Catherine Murphy
Question:709. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if each of the night time economy advisors are fully accountable to her Department. [1078/24]
View answerWednesday, 17 January 2024
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I approved funding for a two-year full-time post in each of the local authorities selected for the Night-Time Economy pilots, namely Dublin City, Cork City, Galway City, Kilkenny, Limerick City, Drogheda, Sligo, Longford and Buncrana. The Night-Time Economy adviser is recruited and directly employed by the local authority who provides the Night-Time adviser with a supportive reporting structure within the local authority that can best facilitate the role.
A Service Level Agreement between my Department and each of the local authorities that currently have appointed a Night-Time adviser, namely Cork, Galway, Louth, Sligo and Kilkenny is currently being agreed and will also issue to the remaining local authorities when their recruitment processes are completed. The agreement sets out the role of my Department, the role of the Night Time adviser and the key objectives to be achieved during the two-year pilot, including a requirement to report into and inform the Implementation Group on the NTE Taskforce Report, which is chaired by my Department, of activities in relation to the pilots and share any wider policy issues impacting on the NTE at national level. They must also provide an end of year activity report to my Department.