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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelcholáistí Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 18 January 2017, if the enrolment to an institution (details supplied) for September 2017 will be the determining factor in demonstrating viability for the establishment of a gaelcholáiste in north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4482/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Archival Material (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the supports in place for the development and protection of county archive services to preserve local cultural patrimony. [4095/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the investment of €37.5 million, as outlined in point 50 of the action plan for rural development, to implement the social inclusion and community activation programme is in addition to the funds previously committed by the Department of Social Protection to the programme; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way his Department proposes to review planning legislation to allow the change of use of vacant commercial properties in cities, towns and villages, including vacant or under-utilised areas over ground floor premises, into residential units without having to go through the planning process, as outlined in point...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals his Department is working on in conjunction with the OPW to strengthen the engagement with the insurance industry to improve the availability of flood insurance cover, in view of the State's ongoing investment in flood defence schemes as per point 70 in the action plan for rural development; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 389. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has agreed to carry over funding for the 1916 commemoration to the general arts, culture and film programme 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4079/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 411. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the approach she is taking to ensure that the €50 million spent in 2016 on commemoration will be retained in the arts budget for 2017 for the benefit of the arts and culture nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4104/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 390. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government will commit to the long-term goal of increasing arts funding to the European average of 0.6% of GDP. [4080/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 391. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase funding in the arts over the lifetime of the Government; and her views on whether funding for the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board should be doubled. [4081/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 410. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the recent comments by a person (details supplied) that the Arts Council should be getting three or four times the amount of funding it receives from the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4103/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 392. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will create an arts capital fund, modelled after the sports capital fund, to ensure better long-term funding for Irish arts. [4082/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 393. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will liaise with the Minister for Social Protection to examine the supports for working artists in the social welfare system; if she will relax activation rules for working artists to allow them to support themselves in view of the fact they produce the art and cultural pieces for which Ireland is rightly proud. [4083/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: World Heritage Sites (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 394. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Government’s plan to pursue more applications for UNESCO world heritage status for more of Ireland's national landmarks (details supplied). [4084/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 395. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she will work with her colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, to ensure that parents can access second level education through Irish, especially in areas with proven demand for Gaelscoileanna. [4085/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 396. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government will provide extra funding to Gaeltacht areas to encourage greater use of the language and better economic prospects for those living in Gaeltacht areas. [4086/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 397. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the Government plans to ensure arts funding is used to ensure minority and new Irish voices are heard as part of cultural output. [4087/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 404. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will 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 being considered to use the arts as a means to promote well-being across society. [4096/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 405. 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. [4097/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 398. 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 on examining the potential for job creation, innovation and balanced economic development in the creative economy; and if she will implement the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 399. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has liaised with the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the development of contemporary art education at primary and secondary level in schools. [4090/17]