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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We were very proud in our area that Monkstown Boxing Club had one of its boxers, Jack Marley, participate in the heavyweight division of the Olympic Games. The area was very proud and it is a fantastic community club. Does the Minister of State know how long it has been fighting for a permanent facility? It has been for about three decades. It is one of the most inclusive, community-based...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Something must be going right because I agree with almost everything the Deputy said. I met Jack Marley on half a dozen occasions during the Olympic Games. What a great exemplar of a sport he is in not only qualifying for the Olympic Games - he had to be one of the best in the world to do that - and in the manner in which he took his defeat in the Olympic Games. He is such an honourable...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am glad to hear the positive response. The whole borough of Dún Laoghaire, and indeed the whole country, was very proud of Jack Marley but also of many others of our Olympians and Paralympians. We need to really support and resource them. There is not a proactive approach towards this issue in a lot of the local authorities. I will take Sallynoggin Pearse for example. Again,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I agree with the Deputy and that is what these sports plans are for. I hope that some of the pilot ones will be passed by local authorities will be passed in the coming weeks. As that is rolled out, it will put sport at the centre of local authority decision-making and it has to be. The Deputy accused local authorities of having a computer says "No" approach but I can tell him from my...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Culture Policy

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: 3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the work of the night-time economy unit that exists within her Department; if an audit has been carried out all cultural facilities that open beyond 10 p.m.; and if she will commit to funding night-time economy adviser positions for cities and towns around the country. [37220/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for the leverage she has given me this morning. Will the Minister provide an updated report the work of the night-time economy task force that operates from her Department. I would like to understand if, as part of that task force or through any of the Minister's remit, there has been an audit of cultural entities that exist after 10 p.m. Will the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: I published the report of the night-time economy task force in September 2021. It contains 36 practical recommendations in the areas of regulation, licensing, planning, transport, safety and increasing the diversity of night-time activities. The night-time economy unit in my Department continues to work with the implementation group of the task force report, the night-time economy sector,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: Section 2 of the Arts Act 2003 states: "arts” means any creative or interpretative expression, whether traditional or contemporary, in whatever form, and includes, in particular, visual arts, theatre, literature, music, dance, opera, film, circus and architecture, and includes any medium when used for those purposes. This legislative definition indicates a recognition that arts...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I respect the arm's length principle but because the art forms I mentioned are not specifically listed, they have been excluded from certain grants and bursaries. That is why those involved in comedy - 1,400 people who signed a petition organised by Ailish McCarthy - are of the view that they need to be specifically mentioned. The same goes for musical theatre, which was a recommendation by...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: Each of the practices subject to the Deputy's question are important creative activities that play an important part in the cultural life of the nation. For example, Irish comedy, to which the Deputy referred, has been to the fore internationally for decades. Comedians such as Deirdre O'Kane, Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Dara Ó Briain are household names in Ireland and overseas. As...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister mentioned the basic income for artists. Would any of the art forms I mentioned have access if they applied for that, considering they are not in the definition of what art is? I agree with the Minister and welcome the multi-annual team aiming to try to capture and be more flexible. We need to see that work. I wish the Arts Council well in that work. I also take this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I mentioned, I have always respected the arm's length principle as Minister. That has been a central tenet for me. The next step is that what has worked for the past four years I have been Minister is engagement and consultation. That is where the Arts Council, development and research and this multidisciplinary arts policy come in. It is currently seeking input by way of comments and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Sports Facilities

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the new measures and investment she is proposing to expand and improve the provision of grassroots sports facilities, in particular to address the significant deficit in the provision of sports and playing pitches, as we approach the budget, and in the aftermath of Ireland's success in the Olympics and Paralympics, and the growing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a welcome move by the Government to add a new leaving certificate subject - drama, film and theatre studies. A problem is that many people who might take up that subject and go on to study in college will face poverty and precarity when they-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The question is about sport.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: It is Question No. 4.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sorry, I thought it was with one of the later questions. There is a chronic deficit of pitches and playing facilities across the country. There has been a welcome expansion in participation in sport, particularly in women's sport, but everywhere - certainly in my area - there is a dire deficit of all-weather pitches, pitches generally, decent facilities, facilities with showers and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I can tell the Deputy that with every athlete I met and spoke to, the issue of investment came up, whether investment in facilities or in themselves and their organisations. I was happy to tell the Government's story on that. The achievements and performances of Team Ireland at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris inspired pride and joy. We want a new generation of participants and...