Written answers
Thursday, 23 February 2023
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Departmental Projects
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed, in tabular form. [9399/23]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The details of the current live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by my Department, and the date by which each is scheduled to be completed, are listed below in tabular form.
| Studies, reviews and research | Detail | Completion Date |
|---|---|---|
| Focused Policy Assessment: Examining the Impact of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) | Body: D/TCAGSM This research proposal intends to carry out primary research using two baseline surveys and a case study in order to assess the impact of the SCEP at a local level. Primary research will contribute to the analysis of desk-based data received from Sport Ireland on high-level sport participation trends. | Expected completion date Qtr1 2024 |
| Basic Income for the Arts Pilot – Research Programme | Body: D/TCAGSM, with peer review of the evaluation methodology and survey by the ESRI and IGEES. 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. | Base-lining survey information being collated Qtr1 2023. First survey for research will be issued in early Qtr2 2023. Completion date of research scheme Q4 2025 with periodic publication of interim reports. |
| Night Time Economy Youth Focus Group | Body: National Participation Office (NPO) Collaboration with the NPO within DCEDIY to ensure the voices and perspectives of young people inform further developments of the Night Time Economy | Draft overview Report of Youth Focus Group now complete, date of publication to be confirmed. |
| Research contract regarding the preparation of the National Plan for Irish Language Services; | Body: University of Galway This research was commissioned by the statutory Irish Language Services Advisory Committee in line with its functions laid down in the Official Languages Acts 2003 to 2021. Under this contract, the University of Galway will undertake the following: - identify the gaps in the current provision of public services through the medium of Irish and propose strategies to address them; - identify the public services provided in, and to, Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas (“LPAs”) and propose strategies to ensure that these services are provided through the medium of Irish and that Irish is the working language of those offices located in LPAs; - identify the current level of Irish language competence in the public sector; and - make recommendations on recruiting those with a competency in Irish. | Expected completion date end 2023 This research is to form part of the National Plan, which, under the Act, is to be submitted to the Minister for approval by 19 June 2024. |
| Research on attitudes of young people towards employment opportunities (with Irish) to establish a baseline ahead of the rolling out of a national awareness campaign on same. | Body: Behaviour & Attitudes This research was commissioned by the Department to establish a baseline ahead of the rolling out of an awareness campaign on the significant employment opportunities with the Irish language that will arise for those competent in the language as a result of the provisions of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021. One of the main goals of the Act is that 20% of recruits to the public service are competent in the Irish language by the end of 2030. The research will establish the attitudes / views / behaviours of young people (16-21 year olds) towards careers with the Irish language, careers with Irish in the civil and public service and careers in the civil and public service in general. | Expected to be completed Qtr1 2023. |
| Review of Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) 2020 | Body: D/TCAGSM Internal Department review of all aspects of the 2020 round of the SCEP | Expected to be completed Qtr1 2023 |
| Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) Review | Body: D/TCAGSM Internal Department review of progress on all projects awarded funding under the first set of LSSIF allocations | Expected to be competed Qtr1 2023 |
| Rising* | Body: Science & Society research group based in Trinity College Dublin An objective evaluation undertaken of the impact of an interdisciplinary arts project based in the Dublin Docklands community on the theme of rising water levels and ocean temperatures. | Completion: November 2022, to be published in Qte2 2023 |
| EPIC-MUSS; | Body: DCU School of Arts Education and Movement; The purpose of this study 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. | Expected to be completed in Qtr1 2023 |
| Creative Youth analysis of the delivery of creative opportunities for children and young people; | Body: Trinity College Dublin A systematic analysis of research studies, evaluations and reviews of Creative Youth funded initiatives, programmes and projects, which feature measurable outcomes in the delivery of best practice. | Expected to be completed in Qtr3 2023 |
| Workers' Villages* | Body: The Irish Architecture Foundation, The School of Architecture in UL, the SAUL Intelligence Unit and Global Action Plan Research 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. | Expected to be completed in Qtr1 2023 |
| KinShip* | Body: Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in UCC and Clean Technology Centre, MTU in partnership with Cork City Council Research project 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. | Expected to be completed in Qtr2 2023 |
| Ripple* Commenced October 2021 | Body: UCD Centre for Irish Towns Explore 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. | Expected to be completed in Qtr1 2023 |
| Corca Dhuibhne Inbhuanaithe – A Creative Imagining* | Body: Dingle Creativity & Innovation Hub, the Green Arts Initiative and MaREI Collaboration to creatively address solutions that can support the transition to environmentally and economically sustainable farming on the Dingle Peninsula and beyond. | Expected to be completed in Qtr1 2023 |
| Creative Climate Action | Body: MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, University College Cork Research 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. | Expected to be completed in Qtr2 2023 |
| Repair Acts Ireland* | Body: UCD School of Geography in partnership with artist Dr Teresa Dillon A combination of interdisciplinary artistic and applied research methodologies undertaken to address the often overlooked place of repair within waste cycles and hierarchies within Ireland. | Expected to be completed in Qtr1 2023 |
| Línte na Farraige* | Body: Trinity College Dublin and Maynooth University Complementing creative practitioners’ delivery of art installations to articulate the connection between sea level rise and societal change. | Expected to be completed in Qtr1 2023 |
| Participation in social and creative activities in Ireland among adults aged 50 and over and the effects of this on health and well-being | Body: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at TCD COVID-19 has magnified the health and well-being of older people in society and highlighted potential for research on the impacts on well-being. This Fellowship aims to determine participation in social and creative activities among adults aged 50 and over and the effects on health and well-being, as part of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing TILDA). | Expected to be completed in Qtr1 2023 |
* Work forms part of the Creative Climate Actionprojects, led by this Department, with co-financing from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
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