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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga (1 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 477. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain a fhoilseofar an t-athbhreithniú ar scéim na gcúntóirí teanga. [18688/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (1 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 479. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding national monument legislation. [19032/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (1 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 480. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies on the board of the National Museum of Ireland; and the persons who left the board in each of the past five years. [19034/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (1 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 481. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 2016 accounts of the National Museum of Ireland will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [19035/18]

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to speak on amendment No. 2.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, but I am allowed to speak to it. The reason I tabled amendment No. 2 is because the canal that runs from Drogheda to Navan is unnavigable. It is a wonderful piece of ancient architecture and has a beautiful walkway. It does not have a continuous walkway, unfortunately, or a continuous navigable course. One cannot travel on it either by canoe or barge. It would not take a massive...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 18:In page 11, line 39, to delete "Act 2010." and substitute the following:"Act 2010; "Birds Directive" means Council Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds.". We are heading into a separate element of the Bill, one which is quite controversial. The Minister will agree with me that, as a...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: ----- signatures to the petition. My amendment looks to protect our wildlife diversity. We know different birds have different behavioural patterns. In Britain, studies have shown the red-listed yellowhammer breeds into September. This amendment would set a higher standard of protection for some of these animals and extend the protection of them in defined areas. It would not be...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Has the Minister made regulations with regard to certain species in certain areas under that directive?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: This could include extending the protection of certain areas into September for breeding. What areas in the country specifically have had such extensions?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate that. The Minister must agree that we are having this debate against a backdrop of a fairly radical decline in bird species in Ireland.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: If they are declining, then they are not protected.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister's comments jar with the fact that some bird species face extinction in Ireland.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It can happen but it is our job to reverse that trend and the Bill threatens the viability of-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is the-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Curlew, corncrake, barn owl and yellowhammer are examples of birds that are under serious threat. This is a physical change to the birds' habitats-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Excuse me, I am not finished.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I would like to finish a sentence.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: If a hedge is cut where birds nest, feed and live while rearing the next generation, that represents a physical change to their environment. If the State then decides to extend the period during which that can happen, there is a smaller window for these species to thrive.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It is difficult to police that.