Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
430. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed. [1562/22]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy in respect of those live studies, reviews and research projects currently underway or commissioned by my Department is set out in the table below:-
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Title, Research Body and Date commenced |
Details of Study/Review/Research |
Completion Date |
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Barriers to Access to Creative Activities in Support of Individual Health & Wellbeing; Commenced November 2021 |
Identifying barriers to Access to Creative Activities in Support of Individual Health & Wellbeing. |
February 2022 |
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Third party review of the delivery of the Tourism Marketing Fund by the tourism agencies - Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. Commenced December 2021 |
Review of the delivery of overseas tourism marketing activity, in order to set out agreed roles, responsibilities and work practices, which will govern the future working relationship between the tourism agencies. |
March 2022 |
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Inclusion and engagement of Children of Muslim background in creative activities in Ireland; Commenced March 2021 |
A project with UCD exploring relevance, describing hurdles and barriers, identifying national and international best practices and experience in mitigating them. |
March 2022 |
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Rising*; Commenced October 2021 |
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. |
March 2022 |
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EPIC-MUSS; Commenced October 2018 |
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. |
June 2022 |
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Creative Capacity in Ireland: Working towards Wellbeing; Commenced March 2021 |
Mary Immaculate College examining international research to better understand what impact creative activity can have on wellbeing. 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. |
July 2022 |
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Creative Youth analysis of the delivery of creative opportunities for children and young people; Commenced November 2021 |
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. |
October 2022 |
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Workers' Villages*; Commenced October 2021 |
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. |
November 2022 |
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KinShip*; Commenced October 2021 |
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. |
November 2022 |
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Creative Climate Action; Commenced October 2021 |
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. |
December 2022 |
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Repair Acts Ireland*; Commenced October 2021 |
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. |
December 2022 |
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Ripple*; Commenced October 2021 |
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 |
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Corca Dhuibhne Inbhuanaithe – A Creative Imagining*; Commenced October 2021 |
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 |
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Línte na Farraige*; Commenced October 2021 |
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. |
December 2022 |
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Participation in social and creative activities in Ireland among adults aged 50 and over and the effects of this on health and wellbeing; Commenced September 2020 |
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 |
*Work forms part of the Creative Climate Action projects, led by this Department, with co-financing from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
