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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Simon Harris: I do not want to interrupt.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Richard O'Donoghue: Now for round two.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)
John McGuinness: Having got warmed up, does Deputy Doherty want to contribute under Standing Order 38?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: Tá brú ollmhór ar theaghlaigh de bharr praghsanna atá ag ardú. Ní chreideann daoine a gcluasa nuair a deir an Rialtas nach ndéanfaidh sé a dhath le tacú leo. Ní féidir leo a thuilleadh de na praghsanna seo a fhulaingt. Caithfidh an Rialtas pacáiste tacaíochta a thabhairt chun cinn láithreach a thabharfaidh faoiseamh...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)
Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I want to acknowledge at the outset, because it is true, that people in this country are still finding the cost of living a very significant issue. I know that, the Deputy knows that and there is not a TD in Dáil Éireann who is not aware of that in their own community and from their own constituency work. I want to be clear the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste says inflation is falling and it will take a while for people to feel the effects, but he knows the phrase "inflation is falling" means pricing are still going up. It just means they are not going up as fast as they were in the past. It means the prices people have seen go up in recent years are higher today. That is the real lived experience of Jackie, Paul, Lorraine and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jun 2025)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy is right in respect of what I did on assuming the office of Minister with responsibility for culture, communications and sport. I became aware of a substantial problem in the Department and a legacy problem in the Arts Council. I have dealt with this in a manner that I believe to be proportionate and responsible in the sense that I have asked Professor Niamh Brennan, in the first...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jun 2025)
Question No. 138 taken with Question No. 134.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Arts Funding
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of eligible applicants to the grassroots music venue supports scheme who met necessary criteria to avail of the scheme; the total number of successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34898/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of eligible applicants to the grassroots music venue supports scheme who met necessary criteria to avail of the scheme; the geographical distribution of the successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34899/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: I want to raise the issue of the criteria that were used for the grassroots music venue support scheme. I commend the Department on introducing this scheme. As a festival director, I am acutely aware of the challenges for major festivals, like our own, but also the grassroots music venue supports. The scheme was very welcome, but it is devastating to learn how the Department divvied out...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 149 together. I launched the grassroots music venue support scheme in March this year to support small, established music venues that promote themselves and are known in the community for programming grassroots music artists, in recognition of the contribution they make to the music industry and the wider night-time economy. The scheme aims to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: I welcome the scheme and that money was provided. It was announced that the scheme was open and there was a closing date for it. The only venue in County Donegal that is eligible for the scheme is The Social in Gaoth Dobhair. I will give an example and the Minister will be aware of it because all the details were provided. The Social operated 84 eligible grassroots events during the two...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Patrick O'Donovan: I have outlined the rationale for the distribution of funding under the scheme and I have said that I am committed to additional schemes of this nature in the future. It is remiss of the Deputy to try to run down the officials in the Department. Ultimately, this was a pilot scheme. We tried to give out the money as quickly as possible. I have outlined the number of people outside of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: I am a Donegal TD. I will not stand here and say that the Department did a great job when it excluded the entire north west from this support scheme. The venue that I am talking about provides more grassroots events than many of the others that were eligible. I am sure that the Minister will be delighted when he goes back to Limerick. How many got the grant in his own county? Was it four...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Swimming Pools (26 Jun 2025)
Charlie McConalogue: The first requirement is for the county council to be proactive. While I certainly will be proactive in trying to ensure we secure funding and deliver swimming pools throughout the country, we will only be able to deal with applications that are on our desk. It is highly likely we will not be able to deal with every application, given the level of demand, but we will be doing our best to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Swimming Pools (26 Jun 2025)
Matt Carthy: I am pleased to report that Monaghan County Council is now being proactive. As I mentioned, the pop-up pool has been a huge success. A feasibility study has been conducted by the local authority, which shows and reinforces that the demand is there. The reason there is a national strategy for swimming is that it is much more than a sport. In fact, people involved in every sport benefit...