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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Structures at Risk Fund (25 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department provides financial support for the protection of heritage buildings and historic structures through a number of schemes which are generally administered by local authorities. The Structures at Risk Fund (SRF) enables conservation works to heritage structures in both private and public ownership, which are deemed to be at significant risk of deterioration. I have allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas Designation (25 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Ireland has identified 439 sites for protection as special areas of conservation under the EU Habitats Directive and 154 sites for protection as special protection areas under the Birds Directive. The designation process is almost complete although the National Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation Management Plan 2017-2022 includes proposals to designate two new special areas of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Details of the financial allocations for my Department for 2019 will be made available as part of the Budget Estimates 2019 which will be published on Tuesday, 9 October. Whilst, it is too early at this point in time to accurately forecast the full end of year outturn for my Department for 2018, I can advise that all current funding is expected to be expended in full and no significant...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (25 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: With regard to the Deputy's request on behalf of the fishermen in County Kerry and for a meeting with the NPWS officials of my Department, I have instructed my regional staff in the area to contact the group in question directly.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Communications (25 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Official email business in my role as Minister is conducted via Department and Oireachtas email accounts. On occasion, when outside the office, I make use of a private g-mail account on my mobile phone to forward information of a non-sensitive nature to my private office, generally relating to diary appointments or constituency matters. Minister of State Joe McHugh has confirmed that only...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Labour Activation Programmes Data (25 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: In respect of the Cultural Institutions under the remit of my Department, I am advised that no persons are engaged in either Labour Activation schemes or zero hour contracts. Cultural Institutions operate both paid and unpaid internships. Paid internships are funded from a number of sources. Regarding unpaid internships, the Cultural Institutes are regularly approached by students and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Schemes (25 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department provides financial support for the protection of heritage buildings and historic structures through a number of schemes which are generally administered by local authorities. The Structures at Risk Fund (SRF) enables conservation works to heritage structures in both private and public ownership, which are deemed to be at significant risk of deterioration. I have allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department has approved capital funding of €250,000 in respect of the theatre to which the Deputy is referring. The amount is payable to the relevant Local Authority towards the restoration and enhancement of this theatre, pending clarity on all reinstatement issues including the contribution from insurances, and subject to the acceptance of the Local Authority of the conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Invasive Plant Species (26 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department is responsible for the implementation of the Wildlife Acts and the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477/2011), both of which prohibit the spreading of invasive species. In law, control of invasive species such as Japanese Knotweed is a matter in the first instance, for landowners. In this regard, my Department carries out considerable...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Structures at Risk Fund (26 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question No. 549 of 25 September 2018, in relation to the same structure. The position has not changed. My Department and the Local Authority in question have been working closely with the project promoters with a view to a proposal coming forward for the next round of funding under the relevant scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acmhainní Stáit (26 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Tá mo Roinn agus Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann ar eolas faoin ‘Bhord Armada’ agus na tuarascálacha le déanaí maidir lena dhíol nó a chur ar cheannt. Tá sé mar pholasaí ag mo Roinn gan aon ní a rá maidir le nithe atá ar cheannt.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Management (27 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Ireland is bound by the EU Habitats and Birds Directives, as transposed in the 2011 Natural Habitats Regulations, and must therefore protect habitats and species in the sites for which they are designated. I understand that it is a condition of the Basic Payment Scheme that farmers must be compliant with the requirements of the Habitats and Birds Directives. In order to avoid both...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (27 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Waterways Ireland has informed me that a formal application for the permission in question has not yet been received. However, Waterways Ireland has been liaising on this matter.   Once a formal application is in hand  Waterways Ireland will be required to obtain approval from the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC).  Waterways Ireland has in the meantime provided a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (27 Sep 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) states that “payments shall be granted annually and shall compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments made”. It is a fundamental principle underpinning the rules for...

EU Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 12th December, 2017, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence:Minister for Communications,...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I greatly welcome the commitment given by the Taoiseach to increase Government spending in the next seven years in the arts and culture sector on a trajectory that will see funding doubled by 2025. My Department and I continue to work rigorously with the Taoiseach and all of my Government colleagues towards delivering on this commitment. A first and significant step in the delivery...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I am doing all I can to achieve the best possible result with the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. Funding is allocated on a yearly basis. Current expenditure in 2017 was €237 million, which went up to €249 million in 2018, an increase of 5%. Capital expenditure in 2017 was €51 million, which went up to €54 million in 2018, an increase of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputy for outlining the good work done by the Arts Council. The moneys my Department has given to it have increased significantly in the past few years and I will be endeavouring to obtain as much as I can this year. It is important to stress, however, that the spend in 2008 was probably unsustainable. While I am endeavouring to ensure I will get as much funding as I can, it...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Film Industry (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputy and the members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for the work they undertook to produce the report on the development and working conditions in the Irish film industry. I note it was launched last July just a few weeks after the Government published its audiovisual action plan. Both the committee's report and the action plan have...