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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Funding of over €54 million has been made available in 2019 for my Department's heritage programme. This includes €38.7 million allocated for current expenditure with a further €15.4 million in capital funding and allows for increased investment in both our built and natural heritage. There were some 8 million visits to our national parks, nature reserves and national...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: In terms of North-South co-operation, a provision of more than €40 million has been made available to support the two North-South implementation bodies, An Foras Teanga, which comprises Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency, and Waterways Ireland. These allocations are also subject to the approval of the North-South Ministerial Council. In respect of Waterways Ireland, the...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Deputy is correct that there is €339 million provided to the Department. My understanding is that from the rural fund we got €7.381 million for heritage and €3.86 million for the Gaeltacht. Many of our projects are in rural areas. In respect of Cork, there was funding of €5.4 million in arts grants in 2018, including to the Cork Butter Museum, Cork county...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I understand. The national parks are also central to the rural economy and are a key element of the rural development programme.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: On creative youth, significant progress has been made for this scheme. It was published at the end of 2017 and originally encompassed about 150 schools. We are going to roll it out to 300 schools. Some schools in the Deputy's area are Scoil an Linbh Íosa in Prosperous, Scoil Mhichíl Naofa in Athy and Scoil Mhuire junior school in Ballymany in Newbridge. This is in conjunction...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Yes, they are being addressed.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Yes. Okay.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I will try to answer all of the Chairman's questions, but if I miss any, I ask him to remind me at the end. He referred to the film industry in general and we have spoken about it in the Dáil by way of parliamentary questions. At the moment, according to the Olsberg report, there are approximately 12,000 whole-time equivalent jobs in the audiovisual sector and the sector is worth...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I will come back to that again. On digitisation, one initiative is the Beyond 2022 project, Ireland's virtual record treasury. An allocation of €95,000 was approved to support the transition phase of that initiative. It is being led by Trinity College, Dublin and is a very exciting project. It will go a long way to preserving our collections and records, which are important in the...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Rhododendron clearance continued throughout 2018 at Glenveagh National Park. There are many different invasive species but approximately €600,000 was allocated for nationwide rhododendron clearance in 2018. Since 2011, the Department has invested approximately €1.25 million in tackling rhododendron clearance, specifically in Killarney National Park. Approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Deer Hunting (12 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: An application dated 4th February 2019 for a licence under Section 42 of the Wildlife Acts, in respect of the person referred to in the Question was received in my Department on 7th February last. However, as the application form was incomplete, the applicant was contacted in writing on 22nd February to clarify certain information. Further correspondence dated 4th March...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: International Conventions (12 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Ireland is a signatory to the Council of Europe’s Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe, known as the ‘Granada Convention’. The Convention was ratified by Ireland on 20 January 1997 and entered into force on 1 May 1997.  In fulfilment of its obligations under the Granada Convention, Ireland legislated for the increased protection...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding (12 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Theatre to which the Deputy refers was awarded substantial funding under the Arts and Culture Capital Scheme 2016-2018 in February 2017 to refurbish and enhance the existing facility. All capital grants exceeding €300,000, require a legal charge on the property being developed for the amount of the grant for a period of 15 years.  This charge is to protect...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting Season (12 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: 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 included consideration of submissions from interested parties, proposals were announced in December 2015 to introduce legislation to allow for managed hedge cutting and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (13 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My Department issues licences to the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine under Section 23 of the Wildlife Acts 1976 - 2018 to take, capture and release for vaccination purposes or to capture and humanely kill badgers. While each such licences can operate for periods other than one calendar year and may cover areas other than on a county basis, it can be said that in both...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (13 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 366 and 367 together. Details of the annual funding allocation to my Department at subhead level are published in the annual Revised Estimates Volume. Through these subheads, my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes and measures, descriptions of which are available on its website at . Expenditure under these programme areas is recorded...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies Data (13 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The following table gives details of current vacancies on the State boards under the remit of my Department. State Board Number of Places on Board CurrentVacancies Current Status Arts Council 13 4 vacancies -3 Board Member vacancies since 28/01/2019.1 Chair Vacancy since 24/02/2019 An expression of Interest is currently being sought by the Public Appointments Service. (closing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Anybody can apply to the National Parks and Wildlife Service for a licence. There is also a deer management programme in place for Killarney National Park. I believe a cull is under way there at present. If the Deputy has any specific instances which he would like to bring to our attention, I ask him to do so, please.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (26 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1430 and 1431 together. A grant of €12m is allocated to Cork City Council for the purpose of the construction of an Event Centre in Cork. In light of additional works required for the Cork Event Centre and following detailed consideration, my Department considers that, in accordance with public procurement rules, the total public funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (26 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1432 and 1433 together. The archaeological excavations are being carried out on this site under a licence granted by my Department under the National Monuments Acts and in accordance with the Method Statement approved by the Department as part of the licensing process. The Department’s National Monuments Service will receive a full report of the...