Results 181-200 of 235 for going forward speaker:Heather Humphreys

Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...may at times be the arts officer, the museum curator or the heritage officer. I met them all yesterday. They were meeting over two days at the National Concert Hall to consider their plans going forward. They are all very excited about this and they think it is the right way in terms of getting more engagement with the arts, first, through enabling the creative potential of children...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...involving business interests and we are involving communities more in this more recent town and village announcement. We want them to consult with communities and communities are good at driving things forward. The pressure will be on the local authorities. One only has to look at the tidy towns scheme and what communities do there. They drive those on. They are out until midnight or...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Waterways Ireland has no plans to dramatically increase the costs of licences or permits. Its remit is to enhance this amenity for everyone and for public use. To be clear again, the by-laws will go out for consultation, which will include the fees, and will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. There will be an opportunity to voice concerns at that stage. I understand the spirit...

Topical Issue Debate: Arts Funding (22 Mar 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...capital grants is to maintain and enhance the existing stock of arts and culture centres across the country, many of which need to be upgraded. In that regard, more than 85% of the investment is going to projects outside Dublin. The scheme was considerably over-subscribed. My Department received 106 applications in total under stream 1 and 2 requesting funding of just over €20...

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...very much on supporting innovative projects that support economic regeneration and can make a real and lasting difference to our local towns and villages. It will also be about communities coming forward. I have not yet seen a good project that did not get funding. It may not all come from one place; people can get funding from different sources and a good project will always get...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...what this is about. The point was made that there should have been more meetings and more information should have been given. However, I point out this Bill started its passage well over a year ago. Since our last meeting on the Heritage Bill in November, officials from my Department have had significant and successful meetings with the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, IWAI, to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...that is released in the UK after 20 years. We have given a commitment to invest €8 million to improve the storage facilities in the National Archives. I understand the plan should be ready to go to tender towards the end of the year. It is a big undertaking and it is important that we get it right. It is a question of how a big warehouse at the back of the National Archives...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment and we can raise it with him. The Chairman mentioned the NTA. It is expanding rural link services. It is about communities coming forward and indicating demand. In Cavan where I launched this, it goes not just into the town. It is going from, for example, from Butler's Bridge into Cavan town, right through the town and into...

National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I thank Deputy Brophy for bringing forward the Bill. He is very passionate about it and has raised the issue on an ongoing basis through Topical Issues and parliamentary questions. I also acknowledge the contribution of the other speakers who have participated in the Debate. I want to make it very clear to Deputy Tóibín that the Sinn Féin Bill was not selected from the...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I was told that this Bill was too long and too complicated. What I was saying is that I am happy to sit here with the Senators and go through it line by line because I do accept that it is complicated and that there are a number of different issues within it. Let me make it very clear that hedges impact on road safety. We accept that. It can happen. I have responsibility for the dates...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (20 Oct 2016)

Heather Humphreys: .... The creative industries are of significant relevance in the development of Ireland's first national cultural policy Culture 2025. The draft framework policy Éire Ildánach/Culture 2025 was forwarded to the Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in July. This first such policy will be a living document and will form the basis of an...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (20 Oct 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ...report contains a broad range of recommendations for which several Ministers have responsibility. The broader issue of cultural policy is also considered in the draft Framework Policy Éire Ildánach/Culture 2025,which was forwarded to the Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in July. I will be happy to consider any response which the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (28 Sep 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ...Its success came from collaboration, with everybody working together right across the country, including local authorities and communities. There was an invitation we extended for people to come forward with their ideas and everybody worked together to make it what it was. I agree with the Deputy that culture is so important. I attended an event last night and saw a young girl who was...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Digital Archiving (16 Sep 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ...heritage. In recognition of the importance of the digitisation, the draft Framework Policy document Éire Ildánach/Culture 2025 has Responding to the Digital Age as one of its seven pillars. I forwarded the document to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in July. The care and management of electronic records and the...

Other Questions: National Monuments (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ...and we will work with the Dáil reform committee to assist in the selection of Dáil Members to sit on the forum. I anticipate that Members who have an interest in the issue will put themselves forward to the consultative group. This is a genuine attempt to get all the views and for people to sit around the table and find a solution to go forward. I wish to bring people...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Leader Programmes (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ...of LEADER will commence immediately in these areas and the local action groups can begin receiving applications starting from Monday morning. I am aware that a large amount of work has been on-going behind the scenes in each area since the closure of the old LEADER programme, aided with funding from my Department, and I expect that these groups should be able to hit the ground running in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ...workshop held in October at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Work by my Department, the expert steering group and a wider expert committee continued on the document in early 2016 and is currently on-going. This expert committee has broad representation across arts and cultural interests. The Programme for a Partnership Government commits to the publication of Culture 2025as a priority. As...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ...workshop held in October at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Work by my Department, the expert steering group and a wider expert committee continued on the document in early 2016 and is currently on-going. This expert committee has broad representation across arts and cultural interests. The Programme for a Partnership Government commits to the publication of Culture 2025as a priority. As...

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ..., which will report to the high level implementation group in the coming months. The Arts Council will be reporting to the high-level implementation group in the coming months. It is coming forward with some very good suggestions. The Deputy is very familiar with the arts and education sectors. The Cavan-Monaghan ETB was regarded as having a good working relationship with the arts...

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: .... Deputy Ó Cuív knows that the Ulster Canal project is very close to my heart. There were great plans for it but, unfortunately, they did not materialise. I am delighted, therefore, that I got work started on it and was the first to do so. Funding has been made available through the Waterways Ireland budget for the first part of the canal, which goes from Belturbet to Castle...