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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 338, 377, 389, 408 and 409 together. Recently, I was pleased to announce a €50 million suite of measures to support those in the Live Entertainment Sector. As part of this suite, an allocation of €25 million is being made available under the Live Performance Support Scheme 2021. This scheme builds on the successful outcomes of the pilot Live...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (28 Apr 2021)

Catherine Martin: In 2021, the arts, culture, audio-visual and live entertainment sectors have been allocated Government resources of €135m (74%) more than the amount allocated at the beginning of 2020.  Of this I have allocated an additional €50m to the Arts Council bringing its 2021 funding to €130m allowing it to help artists, arts workers and arts organisations come through this...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...sectors, as well as the measures that my Department had put into place to mitigate against the harmful effects of the pandemic. We have since faced another wave of the virus and, along with it, another period of level 5 restrictions has been imposed on these hard-hit sectors. I am deeply conscious of the effects that measures taken in the interests of public health have had on our ability...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...As the Senator will be aware, the Government will meet in advance of 4 May to review the level of restrictions and see what can be done. I have two schemes in place to facilitate that. The €5 million for live performance schemes in local authority areas is to employ and engage live performers during the summer months and help them programme for outdoor live performances. The...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Catherine Martin: The €17 million outdoor dining scheme is being administered by Fáilte Ireland through the local authorities and there are two elements to it. There is the €5 million element, which is for outdoor seating and accessories for tourism and hospitality businesses, and the second element is the €12 million for local authority structures for weatherproofing and outdoor...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Apr 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...horizontal support across all sectors of the economy. SMEs and Businesses in the non-funded live events sector are eligible to apply under this scheme. I was pleased to recently announce a new €50 million suite of additional measures to further support those in the Live Entertainment Sector. As part of this suite, an allocation of €25 million is being made available under...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...horizontal support across all sectors of the economy. SMEs and businesses in the non-funded live events sector are eligible to apply under this scheme. I was pleased to recently announce a new €50 million suite of additional measures to further support those in the Live Entertainment Sector. As part of this suite, an allocation of €25 million is being made available under...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 554, 560 and 563 together. Recently, I was pleased to announce a €50 million suite of measures to support those in the Live Entertainment Sector. As part of this suite, an allocation of €25 million is being made available under the Live Performance Support Scheme 2021.  This scheme builds on the successful outcomes of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...Assistance Scheme for Covid (SBASC) as a further horizontal support across all sectors of the economy.  SMEs and Businesses in the non-funded live events sector are eligible to apply under this scheme. I was pleased to recently announce a new €50 million suite of additional measures to further support those in the Live Entertainment Sector. As part of this suite, an...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...to a strong collaboration with the industry. Horizontal support schemes such as the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, and rates waiver have been worth hundreds of millions of euro to the broader tourism and hospitality sectors. Outside of that, I have allocated a record level of funding to tourism, which has allowed me to introduce measures...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...will initiate the development of this new national tourism policy. Senator Keogan asked what progress has been made in supports and I outlined earlier some of those supports, including: the €55 million business continuity scheme; the reduction of the VAT rate to 9%; two separate funds of €10 million for coach tourism operators and the Ireland-based inbound agents business...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...support across all sectors of the economy. SMEs and Businesses in the non-funded live entertainment sector are eligible to apply under this scheme. This week I was pleased to announce a new €50 million suite of additional measures to further support those in the Live Entertainment Sector. As part of this suite, an allocation of €25 million is being made available under the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Mar 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 333, 334 and 343 together. I was pleased yesterday to announce a new €50 million suite of measures to support those in the Live Entertainment Sector. As part of this suite, an allocation of €25 million is being made available under the Live Performance Support Scheme 2021. This scheme builds on the successful outcomes of the pilot Live...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Catherine Martin: ..., activity providers, and caravan and camping sites. - The VAT rate for the Sector was reduced to 9% to help improve competitiveness and viability of businesses. - Two separate funds of €10million each were introduced for Coach Tourism Operators and Ireland Based Inbound Agents Business Continuity Scheme in the last quarter of 2020. - Funding of €5 million...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Information (18 Feb 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...Irish Film Board For Deputy's convenience a summary of recently announced funding schemes is listed below.: The Live Performance support Scheme The Live Performance Support Scheme has funding of €5 million and has been launched to assist commercial promoters and producers to employ artists, musicians, performers, technicians and other support staff in live...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Feb 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...package of tax and fiscal measures to build the resilience of the economy and to help vulnerable but viable businesses across all sectors. Key measures for the tourism sector include: - A €55 million business continuity scheme to help strategic tourism business survive the pandemic and drive recovery - The VAT rate for the Sector was reduced to 9% to help improve competitiveness...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (10 Feb 2021)

Catherine Martin: An allocation of €50 million was made in Budget 2021 for the live performance sector. It is intended that the rollout of the funding would include measures that will build on grant schemes launched under the July stimulus, such as the pilot "Live Performance Support Scheme" and the "Music Industry Support Package". Over €5 million in funding was provided through the pilot...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 274 and 275 together. Over €5 million in funding was provided through the pilot Live Performance Support Scheme (LPSS) to assist commercial venues, producers and promoters to plan live performances across the country, with a total of 59 organisations benefitting from the scheme. The main objective of this pilot scheme was to provide employment...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Catherine Martin: An allocation of €50 million was made in Budget 2021 for the live performance sector. It is intended that the rollout of the funding would include measures that will build on grant schemes launched under the July stimulus, such as the pilot "Live Performance Support Scheme" and the "Music Industry Support Package". Over €5 million in funding was provided through the pilot...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...but viable businesses across all sectors. Of particular relevance to the tourism sector were the following measures:  - There was a record level of funding for Tourism overall, an increase of €59 million over 2020 allocation, to just under €221 million. - Based on this allocation, a €55 million business continuity scheme was launched on 1st February by...