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Other Questions: Arts Council Funding (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I accept the Minister's response and I realise she is new in her position. It will be very interesting to hear her feedback on her engagement with the Arts Council. It is important where substantial sums of public money are involved that the agencies charged with its dispersal be challenged to ensure their procedures are always transparent and that there is always public accountability. ...

Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 11. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will set out the priorities of her Department for the coming 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31212/14]

Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It would be presumptuous of me to ask the Minister to set out her priorities for the next 12 months given that she has just taken office but it would be useful for the House to get a sense at this early stage of her personal priorities for the period ahead and what she regards as the key areas of arts and heritage with which she would like to be identified in the coming years.

Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I welcome what the Minister has said and cannot disagree with the majority of the priorities set out. However, as Deputy Tóibín and others have pointed out, there is growing public concern about the Government's commitment to Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge. There is real concern that the Government has no enthusiasm for implementing the strategy and many aspects are falling...

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a preliminary timetable of the planned commemorations for the 1916 Rising; if she will provide an update on the Moore Street interpretive centre and the proposed museum at the GPO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31214/14]

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The question is self-explanatory. Deputy McLellan referred earlier to similar matters. It would be useful to have a timetable for commemorations, not least for the 1916 Rising. The Minister referred to Moore Street. Perhaps she will also speak about the proposed museum at the GPO.

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Would the Minister be prepared in the very near future to have an informal engagement with each of the spokespersons about the commemoration ceremonies? There has been much public interest in the suggestion that the British royal family may have particular involvement in the 1916 Rising commemoration. Does the Minister have views on that or does she envisage taking any particular initiative...

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is it the Minister's view that the British royal family should be represented at the 1916 commemorations? Has the Government taken a view and will the Minister make a particular proposal to the Government in that regard?

Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The legislation promoted by the Government in respect of the property tax provided an option for local authorities to vary the tax up or down by 15%. However, the statutory instrument to which my colleague, Deputy Cowen, referred was published on 5 February without fanfare. It was not even accompanied by the usual press release. The effect of the statutory instrument is to make it...

Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Was it the intention that the property tax should not be varied this year, as provided for in the legislation initially adopted?

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Meetings (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times she has met her Northern counterpart this year; the total funding her Department has directed to the North-South bodies in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31216/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on supporting the commissioning of a monument for Irish UN veterans in Collins Barracks, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31213/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commencement of Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced; the details or purpose of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32004/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commencement of Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced; the details or purpose of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32003/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is concerned at the fact that budgets for education and training boards have been reduced by her Department following reviews of VEC-ETB bank accounts; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in this review, moneys that were taken into account which were exclusively for school use, that is, school trips-tours, parents...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Kildare-Wicklow education and training board received no funding for SOLAS activities and that this programme is administered in Athlone or Waterford instead of being administered from Naas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31730/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide capital budgets in order to support the development of SOLAS programmes by education and training boards across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31732/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commencement of Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which she has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced; the details or purpose of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32001/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commencement of Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced; the details or purpose of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32008/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commencement of Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form those Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced; the details or purpose of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32006/14]