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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My functions as Minister with regard to the protection of our architectural heritage are set out in the Planning and Development Acts, as are the responsibilities of local authorities and owners. Part IV of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, gives primary responsibility to planning authorities to identify and protect the architectural heritage by including particular...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts and Culture Capital Scheme (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Project Ireland 2040 has given explicit recognition to the importance of our culture, language and heritage.  Investing in our Culture, Language and Heritage 2018-2027 sets out the Government’s objectives for capital investment in Ireland’s culture, language and heritage. The plan includes a total of  €40 million, or €4 million in each of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My objective in approaching the development of the State Commemorative Programme for the years from 2019 to 2023 is to ensure that, in remembering this complex period in our history, which includes the Struggle for Independence, the Civil War, the Foundation of the State, and Partition, we promote a deeper understanding of the significance of these events, which accepts that the shared...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 214 together: My Department is responsible for the implementation of the Birds and Natural Habitats Regulations 2011 (SI 477/2011) which transpose the EU Birds and Habitats Directives in the Irish context. In line with our obligations under the Birds Directive, Ireland is due to submit its Article 12 Report, covering...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My Department provides financial support for the protection of heritage buildings and historic structures through the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) and the Historic Structures Fund (HSF), formerly the Structures at Risk Fund (SRF), which are administered by local authorities.  On 28 March I announced funding of €4.3m for 478 projects under these schemes. Details of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216, 217 and 220 together. As Minister, I am the owner or guardian under the National Monuments Acts of approximately 1,000 national monuments located at approximately 750 sites. The management and maintenance of these monuments, including the provision of visitor and interpretative facilities, is the statutory responsibility of the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: All known archaeological monuments, of which there are in excess of 130,000, are entitled to protection under the National Monuments Acts.  Protection may be extended to previously unrecorded monuments by my Department entering them in the Register of Historic Monuments or the Record of Monuments and Places.  The Acts also allow me to make a preservation order where I consider...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Irish Museums Association (IMA), which is funded annually by my Department and has an allocation of €40,000 for 2019, produced a detailed survey on the museums across Ireland in 2016, citing an approximate total of 230 museums.  The report also cites that in 2014, the collective figures visiting the 118 respondents totalled over 6 million visitors with a break out 60.5%...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (10 Apr 2019)

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 Built Heritage Investment Scheme is a scheme for the repair and conservation of protected structures on the local authority Record of Protected Structures. It is designed to leverage private capital...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Creative Ireland Programme is a culture-based programme led by my Department designed to promote individual, community and national wellbeing. Its core proposition is that participation in cultural activity drives personal and collective creativity, with significant implications for individual and societal wellbeing and achievement. Under Pillar 2 of the Programme - 'Enabling...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Philanthropy Initiatives (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Private support for the arts is an important funding source and the Government continues to support this through tax incentives and other initiatives. While my Department does not have a breakdown of the total flows of philanthropic funding to the sector, the Programme for a Partnership Government does contain a commitment to encourage strong, mutually beneficial links between the business...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Waterways Ireland continues to work with local authorities to develop the towpath along the Royal Canal.  In July 2019 this work will be completed and Ireland’s longest off-road walking and cycling trail, the Royal Canal Greenway, from Maynooth to Richmond Harbour in Clondra, Co Longford (120km) will be launched.  Waterways Ireland is also working with Offaly...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Boat Permits (11 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service is responsible for the operation and maintenance the area in question. It governs the lakes in accordance with the Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Act 1932. Commercial licences and permits to operate class P5 boats at the location in question are advertised by way of tender.  The last such tender was advertised in May 2018 and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (11 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: There are provisions under the Wildlife Acts allowing for the control of bird species in certain circumstances. There is a facility under Section 42 of the Wildlife Acts whereby organisations and individuals may apply to my Department for permits, on a case by case basis, to prevent serious damage caused by individual protected animals and birds on specific lands. Permissions are only issued...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts Data (11 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I am advised that no contracts have been awarded by my Department to the company identified by the Deputy during the period specified. 

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (16 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: As per the Further Revised Estimates for 2019, the capital allocation for my Department is €73.8 million.  This allocation reflects a deferral of €2 million of capital expenditure (2.6% of the original allocation) from 2019 into 2020 through changes to the timing of payments relating to certain capital works by my Department. I am confident that the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (16 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: William Butler Yeats is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. In 1885, he saw his first publication, in the Dublin University Review, of his poetry. He helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served as a Senator of the Irish Free State for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, in December 1923 he was...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (16 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 577 to 580, inclusive, and 582 together. Firstly, I should point out that all bird species are protected under national and EU legislation. In relation to the impact of seagulls, it has been estimated that the population of herring gulls, the main seagull species, has declined significantly in Ireland over the past 40 years or so, probably due to the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Seabird Census (16 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 581, 583 and 584 together. Since the 1970s, specialists in the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department have worked with colleagues from the UK to co-ordinate censuses of breeding seabird populations. This work has resulted in several publications, most recently "Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland" (Mitchell et al, 2004),...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Schoolbooks (16 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I was very pleased to provide a funding allocation of over €6,400 earlier this year to History Ireland to support the distribution of a special publication on the revolutionary period - 'The Irish Revolution: 1919-1921, a Global History' - to post-primary schools around the country.  This engaging and accessible publication places the Struggle for...