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Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (27 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information sought by the Deputy concerning the current status of State boards in relation to the participation of women and men, and also a breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since my appointment as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, is set out in the following tables. I should add that my Department reviews the membership of boards, including gender...

Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (27 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Department has 76 laptops and 11 tablet devices available for use. These numbers do not include laptops which are used by staff of the Department's Heritage Division but which are assets of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government. The latter provides ICT services for the Heritage Division by agreement between both Departments. The Department does not intend at this...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (28 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question Number 118 of 8 March, 2012

Written Answers — Museum Projects: Museum Projects (28 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The proposed development of the Carlton Cinema site, of which the national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street forms part, and for which approval has been granted by An Bord Pleanála, envisages the retention of these buildings and the provision of a commemorative centre to the 1916 Rising in No. 16. The developer's application to my Department for consent to proposals for work under the...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: Arising from the requirements under the Habitats Directive to cease turf cutting on 53 raised bog Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), earlier this year my Department sought expressions of interests from land owners, or turbary rights owners, who might wish to provide alternative sites, through sale or long-term lease, for use by those who wish to continue turf cutting. Such sites should be...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 to 169, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has only been established since 2 June 2011, following substantial Departmental reconfigurations. Details of payments made to external property consultants, surveyors and estate agents engaged by my Department since that date are set out in the...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011, following substantial Departmental reconfigurations. I am advised that, since that date, there is no record of any payment by my Department to the firm referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (28 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department was established on 2 June 2011 and the position is that it has no lease agreements containing upward only rent review clauses in which it is the landlord. I am advised that Waterways Ireland, which is one of the North-South Implementation bodies under the aegis of my Department, has ten lease agreements with upward only rent review clauses in place...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (29 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I travelled to New Orleans and Atlanta on behalf of the Government for a schedule for events around St. Patrick's Day, arriving on 13 March 2012 and departing on 18 March 2012. The Minister of State at my Department attended events in Glasgow and Edinburgh from 14 March 2012 to 18 March 2012. The full cost of these trips is not yet available in my Department.

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (29 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that some 11% of appeals decided in 2011 were either successful or partly successful, compared to 12% in 2010.

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (29 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Ordinarily, a contribution by my Department, up to a maximum of €1,350, is available towards an appellant's costs for the expert engaged in the production of his/her scientific report and to comment on the focused scientific report which is produced by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. This would apply irrespective of the size of the site. For the purposes of efficiency and the...

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (29 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I have made arrangements to supply copies of the material requested to the Deputy within the next week.

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy may be aware, the scope to provide grants for the protection of our built heritage is constrained by the significant reduction in the public finances. However, my Department will continue to provide funding for the protection, conservation and development of our built heritage, insofar as resources allow. In 2012, my Department is providing €500,000 through a "Structures at...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 699 and 700 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Government, as part of its Public Service Reform Plan, recently announced a radical streamlining of State bodies, including in respect of certain bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group. This includes decisions to combine or merge a number of such bodies. In addition, decisions have been taken to...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Since its formation in 1999, Waterways Ireland has continued to upgrade the facilities on the canals through the capital allocations under the National Development Plans. The canals system has benefited extremely well during that time, particularly with the number of additional mooring and landing spaces that have been made available. The provision of further mooring space will be dependent...

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 703 to 705, inclusive, together. The proposed development of the Carlton Cinema site, of which the national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street forms part, and for which approval has been granted by An Bord Pleanála, envisages the retention of these buildings and the provision of a commemorative centre to the 1916 Rising in No. 16. The developer's...

Written Answers — Museum Projects: Museum Projects (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I wish to advise the Deputy that a request for support has been received from the Little Museum of Dublin and is currently being examined by officials within my Department. This examination will have to have due regard to the availability of resources and the many competing demands for such resources.

Written Answers — Census Data: Census Data (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department is currently addressing the administrative and legal issues involved in the 1926 Census project. When these matters have been resolved, the question of the potential funding methodologies will be addressed.

Written Answers — Restoration of Artefacts: Restoration of Artefacts (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I understand that some of the lesser items in the collection referred to by the Deputy were sold at a public auction held in 2000, while the more important heritage items were retained for future display. These valuable items, a catalogue of which is retained by my Department, have been held in secure storage and it is planned that they will be subject to display in due course in the context...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that the records from the Parliamentary Question computer interface used in my Department indicate that there were 286 replies, including composite responses, issued between 1 January and 31 March 2012. Of these, 20 replies related to Questions where 'details supplied' were included that appeared to pertain to personal matters. In 18 of those cases, replies were issued in the...