Written answers

Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Covid-19 Pandemic

Photo of Michael McNamaraMichael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a group of musicians can continue to do an online session from home in circumstances in which it is their sole income in view of the fact it has been indicated that tradesmen can continue to work in private homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31798/20]

Photo of Catherine MartinCatherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The 'Resilience and Recovery Plan for Living with COVID-19' is a cross-government approach to managing the pandemic for the coming months.It sets out a framework on managing and living with COVID-19 and includes restrictive measures to help us to go about our daily lives as much as possible, while managing the virus.  The framework sets out five levels of response, each with a number of measures designed to help us all lower COVID-19 transmission and setting out what is permitted at that moment in time. 

From midnight on Wednesday, 21stOctober, Ireland is moving to Level 5, where the public health risk means that people will be asked to stay at home, with certain exceptions.  People should only travel to and from work, where work involves providing an essential service. A full list of essential services can be accessed on the gov.ie website at this link

In addition, the Deputy can advise any musicians in the circumstances he describes to contact my Department at artsunit@tcagsm.gov.ie and I will ask my officials to respond promptly with guidance and advice.

Photo of Jennifer WhitmoreJennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide clarity regarding yoga studies and the current guidelines for this sector under level 3 Covid-19 restrictions and the way in which they can operate in the course of the current pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31808/20]

Photo of Catherine MartinCatherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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Under Level 3 of the Government’s Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19, sports training is permitted, in non-contact groups of up to 15 outdoors. Only individual sports and fitness training is permitted indoors. No exercise or dance classes are permitted indoors, a position which I understand applies to yoga classes.

Guidance material concerning the sports sector is available on Sport Ireland's website, which may be of interest and relevance to those wishing to undertake individual yoga and other forms of exercise indoors or in group format outdoors.

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