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

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

Heather Humphreys: I am sorry.

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

Heather Humphreys: I will respond to some of the concerns raised by Senators at our last meeting. I recognise that hedgerows are important wildlife habitats, providing food, shelter, corridors of movement, nests and hibernation sites for many of our native flora and fauna. It has always been my intention that the change in the timing of cutting set out in section 8 of the Bill would not interfere with any of...

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

Heather Humphreys: I thank all Senators for their contributions. All birds are protected under existing law. It is incumbent on anyone cutting a hedge not to interfere with nests or birds during the period in which they are allowed to cut. It is incumbent on them under the rules and regulations not to do so.

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

Heather Humphreys: It is incumbent on anyone cutting a hedge not to interfere with birds or nests. There seems to be a misunderstanding about this and I have consulted widely on the Bill. The Senator referred to a letter about a meeting. I have met those involved in the environmental pillar. They were consulted and those concerned sent me a letter shortly after I had met them. I do not know how many times...

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

Heather Humphreys: No; it is included in the regulations.

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

Heather Humphreys: If farmers and others need to carry out heavier cutting of hedges, including grubbing or flailing, they must do so during the existing permitted period, from 1 September to the end of February. They cannot do so in August.

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

Heather Humphreys: I acknowledge that the Bill may appear complex and complicated to some, but I am happy to work through it and address the Senators' concerns. I informed Senators last week that I would accept the first part of amendment No. 6 in principle as it provided for the inclusion of notices served by a local authority on landowners under section 70(2) of the Roads Acts as an exempted activity under...

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...

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

Heather Humphreys: What Senator Higgins referred to will be dealt with in section 8 of the Bill; I am currently dealing with section 1 and section 10.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (22 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The Government will continue to mark significant events throughout the Decade of Centenaries. This will be based on the inclusive, open and consultative approach that has worked so well this year. At all times, the Government has been supported in its plans by the guidance and advice of the Expert Advisory Group on Commemorations and the Oireachtas All-Party Consultation Group on...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pension Provisions (22 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was established on 9 June 2016. The Department has responsibility for all the matters that previously came within the remit of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, which was itself established on 2 June 2011, and in addition is also responsible for certain functions transferred from the Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Planning Issues (22 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has reviewed an archaeological impact assessment in relation to the house in question and has informed the planning authority that it is satisfied that the archaeological requirements of the grant of planning permission have been complied with.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Brexit Issues (22 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: A Working Group to deal with Brexit issues was established in my Department on 18 October. It has met twice and is scheduled to meet again on 5 December. The Working Group is chaired at Assistant Secretary level and is composed of ten officials drawn from across the Department. My Department is also represented on the Inter-Departmental Group dealing with Brexit since it was established in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Properties (22 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The management of properties occupied by staff of my Department and of those bodies under its aegis in the Dublin City Council area is in general a matter for the Office of Public Works. However, I am advised that Waterways Ireland, one of the two North-South Implementation Bodies co-sponsored by my Department, owns the Royal Canal and Grand Canal corridors and their adjoining towpaths...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: World Heritage Sites (22 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The report in question is the responsibility of the Office of Public Works (OPW), as managers of the particular World Heritage site referred to. I understand from OPW that the full record of the conservation works undertaken over a number of years will be published in accordance with UNESCO requirements. The compilation of the report, which will form a substantial series of volumes, has been...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Historical Records (22 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: There exist a number of historically important original documents in the possession of the State written by Pádraig Pearse during the 1916 Rising and during his subsequent imprisonment. Following consultation with the relevant institutions under the aegis of my Department, it is a shared view that the amount being sought for this one letter – between €1m and €1.5m -...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (23 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: There is no unallocated balance of funding for the 1916 Commemorations. The current underspend against profile within my Department's Vote has occurred principally because of delays in the drawdown of funding in respect of certain once-off Decade of Centenary capital projects. These are part of the ‘Permanent Reminders’ component of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme. ...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (23 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised that the townland referred to in the Deputy’s Question is not located within Lough Bane and Lough Glass candidate special area of conservation (Site Code 002120).

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (24 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 172 together. The information sought by the Deputy is provided in the following table. The Public Appointments Service operates a dedicated website, , through which it advertises vacancies on State Boards. Following a recruitment campaign organised by Public Appointments Service via its website, I intend to make appointments to the boards of the Arts...