Written answers
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Departmental Reports
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her Department in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed. [45964/22]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I refer the Deputy to Dail Question No 430 of 19 January 2022. Details of the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by my Department and their completion dates are set out in the table below.
| Studies, reviews and research | Description | Completion Date |
|---|---|---|
| Review of Sports Capital and Equipment Programme 2020 | Full review of all aspects of the 2020 round of the SCEP. | September/October 2022 |
| Large Scale Sport and Infrastructure Fund Review | Review progress on all projects allocated grants under the Fund, particularly in view of the issues faced by grantees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | October 2022 |
| Rising (Creative Climate Action Project) | An objective evaluation undertaken by TCD of the impact of an interdisciplinary arts project based in the Dublin Docklands community on the theme of rising water levels and ocean temperatures. | October 2022 |
| Creative Capacity in Ireland: Working towards Well-being | Mary Immaculate College examining international research to better understand what impact creative activity can have on well-being. It will seek out and celebrate best practice in this domain in Ireland and showcase what makes good projects work and what impedes best practice in order to recommend structural and policy changes. | October 2022 |
| Hybrid Irish Language Radio Service for 15-34 Age Group – Phase 1 Research | Identify the media currently used among the target group (including Irish language stations); Understand the motivations for listening to the current range of stations; Understand if any gaps exist to meet the requirements of the target audience.Third party research project being managed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland on behalf of the Department. | December 2022 |
| Hybrid Irish Language Radio Service for 15-34 Age Group – Phase 2 Research | Research project aiming to provide an in-depth and actionable understanding of Irish-speaking youth listeners to develop an Irish language radio station.Third party research project being managed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland on behalf of the Department. | December 2022 |
| EPIC-MUSS | The purpose of this study by DCU is to explore the processes of creative and inclusive music making within a wide geographical spread of primary and post primary schools that have created showcase performances of their musical endeavours. | December 2022 |
| Creative Youth analysis of the delivery of creative opportunities for children and young people | A systematic analysis by TCD of research studies, evaluations and reviews of Creative Youth funded initiatives, programmes and projects, which feature measurable outcomes in the delivery of best practice. | December 2022 |
| Workers' Villages (Creative Climate Action Project) | Research by the Irish Architecture Foundation, the School of Architecture in UL, the SAUL Intelligence Unit and Global Action Plan; into the role and legacy of the Bord na Móna workers villages, and the broader sustainable visions of their architect, Frank Gibney. In addition, the development of monitoring and evaluation tools and model on behaviour change in the context of a creatively co-designed place-making project connected to the Sustainable Development Goals. | December 2022 |
| KinShip (Creative Climate Action Project) | Research project with Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in UCC and Clean Technology Centre, MTU in partnership with Cork City Council which aims to synergise social arts practice, with environmental and scientific research, to develop a kinship with Tramore Valley Park, Cork, whilst modelling ‘care’ as a civic responsibility for the future of urban land use. | December 2022 |
| Ripple (Creative Climate Action Project) | UCD exploring an approach and set of scalable tools that engages intergenerational communities to create a water resilient shared public space or garden and evaluating the transformation of behaviour from opposer to bystander and from bystander to champion. | December 2022 |
| Corca Dhuibhne Inbhuanaithe – A Creative Imagining* | Collaboration with MaREI in UCC to creatively address solutions that can support the transition to environmentally and economically sustainable farming on the Dingle Peninsula and beyond. | December 2022 |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council & IADT Dún Laoghaire | A multi-disciplinary collaborative initiative facilitated by a structured Design Thinking process. It will employ co-design methods to research, ideate, and propose with local stakeholders actionable ideas to facilitate development of the local creative economy. | December 2022 |
| Creative Climate Action (Creative Climate Action Project) | Research by MaREI (the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, UCC) to analyse the impact of the Creative Climate Action initiative on climate change awareness, engagement and action in Ireland and optimise the design and effectiveness of the Creative Climate Action projects. | March 2023 |
| Repair Acts Ireland (Creative Climate Action Project) | A combination of interdisciplinary artistic and applied research methodologies undertaken by UCD to address the often overlooked place of repair within waste cycles and hierarchies within Ireland. | March 2023 |
| Línte na Farraige (Creative Climate Action Project) | Complementing creative practitioners’ delivery of art installations, collaboration between Trinity College Dublin and Maynooth University to articulate the connection between sea level rise and societal change. | March 2023 |
| Participation in social and creative activities in Ireland among adults aged 50 and over and the effects of this on health and wellbeing | COVID-19 has magnified the health and wellbeing of older people in society and highlighted potential for research on the impacts on wellbeing. This Fellowship aims to determine participation in social and creative activities among adults aged 50 and over and the effects on health and wellbeing, as part of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing TILDA) at TCD. | March 2023 |
| Basic Income for the Arts Pilot – Research Programme | Comprehensive research programme accompanying Basic Income for the Arts pilot, which will examine the impact of the intervention on participants and a control group. The main element of this Randomised Control Trial comprises a longitudinal study wherein participants will provide data on their income and spending; work and job quality; time use; practice, skills and training; works and impact; and subjective well-being. Research being undertaken by the Strategic Policy Unit of the Depaertment with peer review of the evaluation methodology and survey by the ESRI and IGEES. | December 2025 |
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