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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (17 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I stated in my reply to the Deputy, which he refers to in the question, in the event of viable proposals for the sustainable future operation of the Museum in question, officials from my Department remain available to meet with the local authority or the Old Drogheda Society to review the situation. As the Deputy is aware, the resources available to the Department are limited and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department engaged extensively with representatives of the organisation referred to by the Deputy in 2022 and 2023 in an effort to assist the organisation in putting proper governance and financial management structures in place within the organisation to allow the continuation of state funding to support its operations. Emergency funding was also approved at that time by the Department in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: My role and that of my Department in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy development and in securing resources to assist the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, in implementing that policy. The matter raised is an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Although a figure of international renown, Shackleton's memory is particularly memorialised in Ireland, Great Britain, and in New Zealand (Antarctic Heritage Trust). Born in Athy in 1874, the family moved to London when Ernest was 10. Shackleton is very much part of the 'shared heritage' of Britain and Ireland - in which context it was pleasing to note that the new memorial plaque at...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (11 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Tar éis próiseas comhairliúcháin a eagrú ar an ábhar seo i samhradh 2014, seo a leanas an liosta bailte a d’fhéadfadh a bheith aitheanta mar Bhailte Seirbhíse Gaeltachta ach pleananna teanga a bheith aontaithe leis na pobail sna bailte éagsúla i gcomhréir leis na critéir pleanála teanga forordaithe faoi Acht na...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (11 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Seo a leanas an liosta bailte - Gaeltachta agus neamh-Ghaeltachta - a d’fhéadfadh a bheith aitheanta mar Bhailte Seirbhíse Gaeltachta ach pleananna teanga a bheith aontaithe leis na pobail sna bailte éagsúla i gcomhréir leis na critéir pleanála teanga forordaithe faoi Acht na Gaeltachta 2012. Is figiúirí an daonáireamh is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Properties (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: In general, matters relating to property for my Department are the responsibility of the Office of Public Works as my Department does not own any properties. I am advised that my Department does not have control of any vacant or derelict properties.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Tugann an tábla thíos léiriú ar an gcaiteachas tógála de €50m a rinne Údarás na Gaeltachta idir na blianta 2019 agus 2023. Tá punann fairsing maoine ag an Údarás ina bhfuil breis agus 500 aonad tionsclaíocha agus gnó scaipthe thar na seacht gcontae Gaeltachta. Thug Údarás na Gaeltachta le fios gur tógadh...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: Tá Páirc na Mara aitheanta mar cheann de thograí straitéiseacha Údarás na Gaeltachta ina bhfuil sé beartaithe ionad náisiúnta taighde, nuálaíocht agus forbartha a lonnú i gCill Chiaráin, Conamara a bheidh dírithe ar dheiseanna in earnáil na mara a thapú. Deir Údarás na Gaeltachta gur togra uaillmhianach...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday, 8 September 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications exceeds the record number submitted under the last (2020) round. The "Scoring...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Both of these capital programmes are demand-driven. The National Sports Policy published in 2018 provided for the establishment of the LSSIF. The aim of the fund is to provide support for larger sports facilities...

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

Catherine Martin: I wish to acknowledge the important role that the community radio sector plays within the overall media landscape, and I commend these stations as they fulfil a vital role in community engagement, cohesion, and in the promotion of social inclusion in our communities large and small. The Report of the Future of Media Commission examined the challenges faced by the media sector and consequent...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department recognises the important role community radio plays in communicating with citizens and residents of Ireland on a daily basis. I am advised by officials that advertising was placed on community radio through an external advertising agency as recently as February of this year. At all times, value for money and reach are considerations when planning advertising campaigns, and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourist Accommodation (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The importance of the tourism sector to the Irish economy and communities in every corner of Ireland is well understood and it is recognised that the use of tourist accommodation to support the Government’s response to the humanitarian crisis has impacted the sector. Fáilte Ireland has identified that, in November 2023, 12% of all registered tourism accommodation stock...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Department currently operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Both of these capital programmes are demand-driven. The National Sports Policy, which was published in 2018, provided for the establishment of a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The first...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday, 8 September 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications, including one from the organisation referred to by the Deputy, exceeds the record...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday, 8 September 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications, including one from the project referred to by the Deputy, exceeds the record...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Department currently operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Both of these capital programmes are demand-driven. The aim of the LSSIF is to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, where the Exchequer investment would be greater than the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday, 8 September 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications exceeds the record number submitted under the last (2020) round. The "Scoring...

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

Catherine Martin: Freely is a UK-based television service operated by Everyone TV, a UK television communications company, and backed by the main UK free to air broadcasters, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Freely is being launched in the UK as a streaming-service version of the existing Freeview and Freesat services, and the question of access to the service is a matter for the service providers. The...