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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...Arts Council which is independent in its funding decisions under the Arts Act 2003. I have successfully secured increased funding for the Arts Council in recent years, with a record breaking €134 million being allocated in 2024. The Arts Council operates within a published ten-year strategic framework entitled Making Great Art Work. The Arts Council supports and develops the arts...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...looked specifically at the e-charging infrastructure in Ireland as it relates to tourism. The study sought to understand the current position, proposed infrastructure developments in the medium term (3-5 years), gaps and opportunities for car touring with electric vehicles or hybrid, ascertain future trends in terms of technology and range of vehicles and provide a roadmap for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...material, content promoting suicide, self-harm or eating disorders and pornographic material. Failure to comply with an online safety code can lead to the imposition of significant financial sanctions of up to €20 million or 10% of turnover and continued non-compliance can lead to criminal penalties. An Coimisiún expects to adopt this code in the first half of 2024. ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Policy (19 Oct 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...facing the sector. Those supports have included the retention of the lower VAT rate from November 2021 until 1 September of this year. In 2021 supports from my Department included €55 million for a dedicated tourism business continuity fund, €17 million in capital investment for an outdoor dining scheme and €5 million for an urban animation scheme. In budget...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadcasting Sector (13 Jul 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...general commercial communications code. I have also taken action to support programming in relation to climate action. Under the Climate Action Plan 2021, my Department and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications allocated €2.5 million each for a total of €5 million to the sound and vision scheme to promote media content which raises awareness of...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...governing body for football and to rebuild after the financial mismanagement and subsequent implosion of the association just a few short years ago. That support package provided for the restoration and doubling of funding for football development to €5.8 million each year from 2020 to 2023. An additional €7.6 million was provided between 2020 and 2022 towards the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (29 Jun 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...this Department can be found in my Departments’ annual reports (www.gov.ie/en/publication/daa43-annual-report-2020/) and Statement of Strategy 2021-2023 (www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/9205f-statement-of-s trategy-20212023/), some of the main achievements in the different policy areas are outlined below. Tourism €7.6m in Shared Island funding secured for a new brand...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Ireland (23 May 2023)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 358 together. 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 artforms, to global audiences. In 2023 Culture Ireland's allocation is €6.6m. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (18 May 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...supports have included the retention of the lower VAT rate since November 2021, a rate which was most recently extended until 1 September 2023. In 2021, supports from my Department included €55 million for a dedicated tourism business continuity fund, €17 million in capital investment for an outdoor dining scheme and €5 million for an urban animation scheme. In...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (18 May 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...will develop Mountains DEDP,commencing 2023. 2022 was a busy year for the Dublin Region with a number of projects and initiatives completed. For example, Dublin's Surprising Stories Small Grants (€1.7 Million), were all completed in 2022 allowing for better international language provision and story interpretation across 10 key visitor attractions. In addition, Failte...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (18 May 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...artists countrywide with record €130m annual funding for the Arts Council now in place for the third year running. I am informed that in January, the Arts Council announced funding of over €9 Million for Arts Centres and Ealaín na Gaeltachta for 2023. The purpose of Arts Centre funding is to invest in and support the infrastructure of Arts Centres required to sustain and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Policy (22 Feb 2023)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 126 together. As Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, I allocate funding to the Arts Council. Under the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council has primary responsibility for the development of the arts in Ireland.The Council works under its 10 year Strategy to address its statutory remit through a policy-driven focus on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (21 Feb 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...facing our tourism industry. Notwithstanding this, we must continue to plan for further recovery in the sector and build for a sustainable future. In budget 2023, I secured an additional €5 million allocation for the tourism agencies to continue the development of a new tourism initiative as provided for in the programme for Government. In keeping with the mission of my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (21 Feb 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...areas, there are no alternative sources of employment. It is also the case that the sector employs a higher proportion of young people. Almost one in two of those employed in the sector are aged less than 35, compared to less than one in three of the total workforce. It is also the case that the sector employs a higher proportion of young people on a part-time and seasonal basis providing...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...around the country. That is good for tourism. There is one in the Deputy’s constituency, the Mary Robinson Centre and presidential library in Ballina. In 2016, my Department awarded a grant of €2 million towards the cost of construction and fit-out of the Mary Robinson Centre. Mayo County Council is the project promoter and procured development funding of over €5...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Schemes (26 Jan 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...commitment to seek to emulate the success of the Gathering in 2013 which supported recovery in the tourism sector after the last major economic crisis. In Budget 2023, I secured an additional €5 million allocation for the tourism agencies to continue the development of a new tourism initiative, The Invitation project, to support recovery in the sector by promoting and building on...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (24 Jan 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...audiences, developing education programmes and expanding the reach of the orchestra. In July 2018, the Government agreed that the NSO should be brought within the concert hall's remit. The Department commissioned a report that estimated the full operational costs of the orchestra to be approximately €8 million per annum. To support this process, my Department established an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (13 Dec 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...;s website, charts the progress on the implementation of the recommendations made by the taskforce up to and including December 2021. Over 2021 my commitment to the sector was evidenced by funding allocations, among them €25m to pilot a Basic Income Scheme for Artists; record Arts Council funding of €130m and the announcement of a €50 million funding package for the...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...or reduced, we must keep in mind the regulatory principle that a regulated service should only contribute to the cost of functions related to that service. That is the intention of subsection 21(5) of the Bill. It is an important principle based on legal advice. Therefore, it is not possible for the levy on designated online services to be used to fund a reduction in a levy on...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...ún. It is intended that an coimisiún fulfil all its statutory functions, from online safety to the promotion of programming in the Irish language, and set them out in its statement of strategy accordingly. Amendment No. 53 would infringe on the editorial freedom of both advertisers and media service providers and, in any case, we are addressing this through section 10A of the...