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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: As the Deputy will be aware staff of my Department are located in offices throughout the country including  Na Forbacha, Killarney, Wexford and Ballina as well as the various regional locations operated by the National Parks and Wildlife Services such as the six National Parks as well as Nature Reserves and other shared offices.  In excess of 400 staff are based in these...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (12 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: In 2017, my Department awarded a capital grant of €300,000 under the Arts and Culture Capital Scheme 2016-2018 to the centre referred to by the Deputy .  As is the case with all capital grants from my Department, the payment of the grant is managed under a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the project promoter.  The SLA sets out the conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Freedom of Information Data (12 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My Department publishes logs of all non-personal FOI requests on a quarterly basis in accordance with the Department’s FOI Publication Scheme, prepared under section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014.  The most recent update was published on 7th November 2019. Each published log contains the following information: - The reference number assigned to the request by the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Performing Arts (12 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I have not met with the group referred to by the Deputy.  Ongoing correspondence has however been exchanged with my Department both from and on behalf of the group. I recently announced a new capital investment scheme for arts and culture centres across the country with funding of €4.7m available for allocation.  Applications are now being...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (12 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My Department is responsible for co-ordinating the implementation of the National Peatlands Strategy, which I believe is one of the most advanced in Europe. This 10 year strategy sets out a cross-governmental approach to managing issues that relate to peatlands, including compliance with EU environmental law, climate change, forestry, flood control, energy, nature conservation,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (12 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government launched the ‘Be Winter-Ready’ 2019 -2020 Information Campaign focusing this year on the different colour codings associated with Met Éireann weather warnings on Wednesday 6th November. The ‘Be Winter-Ready’ campaign informs the public of what is being done in relation to winter preparations and where they can...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (12 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Significant efforts have been made by the State to resolve the issue of the protection of Ireland’s raised bog special areas of conservation within the framework of the EU Habitats Directive. This has included the establishment of the Peatlands Council, intensive and on-going engagement with turf cutting interests, the farming community, non-governmental organisations and with the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (12 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table. Organisation Number of additional staff appointed in 2019 Estimated annualised payroll cost of additional staff appointed in 2019 €million Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht 33 1.22 Arts Council 5 ...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I think Deputy Micheál Martin means Deputy Eugene Murphy.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputies for their questions. They have previously raised this issue on the floor of the Dáil. It might be useful if they were to submit it as a Topical Issue matter as it would allow a more lengthy discussion on it. The Deputies will be aware of the deer management programme for Killarney National Park. Licences are issued through the National Parks and Wildlife Service,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hare Coursing (13 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. It is important to be aware of the potential impact of the RHD2 virus and my original decision in August to suspend the licences to the Irish Coursing Club on foot of the outbreak of the virus, which was confirmed in wild rabbits and hares. The Deputy eloquently set out the reasons and my words. As the Deputy mentioned, the disease was first...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hare Coursing (13 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputy and appreciate her concerns. Suffice to say that, from my own perspective, protecting the conservation status of the hare is my primary concern. I must ensure a balanced response from Government to this particular issue. It should assuage her concerns somewhat that strict conditions have been set down. The Irish Coursing Club vet has to certify in writing that all the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (13 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The area to which the Deputy refers is one of the most important nature conservation areas in Ireland. This is reflected in designation of much of the area as a Special Area of Conservation or a Special Protection Area, to protect the diversity of the habitats and species that exist there. I acknowledge that it is important that the custodians of this area are supported through relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (13 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The total funding allocated for Heritage in Budget 2020 is €62.5m, up from €54m last year – an increase of over €8m or 15.5% on 2019 – comprising additional capital provision of €6.75m (up 44%) on 2019 and additional current funding of €1.623m. Over the course of the last year I have listened very carefully to the extensive public debate...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (13 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Primary support for the Arts is delivered through the Arts Council.  The Arts Council operates a number of schemes and initiatives have been established for the particular support of visual arts. The Council considers visual arts to include a range of media such as painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, live art/performance, film, video or other digital imaging media....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Deer Culls (13 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for again raising this issue. As the Deputy is aware, my Department is committed to the active management of this species within the National Park and, as part of its regular ongoing management operations, carries out localised annual species' counts on State lands, where appropriate. A number of surveys, censuses and reports on the species population have...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (19 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The following table shows the funding allocated to the organisation referred to by the Deputy in each of the four years 2016 to 2020. Annual Funding 2016 to 2019  Year  Current Capital Total Allocation 2016 3,269,000 12,302,000 15,571,000 2017 3,786,000 12,702,000 16,488,000...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Functions (19 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table. Date Cultural Institution 19/01/2018 Chester Beatty Library 05/12/2018 Chester Beatty Library 12/02/2018 Irish Museum of Modern Art 14/02/2018 Irish Museum of Modern Art 25/10/2018...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Service Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Legislation sets out RTÉ’s statutory obligations in respect to the commissioning of television and radio programmes from the independent production sector is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment and queries in this regard are more appropriately addressed to him. For my part, as set out in the Audiovisual...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (19 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Legislation setting out RTÉ’s statutory obligations in respect to the commissioning of television and radio programmes from the independent production sector is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment.  My Department supports the audiovisual industry through a number of initiatives including through the...