council. Funding for the Arts Council has increased steadily since I became Minister and I was delighted to secure the record figure of €140 million for 2025. My Department focuses on providing capital grants to arts and culture facilities. Much of the nationwide...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: I am advised that the information requested by the Deputy is set out in the below table and I would further advise the Deputy that all of these appointment decisions were made before 8th November 2024. Non-Commercial State Board Member Name Position First Term Second Term End Term Appointment Type Arts...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: The item in question is legally the property of an institution overseas. Curatorial decisions for the venue concerned – including the exhibition of items on loan - are a matter for the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: 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. The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct response to the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artificial Intelligence (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: My Department is guided by relevant legislation, policies and the National Cyber Security Centre in respect of all matters related to the use or operation of AI. All applications and platforms used or operated by my Department must be in line with relevant policies and be consistent with advice provided by the National Cyber Security Centre. The use of AI by bodies under the aegis of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Properties (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: My Department shares occupancy in two office buildings in Dublin and fully occupies one other. Details are set out in the table below: 23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02 TD30 Shared with Dept Enterprise Joyce House, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2 D02 Y729 Shared with HSE National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, D08 DF85

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: Culture Ireland operates within the Department to support Irish artists in presenting and promoting their work to audiences around the world. In that context, Culture Ireland provides support to Irish professional dancers and dance companies for the international presentation of their work. The Department provides funding to professional Irish artists to present work at key...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Travel (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Details of my expenses are also published on my Department's website www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/e9c55-ministerial-exp enses/#2024 These include travel and subsistence costs in respect of domestic and foreign travel. Personal expenses incurred by accompanying officials are claimed by the individual officers...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: In accordance with the Directive on Public Procurement and the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media follows the principle of competitive tendering for Government contracts for the acquisition of goods and services. In order to allow fair competition between suppliers it is open to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (22 Jan 2025)

Catherine Martin: My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. I am advised that my Department has not entered into any contracts with the companies in question in the period since its establishment and to the present date.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Projects (7 Nov 2024)

Catherine Martin: Since it was first observed in 2023, the public holiday to celebrate Imbolc/St Bridget’s Day, the Saint or goddess Bridget and the ancient spring festival has become the first Irish public holiday to be named after a woman. The ancient traditional festival of Imbolc marks the half-way point between the winter solstice and the equinox, the beginning of spring and the Celtic New Year....