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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: The registration on the proposed short-term letting register will be a requirement for all self-catering and bed and breakfast accommodation. For full compliance with the registration, it is a requirement for all property owners to ensure they have the correct planning permission for the accommodation they are offering. I mentioned, as did Deputy O'Sullivan, the balance that needs to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: Coimisiún na Meán obviously recognises that recommender systems can have significant harmful impacts on users, especially children. Under its online safety framework, an coimisiún will be best able to tackle the potential dangers of recommender systems through the implementation of the Digital Services Act. Under this EU regulation, very large online platforms and search...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Government’s housing policy, Housing for All, commits to the development of new regulatory controls requiring all short term lettings to register with Fáilte Ireland, with a view to ensuring that housing is used to best effect in areas of housing need. The proposed short-term letting and tourism Bill will provide the statutory basis for the establishment of a short-term lets...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I said, the self-catering and wider short-term letting sector is an important element of the tourism ecosystem. The tourism sector must coexist and develop in a way that recognises and is complementary to the wider needs of local communities. The long-term sustainable growth of tourism requires that appropriate balance is achieved between the short- and long-term rental sectors. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Deputy will not be waiting and waiting. The general scheme of the Bill will be introduced this autumn as a single, comprehensive Bill. The Bill must address a number of key recommendations as well as the assignment of the C and AG, and that is my intention. We are at the final stages of the drafting of the general scheme. A core measure in the Bill is the assignment of the C and AG as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: It is my intention to introduce the general scheme in the autumn. I am fully aware of what months are in autumn, so the Deputy will understand what I am saying. Importantly, these reforms will drive accountability, transparency and value for money in our public service media providers. There is a provision in the Broadcasting Act to hold TG4’s director general accountable to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: This afternoon, I will participate in the online safety summit, chaired by An Taoiseach, with other Ministers and digital regulators. The summer will focus on effective implementation and delivery of online safety for the Irish public. This will build on the significant body of legislation providing the foundations for Ireland's online safety framework that this Government put in place. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: Following the passing of the OSMR Bill, we had to set up Coimisiún na Meán and fund its operation. I visited the commission recently and it is a strong working regulator with a large team. In May, an coimisiún published a revised draft online safety code. At the end of August, it completed its consultation process with the European Commission. Coimisiún na Meán...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I said, the Arts Council conducted an audit of all arts and cultural facilities, not just in Dublin, but across Ireland. My Department has also allocated €11.9 million in current funding to support the work of the night-time economy task force and €2 million in capital funding, and this has supported some key initiatives and pilot projects in the night-time economy policy...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: Yes. As I said, my Department and I are continuing to support the night-time economy through a range of initiatives. The modernisation of licensing is one aspect of this, and an important one, but it is under the remit of the Department of Justice and is being led by it. I have made no secret that I am in support of the reform of our licensing laws, and the Minister for Justice and her...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: On 7 May this year, the Government accepted in principle 116 recommendations made by the expert advisory committees appointed to carry out reviews of RTÉ relating to governance and culture, contractor fees, HR and other matters. The re-assignment of the Comptroller and Auditor General as auditor of RTÉ was a key recommendation of the expert advisory committee on governance and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: I published the report of the night-time economy task force in September 2021. It contains 36 practical recommendations in the areas of regulation, licensing, planning, transport, safety and increasing the diversity of night-time activities. The night-time economy unit in my Department continues to work with the implementation group of the task force report, the night-time economy sector,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: Section 2 of the Arts Act 2003 states: "arts” means any creative or interpretative expression, whether traditional or contemporary, in whatever form, and includes, in particular, visual arts, theatre, literature, music, dance, opera, film, circus and architecture, and includes any medium when used for those purposes. This legislative definition indicates a recognition that arts...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: Each of the practices subject to the Deputy's question are important creative activities that play an important part in the cultural life of the nation. For example, Irish comedy, to which the Deputy referred, has been to the fore internationally for decades. Comedians such as Deirdre O'Kane, Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Dara Ó Briain are household names in Ireland and overseas. As...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I mentioned, I have always respected the arm's length principle as Minister. That has been a central tenet for me. The next step is that what has worked for the past four years I have been Minister is engagement and consultation. That is where the Arts Council, development and research and this multidisciplinary arts policy come in. It is currently seeking input by way of comments and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Sector (9 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: I am conscious that provision of high quality public service media content is not just the preserve of our public service media bodies, RTÉ and TG4, but that commercial broadcasters, such as local radio, and other media platforms, like local newspapers, play an important role in providing valuable public service content to the Irish public. The Future of Media Commission (FOMC), in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (9 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy rightly points out, Section 103 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 provides that RTÉ or TG4 may, with the consent of the Minister, vary the number of television or sound broadcasting channels operated. The process established under Section 103 requires consultation with the broadcaster, consultation with Coimisiún na Meán as to the sectoral impact and consideration of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Programme for Government (9 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department has made, and continues to make, significant progress on implementing the relevant commitments under the Programme for Government. My Department’s Statement of Strategy reflects these national priorities. The following summarises our key achievements in respect of the Programme for Government: Tourism: We strongly supported the recovery and rebuilding of Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (9 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 721 to 724, inclusive, together. The National Famine Commemoration Committee (NFCC), was established in July 2008, following a Government decision to commemorate the Great Famine with an annual memorial day. The main objective of the National Famine Commemoration Committee is to consider the most appropriate arrangements for an annual national commemoration...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (9 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: I appointed Ray Harman as Chairperson of Screen Ireland on 22 August 2024. Details are available on the Screen Ireland website, www.screenireland.ie/about/board-members.