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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (9 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an gceathrar comhalta atá i láthair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (9 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We will go into private session shortly and we will have that conversation then. Tá leithscéal faighte againn ón Teachta Niamh Smyth agus ón Seanadóir Fintan Warfield. Iarraim ar gach éinne atá i láthair a gcuid gutháin phóca a mhúchadh. I am asking everybody to turn off their mobile phones completely. It is a bone of contention in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (9 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the first meeting of the decade of centenaries all-party committee will take place. [20137/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (9 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the funding allocation for the National Museum of Ireland will be accounted for in view of the lack of a financial controller on its staff. [20135/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (9 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht conas a chinnteoidh an tAire go bhfuil an t-airgead atá curtha ar fáil do phleanáil teanga caite ar phleanáil teanga agus é tagtha chun solais nach raibh ach 11% de mhaoiniú do phleanáil teanga caite uirthi. [20139/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (9 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken to resolve the emerging difficulties within the film industry. [20136/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Film Industry (9 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the commercial rationale for the sale and sale price of a studio (details supplied); and her views on whether the State's financial interests were protected. [20346/18]

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach as an deis labhairt faoin rud seo. We are probably entering a period where awareness is increasing radically throughout society with regard to what is actually happening to the ecosystem which we all share. Programmes such as "Blue Planet" have really brought to people's attention that the range of species throughout the world is collapsing at a...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I got it from the Department.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Road safety was mentioned by another Deputy who lives in a rural area. I also live down a very narrow country road. Two years ago, with others, I was involved in a very serious collision on that road in which a car hit us full-on at speed. Our car was shunted back ten feet, leaving it stuck in the ditch. All those in the car were injured, with some of the injuries lasting for...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is correct.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 21:In page 12, to delete lines 8 to 13 and substitute the following:"(2) Notwithstanding section 40 of the Act of 1976, the Minister may make regulations to establish a taskforce to identify the most efficient agriculturally and environmentally sympathetic fashion in which to proceed in this area.".

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 24:In page 12, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:"Amendment of Act of 1976 8.The Act of 1976 is amended in section 40—(a) by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following:"(2) The Minister may, where no other satisfactory solution exists, derogate from the restrictions of section 40(1) of the Act of 1976 to permit the management of vegetation...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I thought we were discussing amendments Nos. 24 and 25 together.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We are living in changing times with regard to the climate and the patterns of behaviour of various species. It is becoming increasingly difficult to define exactly the behavioural patterns of certain species. This year is an outlier because of the snow and the arrested growth in nature. Growth and nesting periods deviate radically from year to year. Fly-tipping is a national disaster....

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: As we are discussing the group of amendments Nos. 24 to 28, inclusive, together, Deputy Catherine Connolly has asked that we ensure amendment No. 28 is discussed on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask that amendment No. 26 is discussed on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Is it in the legislation that the top of the hedge cannot be cut or is it-----