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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Question: Beit Collection (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: This question is pretty straightforward. It seeks to establish from the Minister what has happened since we last discussed the particular issue around Russborough House, the very valuable and important collection there, previously in the ownership of Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, and the fact the paintings that were to be auctioned at Christie's have been withdrawn. What has happened in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Question: Beit Collection (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can we establish with certainty then that what the Beit Foundation says it requires is an endowment of the order of €15 million to be able to continue to operate Russborough House successfully? Is it also the case that the foundation made it abundantly clear to the Minister that the tax relief at 80% was not adequate to attract the level of investment required to secure the future of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Question: Beit Collection (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I was not perhaps great at mathematics but I do not know how the figures the Minister is giving to us could be correct. I suspect that if Russborough House were located in Limerick, we would not be having the particular difficulty we have in this instance. It seems that the Government is quite prepared to allow the Beit Foundation to have to cannibalise itself, in effect, to sustain the...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 7. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress being made in the development of Culture 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32193/15]

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: This simply seeks to establish from the Minister the progress being made on the publication of Culture 2025. I commend the Minister on her commitment in bringing forward that piece of work. Does she see herself being in a position to have the policy in place before the general election, given that it may not be until spring next year according to what the Taoiseach has suggested on many...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is a bit of good news. I hope the document and the policy will address the obvious disconnect that exists between national and local policy. The Minister has clearly engaged the local authorities and their arts officers who are doing a fine job, but from the funding streams coming down the line, we see that the Arts Council has, in a number of regional and local venues and initiatives,...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We look forward to the symposium in Dublin, which should be worthwhile. I am struck by the fact that the Minister and I grew up in an Ireland that was, to a large extent, a monocultural place, while we are now multicultural. I was talking to Deputy Kitt about the Carole King song "Tapestry", in which she sings of a "tapestry of rich and royal hue". How will the Minister ensure that, in...

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is not true.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is not true.

Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Domestic violence continues to be a major problem in the country, and the Tánaiste will accept that, unfortunately, in many instances the family home transpires to be a very unsafe place for women and quite a number of children. Many of the practitioners in the area doing the best they can to tackle the particular problem look to the Government's ratification of the Istanbul Convention...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that there are adequate provisions in place for the control of the deer population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32196/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Beit Collection (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her efforts to ensure that the paintings in the Beit collection remains here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32192/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Easter Rising Commemorations (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a progress report on her Department’s contribution to the 1916 commemorations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32195/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons she granted consent for a film production company (details supplied) to return to Sceilig Mhichíl for filming for the Star Wars franchise this month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32194/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (29 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an overpayment of an unemployment benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32749/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Services (29 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 283. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects that credit union services will be made available in Newbridge in County Kildare, given the thousands of persons who urgently require this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33325/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (29 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 347. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of applications to join the Reserve Defence Force, both Army and navy, in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of applications approved in each year; and the number of positions taken up in each year. [33394/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (29 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 348. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons who left the Reserve Defence Force, both Army and navy, in 2012, 2013, 2014, and to date in 2015. [33395/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (29 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 349. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of applications for Garda Síochána vetting made by the Defence Forces for prospective members of the Reserve Defence Force in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [33396/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (29 Sep 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 351. To ask the Minister for Defence the personnel strength of the Army reserve and the Naval Service reserve at the end of 2012, 2013 and 2014 and the latest available figure for 2015. [33398/15]