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Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister has spoken about the importance of Creative Ireland. I understand its leader was Mr. John Concannon. Is that correct?

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister emphasised that this person was recruited by the Department in respect of a very important job relating to the five-year Creative Ireland programme. When was she approached with the news that the person was going to leave the Department and be transferred to another post? Was a written request submitted to her? The then Taoiseach announced the appointment of this person. Can...

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Did he tell the Minister what it was?

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister saying there was a transfer and appointment to the Department of the Taoiseach in respect of which she received no correspondence and in the context of which there was no public appointments process? Is she stating that there was no communication between the Secretary General of the Minister's Department and the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach in the...

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Then tell us what happened.

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Where is the paperwork?

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Sure.

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: They obey the public appointments structures, which is what I am asking the Minister about.

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40519/17]

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: What are the Minister's plans for the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board for 2018 and afterwards?

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister has stressed her commitment to the development of the arts in Ireland. I am at a slight loss at the Minister's references to Creative Ireland. Is Creative Ireland now effectively an oversight body that picks up all the elements of the arts in Ireland? Separately, what is the strategy relating to the Arts Council, with which huge numbers of living, working artists have a...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Given that the Minister acknowledges the importance of the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board, what demands has she put forward for 2018 to broaden funding to the sector? Many artists struggle financially. Much of their fame arises after they have died and, as the Minister mentioned earlier, their estates can be very valuable. However, that does not help many artists necessarily in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contacts she has had with the auctioneers and owners of the Yeats collection with a view to acquiring this collection; if the State and its cultural institutions has the right of first refusal on the collection; the reason she failed to act in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40515/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: As it was not clear whether my earlier question had been selected as a priority question, I submitted this parallel question on the same issue, namely, the sale of the bulk of the Yeats family collection at an international auction. Notwithstanding the Minister's statement that she has acquired some of the items, many of them will, unfortunately, be lost to Ireland. The Minister celebrated...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister and I disagree on that point. My question was whether the Government had the right of first refusal on the Yeats collection. It should be borne in mind that W.B. Yeats and his son Michael were distinguished Members of the Oireachtas. Yeats also did a great deal of work and spent a great deal of time in the National Library. Is it true that the State had first refusal on what...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: The Government is about to spend €150,000 on polling public opinion on a strategic communications unit.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Arts and culture are about communication. I suggest the €150,000 would have been much better utilised to secure a priceless part of our history.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the salary scales of national cultural institutions, for example, the National Gallery, the National Museum, the Natural History Museum and the National Library; if those salaries have been reviewed; the number of posts in each institution that are paid above €75,000 to €100,000 and over €100,000,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress she has made in fixing the date of the national famine memorial day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40517/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will discuss with the management of the National Museum in Collins Barracks the erection of an exhibition commemorating An Gorta Mór with a selection of relevant artefacts presently in storage, detailing the famine and consequences of it and the National Famine Commemoration Day; and if she will make a statement on...