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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how she will make sure arts funding is used to ensure minority and new Irish voices are heard as part of the cultural output. [19820/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 415. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the development of the creative industries sector; if she has reviewed the report from the previous Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the hearings relating to examining the potential for job creation, innovation and balanced economic development in the creative economy; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Intellectual Property Management (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any engagement with stakeholders in the music industry in terms of the establishment of a music industry task force, with wide representation and which would examine a range of issues including the impact of intellectual property and copyright legislation and enforcement in both the music and technology industries,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 417. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a national culture strategy up to 2025. [19825/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has examined any proposals to facilitate, on a national basis, the use of vacant retail premises by exhibiting artists, based on successful schemes such as Space Invaders in County Galway, which uses empty retail units to support local artists. [19826/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 419. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future planning and development takes full cognisance of the historical character and protects the character and heritage of villages. [19827/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 420. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to work with the Minister for Health to develop and roll out an arts and health strategy across acute and children’s hospitals and across the community health sector; and the other innovative approaches that are being considered to use the arts as a means to promote well-being across society. [19829/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 421. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she is taking with her Government colleagues to systematically address social, geographic and economic barriers to full participation in the artistic and cultural life of the country, particularly for children and young persons. [19830/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the electrification of the Dublin to Maynooth railway line as proposed in the capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19262/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received any report from Dublin Bus on the results of having revenue protection officers board buses at random; the scale of fare evasion noted; the level of improper use of free travel passes that has been observed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19263/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the plans for the Swiftway rapid bus services in particular the proposed Blanchardstown to University College Dublin route; when the service will become operational; if a final route has been chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19264/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Reviews (5 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 659. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will undertake a full review of the rights of artists here, including a thorough examination of our existing copyright laws and the current Competition Act. [19823/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I ask the Taoiseach about the proposal by the Minister with responsibility for housing, Deputy Simon Coveney, to the effect that planning permission for housing estates of more than 150 units will go straight to An Bord Pleanála and bypass the local authority entirely. The follow-up proposal by Deputy Barry Cowen, the Fianna Fáil spokesperson, is to bring that down to 30 units. In...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Can the Taoiseach tell me whether this will result in legislation and when?

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: It is in the paper.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I served on the old Dublin County Council. I have a lot of personal experience of this.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I have a lot of experience of it. Do not lecture me about it.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artworks Sales (6 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 196. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of correspondence dated 29 June 2016 from An Taisce - the National Trust for Ireland to her Department concerning five works of art which have been in the care of the National Gallery and which have been issued export licences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19947/16]

Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: In the scheme of the enormous political pressures in the Arab world, particularly in Egypt, Ibrahim Halawa is just one young man caught up in conflict and change. He has now been incarcerated for three years and at this point and there is separation of powers in Egypt between the government and the courts. A large amount of work has been done by the Government, Ministers and diplomats in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will create an arts capital fund modelled on the sports capital fund to ensure improved long-term funding for the arts. [19862/16]