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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2 June of this year. The number of serving staff at end-October was 644.61 (whole-time equivalent), including 37.6 seasonal staff (whole-time equivalent).

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: There is a significant amount of work needed in compiling the historical data sought, and my Department will furnish these details directly to the Deputy as soon as possible. In the meantime, the aggregate grants to the principal organisations under the aegis of my Department are available in the Revised Estimates Volume for each of the years in question, and in particular in Votes 33 and 35.

Written Answers — Departmental Legal Costs: Departmental Legal Costs (29 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2 June 2011 and, accordingly, provision of the information sought by the Deputy for extended periods prior to that date would not be feasible. I am advised that my Department has, since 2 June 2011, paid compensation in one case. This related to a commercial turf-cutting case, where payment of €154,855 was made in an...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2 June 2011 and therefore the information sought by the Deputy can only be provided from that date. The total amount paid to companies providing an external professional service to my Department from 2 June 2011 to 9 November 2011 was €698,503. With regard to bodies within my Department's ambit, the Deputy will appreciate that...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (30 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: In May 2010, the voluntary bog purchase scheme was closed to new applicants. Processing of applications on hand has been slower than anticipated due to capacity constraints in undertaking the conveyance work involved. On the 15 April this year, the Government made a number of decisions in relation to turf cutting in Ireland, including the putting in place of a compensation package for those...

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (30 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information requested in respect of my Department is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Museum Projects: Museum Projects (1 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department requested the Office of Public Works to examine the feasibility of a more limited development at the Natural History Museum which, at minimum cost, would provide safe access to and circulation around the upper balconies through a new enclosed lift and stairs at the southern end of the building. The examination has been completed and a report has been prepared. In view of the...

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (1 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am grateful to the House for facilitating us in taking this Bill at short notice. It has a simple but important objective, namely, to increase the statutory limit on the cumulative capital outlay, commitments and liabilities that the Irish Film Board may incur. As is the case with some statutory bodies that receive public funding, a limit was set by statute on such outlay when the Irish...

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (1 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: I hope I might have a main role given my past interest in the film industry, of which Senator Bradford may not be aware.

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (1 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: There is a big difference between the GAA pitch and the film industry. The Irish-Italian television series which it is planned to broadcast at the time of the 100th anniversary early next year of the infamous vessel's launch and subsequent loss will provide approximately 200 jobs for Irish cast and crew. Other highlights for home-grown production in 2011 include Rebecca Daly's "The Other Side...

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (1 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: He would be very worthy of this position.

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (1 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank sincerely the three Senators for their important contributions to this debate. They bring significant knowledge of the industry and have raised a number of issues on which I would like to respond. Like Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú, I too saw "Ryan's Daughter" in London, probably in 1971 or 1972, and from a Kerry perspective, I was very proud of it. I was in school in London at the...

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (1 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: We can get an even more creative name. Before we ever had Bollywood or Hollywood we had the O'Kalem films in Beaufort in Kerry. The Kalem company produced several silent films there between 1913 and 1916. Some very famous films were produced at that time.

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (1 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: I was delighted to learn that Mr. Tom Cooper was Senator O'Keeffe's uncle. I was not aware of that connection. Every year we honour people at three film festivals in Kerry. There is the Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival in Waterville, the Dingle Film Festival and the Kerry Film Festival. I have yet to hear of anyone honouring Tom Cooper. This has given me a very good opportunity....

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (1 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Galway partnership is connected with Mayo, Sligo and Clare. It does reach out. When I launched the partnership I asked that very question and met people with film interests in the different counties. This is a good example of what Creative West could do. The west has unique characteristics and attractions for film producers. It is a directors' and producers' dream. One does not need...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the grants and amounts paid by my Department to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011 is set out in the following table. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department, as currently configured, was established on 2 June 2011 and therefore the available information is being provided from that date. As the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2nd June 2011. The following table sets out the number and the annualised value of increments paid to staff in my Department from that date until end-2011, as well as those due for payment in 2012. Period No. of staff due increments in period (WTE) Estimated annualised cost of increments 2 June - 30 Nov 2011 173.4 €236,374...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (6 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: I understand that it has been established practice for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to offer the opportunity to my Department from time to time to acquire land or turbary rights which it holds on former Land Commission sites, such as those referred to in the Deputy's Question. As Minister, I consider that there is significant potential value for my Department in having...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: As my Department typically cannot reclaim VAT incurred on goods and services, it is not a requirement of my Department's Financial Management System that VAT be recorded separately in all instances. It is not therefore possible to provide the estimate requested by the Deputy of the cost to my Department of a change in the standard rate of VAT.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: One would swear Deputy Dooley had never been in government. I have seen him around these Houses for the past ten years.