Results 141-160 of 203 for 5 million speaker:Catherine Martin

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (3 Feb 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...relating to the survival of the sector. Good progress has been made in introducing the following tourism-specific measures: - There was a record level of funding for Tourism overall, an increase of €59 million over 2020 allocation, to just under €221 million. - A €55 million business continuity scheme was introduced to help strategic tourism business survive the...

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

Catherine Martin: ...to the survival of the sector. Good progress has been made in introducing the following tourism-specific 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (21 Jan 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...the best possible chance of surviving this difficult period. The most significant of these supports is the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS). According to Revenue Commissioners, over €4.5 billion worth of such payments have been made to employers since the pandemic began through the EWSS and its predecessor the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS). As of 14 January 2021, the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (13 Jan 2021)

Catherine Martin: Primary support for the arts, including theatre, is delivered by the Arts Council, funding for which has increased steadily in recent years and reaches €130 million in 2021. The Arts Council, which is independent in its funding decisions under the Arts Act 2003, operates within a published ten-year strategic framework entitled Making Great Art Work. The Arts Council supports and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Catherine Martin: An amount of over €5 million was provided for the pilot "Live Performance Support Scheme" which was heavily oversubscribed, with over 100 applications seeking funding of over €16 million. As a result, it was not possible to provide funding to all applicants. The pilot scheme was developed following consultation with the live performance sector and will inform any future schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Catherine Martin: ..., which reflects the high demand for support as well as being an indication of the vibrancy of the music sector in Ireland. The total funding for the 2020 Music Industry Stimulus Package of €1.7 million is supporting 79 song writing camps and 56 new album releases as well as the 184 recording awards announced. Under the Live Performance Support Scheme, over €5 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: ..., which reflects the high demand for support as well as being an indication of the vibrancy of the music sector in Ireland. The total funding for the 2020 Music Industry Stimulus Package of €1.7 million is supporting 79 song writing camps and 56 new album releases as well as the 184 recording awards announced. 2. Over €5 million in funding to assist commercial venues,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: .... A breakdown of the amounts allocated under each of the schemes is available on the Sport Ireland website at the following link: . I am informed by Sport Ireland that an amount of up to €15 million was available under the Club Resilience Fund. Sport Ireland was in a position to meet the requests submitted by National Governing Bodies for their club networks, which amounted to...

Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...the tourism sector and they are supplemented by the economy-wide business supports and social welfare measures. The total funding for the tourism sector will increase in 2021 by more than €59 million, or 36%, over the initial 2020 allocation in budget 2020 to €220.9 million. Combined with other measures such as the Covid resilience support scheme, CRSS, and the rates...

Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: I continue to monitor it through the ongoing engagement. It is absolutely critical to provide the correct supports, for example, the €50 million live events scheme, from which I hope some in the Deputy's constituency will benefit. We are tweaking what happened with the €5 million pilot scheme to find ways to reach those we did not reach.. We are looking to see how best we can...

Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...We met with the Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland, MEAI, last week and we have met with representatives from EPIC. We have asked them to consider what changes could be made to the €5 million pilot scheme. That is not just a scheme, we have seen it up and running. Last weekend saw the first events from that €5 million and there will be many more over the coming...

Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...has placed necessary limits on gatherings to protect public health. Some of the key measures that have been introduced in 2020 to help the sectors within my Department's remit include and additional €25 million for the Arts Council, a €5 million live events pilot scheme, €5 million to support the national cultural institutions, NCIs, and nationwide arts...

Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...an advanced credit for trading expenses for the period of the restrictions. The scheme will operate until 31 March 2021. In budget 2021 the Government announced the provision of a support of €50 million for the live entertainment sector after a period of engagement between it and officials from my Department. It is the first time this sector has received direct support and that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Deputy. In the interim, I hope he would know that I announced the successful applicants from the €5 million pilot programme in the July stimulus package. I will roll out €50 million in the new year to help the sector. The amount was increased to €50 million because the €5 million programme received €16.5 million worth of applications. This...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...industries.  The main objective of the scheme is to provide employment opportunities in the live performance sector while also complying with public health protection measures. I recently announced the recipients of the €5 million Pilot Live Performance Support Scheme with a total of 59 organisations benefitting from the scheme. The main objective of the scheme is to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...is currently developing specific proposals and indicative plans for a co-ordinated, cross-governmental programme for the remainder of the Decade of Centenaries.  Next year's budget of €5 million is a significant increase of €3 million on this year's funding allocation.  It will support the development of a rich diversity of ongoing and new  partnerships to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...to the horizontal measures such as the EWSS and CRSS and measures previously introduced like the ‘stay and spend’ tax credit and adaptation grants, are: - A Business Continuity Scheme of €55 million for strategic tourism businesses; - A reduced VAT rate of 9%, and - Funding of €5 million for focused upskilling training to support business...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...Ireland, has been similarly impacted with restrictions on spectators, and curtailed activity generally, severely impacting on revenues. The commercial sports and leisure sector has also seen its activity cease as we moved to level 5 of the Government’s plan for living with Covid-19. Across the Gaeltacht, businesses and communities alike have suffered a significant reduction in...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Deputy. I am glad that the live performance support scheme has been well received. It is a pilot scheme of €5 million, with €50 million to be launched to help next year. On the Deputy's query about the CRSS, which falls under the remit of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, and those who do not have fixed premises, the live performance support scheme was...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Departmental Priorities and Effects of Covid-19: Minister for Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media (4 Nov 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...venues, producers and promoters of live performance to provide employment to the workers in the creative industries. That is the very reason we designed it. The pilot scheme, with funding of €5 million, is to inform us on how we will then do the next one, for which I secured €50 million in the budget. The main objective of the scheme is to provide employment opportunities...