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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Centres (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I recently announced details of more than €9 million in capital funding for arts and culture centres across the country. This capital scheme is the most significant investment in arts and cultural centres in a decade and will target investment at a range of different facilities, including arts centres, theatres, galleries and museums, as well as artists’ studios and creative...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: World Heritage Sites (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland’s current World Heritage Tentative List has come about from a very comprehensive 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. The Tentative List produced by the expert group contains a list of seven...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Deer Culls (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Wild deer in the State are protected under the Wildlife Acts. They can be found throughout the countryside and are present in many parts of the country. There is an annual open season during which deer can be legally shot under licence. The open season for deer operates generally from 1 September to 28 February, depending on the species and gender of deer. My Department carries out...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Taoiseach and I launched the Creative Ireland Programme – Clár Éire Ildánach 2017 – 2022on the 8 December 2016 as the Government's Legacy Programme for Ireland 2016 and as the main implementation vehicle for the priorities identified in Culture 2025/Éire Ildánach, the draft cultural policy which I published in July 2016. The Creative Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised that no costs have been incurred within my Department to date in relation to the incorporation of Eircode, as the necessary modifications to existing systems and databases have been carried out in-house. My Department has prepared a policy in relation to the use of Eircode within our systems and procedures. This encourages the use of Eircode in view of the associated benefits...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Centres (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I recently announced details of more than €9 million in capital funding for existing dedicated arts and culture centres across the country. This capital scheme is the most significant investment in arts and cultural centres in a decade and will target investment at a range of different facilities, including arts centres, theatres, galleries and museums, as well as artists’...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised that membership of the boards of the National Cultural Institutions is as set out in the following table. I am committed to achieving the target, set out in the Government’s Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards, of at least 40% representation of each gender on Boards within my Department’s remit. As the Deputy will note from the table below, the Boards of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: My Department runs a Local and Regional Museum Scheme for small capital projects to enhance the offering of local authority and specialised museums and I have no plans to establish a new agency to perform this function. Over €80,000 was awarded to 19 projects under that scheme in 2016. Further, I recently announced details of more than €9 million in capital funding for arts...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gender Balance (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Abbey Theatre, Ireland's National Theatre is a company limited by guarantee under the Companies Act with an independent Board. As Minister, I have no statutory function in relation to the programming of the National Theatre or any other theatre. However, I am aware that the Abbey Theatre in particular has committed to developing policies to promote gender equality since the Waking the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Invasive Plant Species (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is responsible for implementing the Wildlife Acts and the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477/2011), both of which deal with invasive species issues. In law, control of invasive species is primarily a matter for landowners on whose land they occur. Rhododendron is a considerable problem and poses a threat especially to native...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The only EU funding directly accessed by my Department are LIFE Programme funds. The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. The...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised that my Department does not provide public funding to trade unions or staff representative bodies of the type described by the Deputy and that no expenditure of this kind was incurred in the years in question.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Ceann Comhairle should give the Minister four minutes.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting (22 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland, like all EU Member States, is bound by the requirements of the EU Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive. These Directives aim to ensure the protection of habitats and species which have been selected for conservation within special areas of conservation and special protection areas. Significant efforts have been made by the State to resolve the issue of the protection of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (22 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised that neither of the Ministers of State in my Department has appointed a Programme Manager or a Special Adviser.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (23 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Action Plan for Rural Development contains a number of measures which have the objective of rejuvenating Ireland’s rural towns and villages to make them more attractive places in which to live and work and to increase their tourism potential. From my own Department’s perspective, I have secured funding of €12 million for an enhanced Town and Village Renewal scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (23 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: My Department and the bodies under its aegis operate a wide range of funding schemes in the areas of arts, culture and heritage. Details of these schemes are made available on my Department's website and the individual website of the bodies concerned. For the Deputy's convenience a summary of the various funding areas and the links to detailed information in respect of funding is set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (23 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I am unclear as to the timescale to which the Deputy is referring in his question.  Since I was first appointed as Minister in July 2014, I am advised that my Department has not received any written allegations of inappropriate behaviour in the National Museum of Ireland.  For the sake of clarity, in relation to the Irish Independent news story of 16-02-17, I am advised that my...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (23 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Action Plan for Rural Development was launched on 23rd January this year and contains over 276 actions for implementation across a range of Government Departments, State agencies and other organisations over the next three years. Delivery of many of these actions is already underway. Supporting town and villages is just one element of a much more comprehensive Plan aimed at...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Records (23 Feb 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The costs for retrieval and return of hard copy files stored at off site locations for my Department for the last three years are set out below. At all times, value for money is a critical consideration in the context of off-site storage. Year Cost of Retrieval 201 4 € 3,839 2015 €3,842 2016 € 4, 6 28