Results 4,061-4,080 of 6,645 for speaker:Jimmy Deenihan

Written Answers — Stag Hunting: Stag Hunting (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2010 made it an offence to hunt a deer with two or more dogs. This legislation had the purpose of banning stag hunting by riders and hounds. I will continue to keep all provisions of the Wildlife Acts under review and introduce improvements to the law, where appropriate. However, I have stated that one of my biggest challenges is to work towards greater common...

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Article 9 of the Habitats Directive provides for de-designation of Special Areas of Conservation. According to the Directive, this is only permissible where it is warranted by natural developments noted as a result of the surveillance undertaken by the Member State. Natural developments are understood to mean situations where habitats may be damaged by erosion, landslides or other occurrences...

Written Answers — Wildlife Protection: Wildlife Protection (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2010 prohibit the cutting, grubbing, burning or destruction of vegetation growing on uncultivated land or in hedges or ditches during the nesting and breeding season for birds and wildlife, from 1 March to 31 August. This is subject to certain specific exceptions, one of which permits these activities during the prohibited period on grounds of public health and...

Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The costs to my Department arising from the use of my car for official business, including drivers' salaries and expenses, in the period 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011, are set out in the table. No overtime payments were made to my drivers in respect of this period. Official mileage paid in respect of Minister's car €16,130 Combined salary cost of persons employed as civilian drivers...

Written Answers — Wildlife Protection: Wildlife Protection (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: A report published by my Department in 2009 estimated the population of wild mink in the State could reach a total of between 20,500 and 33,500 individuals, and identified ground-nesting birds as the species most vulnerable to mink predation. Accordingly, my Department is concentrating its resources on protecting the nesting sites of rare and threatened bird species, including red-throated...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Wildlife Acts provide for the protection of natural heritage areas. If the Deputy wishes to submit details of the issue in question, I will revert to him directly.

Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Details in relation to claims for official mileage submitted by me, as Minster, and by the Minister of State at my Department since March 2011 are outlined in the Tables. It may be noted that each claim is submitted with a signed declaration of mileage undertaken in an official capacity during the period in question and is checked by a senior official before payment is authorised. ...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: No financial supports or assistance were provided by my Department or agencies in its remit to this reopening.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011 and the collation of information for the purposes of replying to the Deputy's Question related to that timeframe only. It was also assumed for the purposes of replying to the Question that senior civil servants would be defined as officers of the rank of Assistant Secretary and...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The land referred to in the Deputy's Question is situated is one of 24 raised bog special areas of conservation (SACs) affected, from the end of last year, by the cessation of turf cutting for reasons of environmental protection under the EU Habitats Directive. In April 2011, the Government announced a redress package for those affected by the cessation of turf cutting in such cases. The...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Commercial peat extraction operations have been prohibited from Special Areas of Conservation and Natural Heritage Areas since 1999. In areas outside such sites, peat extraction is governed through the planning system and requirements for Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control licensing. Under the provisions of a derogation given in 1999 by the then Minister, turf-cutting by individuals...

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011 and the collation of information for the purposes of replying to the Deputy's Question relates to that timeframe only. I can advise the Deputy that my Department has placed no advertisements in national newspapers for job vacancies during the period in question. In relation to the...

Written Answers — Creative Economy: Creative Economy (29 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will appreciate that, at present, there are two EU programmes operating within the areas for which I have responsibility: 1. The Media Programme is the EU support programme for the European audiovisual industry and details are available at www.mediadeskireland.ie ; and 2. The Culture Programme is the EU support programme for organisations working in the field of culture and...

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (29 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, there are a number of memorials, monuments and plaques in towns and villages around the country, which were put in place to commemorate the Great Irish Famine. The Deputy will appreciate that it would not be feasible for me to name all such memorials. In relation to the issue of a national permanent monument to commemorate the Famine, the Deputy will be aware that...

Audiovisual Industry (6 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will be aware that the development of the audiovisual industry, including industrial relations issues, was examined during the preparation of the Creative Capital report, Building Ireland's Audiovisual Creative Economy, which was published in July 2011. An implementation committee is examining the advancement of its recommendations. It is chaired by my Department and includes...

Audiovisual Industry (6 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I agree with Deputy Troy that we must be competitive in the film industry to attract film and television drama productions to Ireland. If one compares our costs with those of the UK, for example, we certainly are not competitive. We must look at it from a view of all inputs into the film industry. We must be competitive or else producers will not come to this country. We have had recent...

Audiovisual Industry (6 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am sure Deputy Troy understands the principles of negotiation. The Labour Relations Commission will certainly be carrying that out. I am sure it would not respond favourably to interference from the Minister at this stage.

The Gathering Ireland 2013 (6 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: While the Gathering event is primarily a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I am conscious of the tourism potential of genealogy for attracting the diaspora to our shores. Therefore, I welcome my fellow Minister's initiative. He has stated he expects the Gathering to be one of the biggest tourism initiatives ever to be undertaken in Ireland. It will be...

The Gathering Ireland 2013 (6 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: While I agree with the Deputy, I do not have direct responsibility for the General Register Office. The Deputy will be aware that in the autumn I brought together all of those involved in the country in genealogy. We had a successful forum, under the chairmanship of Judge McMahon, in the National Library, at which this issue was raised. I am awaiting a report from the group. The General...

The Gathering Ireland 2013 (6 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: There are various ways of approaching this matter. Obviously, special provision will have to be made. We could, for example, consider putting in place an agreement with a person or body on the provision of this information and the person or body could recoup the costs over time by way of charging for the information provided. I am not suggesting that will be the ultimate solution, but it...