Written answers
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Departmental Bodies
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the dates in 2022 on which she spoke formally with the chief executive officer and-or chairperson of each State agency under the remit of her Department, in tabular form. [49988/22]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The table below sets out the occasions on which I spoke to the CEO and/or Chairperson of the State Agencies under my remit to date in 2022 and includes meetings which took place as part of a formal launch event or official trip.
Agency | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Fáilte Ireland (National Tourism Development Authority) | 31/01/2022 CEO03/03/2022 CEO24/03/2022 CEO31/03/2022 CEO and Chair02/06/2022 CEO12/09/2022 CEO |
| Tourism Ireland | 31/01/2022 CEO 13/02/2022 – 17/02/2022 Tourism Ireland UAE visit: CEO 07/04/2022 CEO and Chair12/09/2022 CEO |
| Arts Council | 24/02/2022 Director and Chair 25/05/2022 Director and Chair22/09/2022 Director and Chair06/10/2022 Director and Chair |
| Crawford Art Gallery | 06/10/2022 Director |
| Irish Museum of Modern Art | 05/07/2022 Director |
| National Archives of Ireland | 30/06/2022 Director |
| National Concert Hall | 19/01/2022 CEO and Chair01/03/2022 CEO23/03/2022 CEO17/09/2022 CEO and Chair |
| National Gallery of Ireland | 10/03/2022 Director |
| National Library of Ireland | 17/03/2022 Director16/06/2022 Acting Director and Chair |
| National Museum of Ireland | 25/05/2022 Director and Chair |
| Screen Ireland | 23/02/2022 CEO 16/05/2022 CEO04/10/2022 CEO and Chair |
| Sport Ireland | 26/03/2022 CEO |
| Broadcasting Authority of Ireland | 04/05/2022 CEO |
| RTÉ | 19/01/2022 Director General |
In addition to the engagements outlined above, Minister Chambers has met with the Chairs and CEOs of Sport Ireland, An Foras Teanga (Bord o'Ulster Scots and Foras na Gaeilge) and Údarás na Gaeltachta.
Meetings with all bodies under the aegis of the Department are also held at official level on an ongoing basis.
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of full-time staff, by job title, working in the National Concert Hall as of 4 October 2022, in tabular form. [49989/22]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The National Concert Hall is funded through a combination of Exchequer funding and income generated through its commercial activities. As such, the salaries of its staff members are met from that mix of Exchequer and commercial revenues. While the information sought by the Deputy is a matter for the National Concert Hall, I can confirm that at the end of 2021, the National Concert Hall had 41 staff members.
In January of this year, Government approved the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra and Choirs from RTÉ to the National Concert Hall with effect from 24 January 2022. Additional Exchequer funding was provided to the National Concert Hall to cover, inter alia, the full cost of the salaries of the members of the National Symphony Orchestra and ancillary staff transferring from RTÉ. At the time of transfer this was 54 musicians and 9 ancillary staff.
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