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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: My Department continues to operate and provide the services under my responsibility in line with Government Guidance on public health relating to Covid-19. National Parks and Wildlife Service staff were designated essential workers from the outset of the Covid 19 related restriction and continued to perform their full range of functions. All essential operational work of the National...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Regulations (3 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I recently signed the State Wide Declaration for the period up to 30 April 2021 which allows the killing and capturing of certain wild bird species where they are causing damage to crops, livestock and fauna or represent a threat to public health or safety.The Declaration is published on the website of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department at . The Declaration includes...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising (3 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: My Department and those bodies under is aegis have engaged in expenditure of the type described by the Deputy of approximately €41,000 to date in 2020.  Of this total some €950 related to expenditure by the Department on raising awareness of aspects of the  Creative Ireland programme including the recent RTÉ  documentary on the Creative Schools...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: My Department's National Monuments Service and colleagues in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade are in regular contact with their Spanish counterparts and local authorities in Vallodolid in relation to this case. I understand that the excavation team is currently compiling a detailed report for Valladolid City Council outlining the results of the archaeological investigations...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Correspondence (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 727, 731 and 733 together. I am aware of the correspondence to which the Deputy refers and proposals set out therein. The COVID-19 crisis gives rise to many challenges for the nation as a whole and is having an unprecedented impact on the arts, culture, heritage and Gaeltacht sectors. From an early stage in the COVID-19 crisis, measures were put in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: The dates for the cutting of hedges are set down in primary legislation under the Wildlife Acts. Section 40 of the Act prohibits the cutting, grubbing, burning or destruction of vegetation, with certain strict exemptions, from 1 March to 31 August. There is provision in the legislation for some restricted exemptions from the prohibition during the closed period - for example, for works...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Correspondence (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I wish to advise that a reply to the correspondence referred to by the Deputy has issued. The Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society & Business, published on 1 May 2020, sets out an indicative path to the easing of COVID 19 restrictions and other actions in order to facilitate the reopening Ireland’s society and economy in a phased mannerGovernment announced the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cycle to Work Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.. The information supplied covers the period since the establishment of my Department in June 2011 . It should be noted that there is no actual cost to the Department from the Cycle to Work scheme. The Department initially pays an approved supplier for the bicycle, the employee signs an undertaking where the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: My Department provides financial support for the protection of heritage buildings and historic structures through 2 grant schemes which are, in the main, administered by the local authorities. These Built Heritage Capital Grant schemes, with funding of just over €4m, have the potential to provide much needed economic stimulus as they operate right across the country in all local...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies Data (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I have been advised that the total number of persons employed on an agency basis in the State Agencies under this Department's aegis in 2019 was 49 and in Q1 2020 was 31. A more detailed breakdown is outlined in the following table. 2019 Q1 2020 Arts Council 2 Nil Chester Beatty Library Nil Nil ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 736 and 737 together. The COVID-19 crisis gives rise to many challenges for the nation as a whole and is having an unprecedented impact on the arts, culture, heritage and Gaeltacht sectors. My Department has worked with the Arts Council from an early stage in the COVID-19 crisis, on measures to sustain our cultural infrastructure, support artists and arts...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I have asked my officials in my Department to contact the Local Authority who are the relevant body responsible for protecting architectural heritage in this instance.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Funding (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: The EU Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) is comprised of two regulations, Regulation2020/460 (CRII), and Regulation 2020/558 (CRII Plus) which entered into force on 1 April and 23rd April 2020 respectively. The CRII regulations allow Members States to use unspent pre-allocated cohesion support, amounting to €8 billion, to respond to COVID-19 by supporting healthcare...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: Officials of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department are continuing their investigations into the deaths of the buzzards in Co. Cork. I am unable at this time to put a target date for completion on this investigation.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wild Fires (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: Wildfires are not a natural phenomenon in Ireland. The main cause of such conflagrations is thought to be the deliberate starting of fires without concern for the consequences. There have been 7 significant fires, 1 within Killarney National Park, and 6 in Wicklow Mountains National Park in 2020. In addition there have been a number of smaller fires outside the boundaries of the Park on which...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland (9 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: In November 2019, funding of €5m was awarded under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund to Waterways Ireland and its partners, Kildare and Laois County Councils to progress the Barrow Blueway from Lowtown to Athy. As part of indicative timescales in relation to the project, Waterways Ireland has informed the Department that detailed analysis and design of the route and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: In accordance with the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Businessannounced on the 5th June, there are now two remaining phases instead of three, with Phase 3 starting on the 29th of June, and Phase 4 on the 20th of July. Further work is being carried out in the coming days and weeks to determine which actions will take place in each phase. Updates to the roadmap can be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways (16 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: In November 2019, funding of €5m was awarded under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund to Waterways Ireland and its partners, Kildare and Laois County Councils to progress the Barrow Blueway from Lowtown to Athy.  As part of indicative timescales in relation to the project, Waterways Ireland has informed the Department that detailed analysis and design of the route and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: The Arts Council is statutorily independent under Section 24 of the Arts Act 2003 and I as Minister have no function in relation to the Council’s funding decisions.  I understand that the Arts Council decided that work created by the recipients of the Covid-19 response award will be presented on the  Arts Council website and other platforms including those of media...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (16 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: My role with regard to the protection and management of our architectural heritage is set out in the provisions of relevant legislation, as are the roles of local authorities and the responsibilities of owners.     Part IV of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, gives primary responsibility, however, to local authorities to identify and protect...