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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Priorities (5 Dec 2023)

Catherine Martin: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 221 of Thursday, 19 October 2023, in which I set out the measures being undertaken to ensure the continued growth and viability of each sector under my Department's remit. The current position remains as outlined in that reply.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: On 21 December 2022 the proposed Short Term Tourism Letting (STTL) Bill was submitted to the EU Commission pursuant to the Technical Regulations Information System (TRIS) EU Directive 2015/1535 that requires EU Member States to notify the Commission of any draft technical regulations concerning products and information society services before they are adopted in national law. Such a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The details relating to the various funding schemes administered by my Department that are open for applications at present are outlined in the table below. There are currently no new schemes confirmed to open for applications in the next six months. Regarding bodies and agencies under my Department's remit, these are operational matters for the agencies themselves, including Fáilte...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: White Papers (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. My Department has not published any White Papers in the period since then.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Consultations (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: My Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. From time to time, my Department commissions experts to provide technical reports or advice on specific issues. While the providers of these services may describe themselves as consultants, their work is not classified as consultancy services and is not funded from my Department's Administrative Budget. I wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: My Department uses online advertising as one of the many tools at its disposal to inform citizens of its programmes of work, including public consultations and major events. Social media has become increasingly important in recent years and my Department is conscious that many citizens rely on online platforms to keep apprised of current events. I am advised, that digital advertising spend on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: My Department uses online advertising as one of the many tools at its disposal to inform citizens of its programmes of work, including public consultations and major events. Social media has become increasingly important in recent years and my Department is conscious that many citizens rely on online platforms to keep apprised of current events. I am advised, that digital advertising spend on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: My Department uses online advertising as one of the many tools at its disposal to inform citizens of its programmes of work, including public consultations and major events. Social media has become increasingly important in recent years and my Department is conscious that many citizens rely on online platforms to keep apprised of current events. I am advised, that digital advertising spend on...

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

Catherine Martin: My Department was established in its current configuration in September 2020 and the information provided therefore only covers from that period to date. Details of the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty (compensation) payments by my Department and all Government Departments are published by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on a quarterly basis. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Child Protection (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The issue of children accessing online material that is not appropriate for them, including pornography, is a serious matter. This is why Government legislated for a new regulatory framework for online safety through the Online Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Act. Under the OSMR Act, a new regulator, Coimisiún na Meán was established. An Coimisiún will protect people from...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ukraine War (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The joint Ministerial statement to which the Deputy refers, and the three other statements issued previously, represent a strong and welcome international consensus against the completely unwarranted and unjustified aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation. All of these statements were made on the basis of an explicit recognition and respect for the autonomy of sporting...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The National Sports Policy, which was published in 2018, provided for the establishment of a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The first call for proposals under the LSSIF closed in 2019 with applications confined to local authorities and national governing bodies of sport. All applications were assessed in accordance with the published evaluation procedures and guidelines and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Teanga Gaeilge (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 226 agus 227 le chéile. Tá na critéir riachtanacha don ról aontaithe ag mo Roinnse agus ag TLAC agus déanfaidh PAS iad seo a mheas mar chuid den phróiseas roghnóireachta. Níl Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge mar chuid den phróiseas earcaíochta seo. Toisc go meastar go mbeidh an té a cheapfar in ann...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The TV licence funds a broad range of public service content, enabling essential news and current affairs programming, as well as supporting the creation of a high quality content on culture, sport, entertainment, music and more. It supports not only RTÉ, but also content created and broadcast by many independent producers on a range of national and local broadcasters. As such it remains...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (22 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: As the Deputy is aware, 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, as well as certain other bodies. My Department is progressing the development of a new national tourism policy that will seek to establish Ireland as a leading...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Men's Sheds (21 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: The TV licence funds a broad range of public service content, enabling essential news and current affairs programming, as well as supporting the creation of a high quality content on culture, sport, entertainment, music and more. It supports content created and broadcast by many independent producers on a range of national and local broadcasters, not only RTÉ. As such it remains...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Ireland (21 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: 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 art forms, to global audiences. Details of the funding allocations for Culture Ireland from 2022 onwards are as follows: Year ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (21 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: In addition to setting out the remit and obligations of RTÉ as a public service broadcaster, the Broadcasting Act also provides for the independence of RTÉ in its fulfilment of these obligations. This independence extends not only to editorial decision-making but also to operational activities, including matters relating to staffing and remuneration. These provisions are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (21 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 283 together. My Department was established in its current configuration in September 2020, the details sought in relation to current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world which is owned or part-owned by any Israeli state agency or by any Israeli-based company since then are set...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2024 (21 Nov 2023)

Catherine Martin: Existing Levels of Service (ELS) figures form part of the overall Ministerial ceilings agreed by Government in Budget 2024 and are published by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery & Reform as part of the Expenditure Report www.gov.ie/en/publication/df18e-budget-2024-expenditure-repo rts/ The funding allocation to be provided to my Department in 2024 maintains and...