Written answers
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
Action Plan for Jobs
8:00 pm
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 413: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has prepared any report accounting for the way in which the sums of money raised from the jobs initiative of May 2011 have been spent to date; if so, if he will provide full details of the way in which this has been expended; and if he will advise the number of full and part-time jobs that have been created as a result of the initiative. [30146/12]
Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the Government's Action Plan for Jobs, published in February 2012, there are 11 specific actions to be undertaken by my Department and the agencies under its remit in the areas of arts, culture and creative enterprise. Together, I believe that we can work to realise the both explicit and implicit set for these areas. The relevant actions (under section 7 of the Plan) are set out below.
7.14 Arts, Culture and Creative Enterprise
| 7.14.1 Take actions as set out in the Creative Capital Report prepared by the Audiovisual Strategic Review Steering Group to double the value of the film and audiovisual sector by 2016 to over €1 billion, double employment to over 10,000 and increase cultural exports of Irish audiovisual production | ||
| Steps Necessary for Delivery | Timeline Responsible body | |
| Work with the audiovisual industry to grow exports | Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board | |
| Undertaking a range of skills initiatives to address medium to long-term challenges for the sector | Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board | |
| Leveraging investment in data centres and cloud computing to create distribution and fulfilment opportunities for the digital content industries. | Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board | |
| 7.14.2 | Through Culture Ireland, maximise the business opportunities abroad for cultural and artistic businesses and enterprises by promoting Irish artists world?wide and showcasing our strengths in culture and creativity. | Ongoing 2012 DAHG/IDA |
| 7.14.3 | Through Culture Ireland, undertake joint marketing activities with the enterprise development agencies to build 'brand Ireland' in this sector. | Ongoing 2012 DAHG/Enterprise agencies |
| 7.14.4 | Leverage the potential for language and roots tourism, working with Tourism Ireland, the National Archives of Ireland, Foras na Gaeilge and relevant partners. | Ongoing 2012 DAHG/ Tourism Ireland, National Archives of Ireland / Foras na Gaeilge and relevant partners |
| 7.14.5 | Roll?out further cultural digitization initiatives, in partnership with the private sector, in order the leverage our unique cultural offerings and bring them to a wider international audience. | Ongoing 2012 DAHG |
| 7.14.6 | Through the Arts Council, support over 50 venues, approximately 200 festivals and 400 arts organisations in 2012, supporting employment in communities across the country, both directly through funding artists and organisations and indirectly in the tourism sector and the wider economy. | Ongoing 2012 DAHG |
| 7.14.7 | Ensure continuity in the provision of heritage services nationally through an allocation of €48m for 2012. | Ongoing 2012 DAHG |
| 7.14.8 | Invest in quality customer offerings through the National Cultural Institutions and regional cultural bodies and enterprises to enhance our overall tourism offering and to make Ireland a destination of cultural distinction for the cultural tourists globally. | Ongoing 2012 DAHG |
| 7.18.9 | Support research activities of relevance to the sector including research in the areas of digital networks, communications and radio spectrum optimization, semantic web and sensor web, big data and data analytics, and their application in sectors such as film and television, social media and publishing | Ongoing 2012 Research funders and Prioritisation Action Group |
No monies were provided to this Department from the Jobs Initiative of May 2011.
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