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

Heather Humphreys: The Government is supporting a number of flagship capital projects for the 1916 centenary year, which, combined, will create a lasting legacy of 1916 that will, I believe, be of continuing interest to the public into the future. One of these ‘permanent reminder’ projects involved the restoration and adaptation through a Dublin City Community Partnership of two buildings that...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting Season (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Section 40 of the Wildlife Acts 1976, as amended, prohibits the cutting, grubbing, burning or destruction of vegetation, with certain strict exemptions, from 1 March to 31 August. Following a review of Section 40, which involved, inter alia, consideration of submissions from interested parties, I announced proposals in December 2015 to introduce legislation to allow for managed hedge...

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

Heather Humphreys: Since works were suspended, the only access to the national monument buildings, which are a construction site, has been by construction professionals with the requisite health and safety training for the purposes of essential maintenance and monitoring. There are a number of potential health and safety issues associated with the site and its layout that render it unsuitable for other...

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

Heather Humphreys: My officials are working closely with Dublin City Council to finalise a proposal to commemorate the role of women in the Easter Rising. I will announce details of this in the coming weeks.

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

Heather Humphreys: I announced a new €9 million investment scheme for arts and cultural centres to run over the next three years, focussed on enhancing the existing stock of such centres around the country. The funding is being made available as part of the Capital Investment Framework 2016-2021. My Department’s scheme will target investment at a range of different facilities and will be broken...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for a Partnership Governmentcontains a very important commitment to work to progressively increase funding to the arts, including the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board, as the economy continues to improve. I can assure the Deputy that I will be engaging with my colleagues in Government and with the Oireachtas to seek to advance this commitment in the context of the...

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

Heather Humphreys: The full range of investment which my Department makes right across the Arts and Heritage sectors makes a significant contributes to our national image. Much of this investment is also of huge interest and benefit to young people, for example, investment in museums and cultural centres, in creative activity as funded through the Arts Council and through Irish film. TheProgramme for a...

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

Heather Humphreys: A large number of events took place over the Easter weekend as part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme, all of which were very well attended by guests and members of the public alike. The military parade and ceremony past the GPO on Easter Sunday saw approximately 4,500 guests attending - predominantly relatives of those who took part in the 1916 Rising - as well as many thousands of...

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

Heather Humphreys: A discussion document on Culture 2025was published in August 2015. The drafting of that document was informed by input from a colloquium of cultural stakeholders organised by my Department in association with the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2015. An Expert Group was then established to provide feedback and advice at key points during the consultation and drafting process of the Culture...

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

Heather Humphreys: The National Famine Commemoration will take place on September 11th in Glasnevin Cemetery. As in previous years, the ceremony will include the unveiling of a permanent memorial at the site of the commemoration. Meetings between officials from my Department and the Glasnevin Trust in relation to both the arrangements for the commemoration itself and the memorial are ongoing. With regard...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Staff Data (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised that over the course of the period, June 2011 to end December 2014, my Department was required to reduce numbers under the Employment Control Framework limits for Civil Servant and Public Servant numbers set by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. There was also a moratorium on staff recruitment over this period. The number of staff employed by my Department, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The Irish Film Board has primary responsibility for the support and promotion of film-making in Ireland, in respect of both the indigenous sector and inward productions. Its aim is to help filmmakers to make Irish films, and provide production and development loans for features, television programmes, animation projects, documentaries and short films. The Board supports and promotes the...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Arts Council provides support to local authorities directly for arts programmes and in this regard details of all local authority arts officers are available on the Arts Council website at www.artscouncil.ie/Arts-in-Ireland/Local-Arts/Links/.

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

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for a Partnership Governmentcontains a very important commitment to work to progressively increase funding to the arts, including the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board, as the economy continues to improve. I can assure the Deputy that I will be engaging with my colleagues in Government and with the Oireachtas to seek to advance this commitment in the context of the...

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

Heather Humphreys: My Department through Culture Ireland supports Irish artists to present their work worldwide. This serves to raise the global awareness of the strong reputation of the Irish arts sector, generate new career opportunities for Irish artists and develop new audiences abroad for Irish artists. My Department continues to work with the Global Irish Network which has to date made many significant...

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

Heather Humphreys: As announced by An Taoiseach at the launch of theProgramme for a Partnership Governmentin April 2016, I have been charged with the development of an Action Plan for Rural Ireland, which will utilise a similar framework to the very successful Action Plan for Jobs. It is intended that the Action Plan will draw on the commitments in theProgramme for a Partnership Government, the recommendations...

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

Heather Humphreys: Ireland’s current World Heritage Tentative List has come about from a very comprehensive, thorough and inclusive process undertaken by a panel of Irish and international heritage experts specifically appointed for that purpose. The process included full public consultation and an in-depth review of all proposed candidate sites. In the meantime, my Department has engaged with local...

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

Heather Humphreys: In 2016, the Arts, Culture and Film programme of my Department will account for the highest proportion of my Department’s Vote at 49% (€188m) of the total allocation. This relates to the new configuration of my Department, including rural and regional affairs.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Under the terms of the Wildlife Acts, licences are required by the Irish Coursing Club, covering their affiliated coursing clubs, if they wish to capture or tag hares for use at regulated hare coursing meetings. It is a licence condition that a qualified veterinary surgeon should be in attendance during all coursing meetings and that a signed report on the general health of the hares, and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (7 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: As announced by An Taoiseach at the launch of theProgramme for a Partnership Governmentin April 2016, I have been charged with the development of an Action Plan for Rural Ireland, which will utilise a similar framework to the very successful Action Plan for Jobs. It is intended that the Action Plan will draw on the commitments in theProgramme for a Partnership Government, the recommendations...