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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (24 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that neither my Department nor the Irish Film Board has a scheme under which funding supplemental to that already offered by Screen Training Ireland could be provided.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that certain State bodies/agencies within the ambit of my Department have internship schemes available. The relevant details, as supplied to my Department, are outlined in the table below. Name of Agency Details of internship scheme(s) in place for young graduates Date of commencement of scheme. Number of places available. Take up of the scheme to date. Údarás na...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As I have previously advised the House, a retired schoolteacher works as a Special Adviser in my Department, whose salary, following abatement, is €38,216 per annum. I am also advised that Údarás na Gaeltachta has engaged two retired officers on short- term contracts: - one as interim CEO on a 4-month contract expiring on 30th April 2012 at a cost of €20,916; and - one as a solicitor...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Apr 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 for the purposes referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (25 Apr 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 for the purposes referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The total amount spent by my Department on public relations companies from 2 June 2011 to 16 April 2012 is €87,569 and this expenditure was incurred in relation to Imagine Ireland, Culture Ireland's year-long programme of events in America during 2011. Name of Company Service Provided Total payments between 2 June 2011 and 16 April 2012 Zoetrope Press and publicity services for Imagine...

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (25 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As indicated in my reply to questions in January, my Department is working with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the Marine Institute, in the programme of work enabling assessment of licensing applications for aquaculture in Natura sites. My Department is proceeding according to this programme and will publish conservation objectives for Valentia as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (26 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 — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that the records from the Parliamentary Question computer interface used in my Department indicate that 61 Questions were transferred from my Department to other Departments between 1 October 2011 and 31 March 2012. I understand that these Questions were transferred because the recipient Departments, rather than my own Department, had statutory responsibility for the various...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (26 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that matters relating to rural affairs were transferred to the then Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government by way of the Community Affairs (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 196 of 2011). Accordingly, the Deputy will appreciate that my Department has no statutory function in relation to the matter raised...

National Monuments (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy is aware, in January 2007 the then Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government placed a preservation order on Nos. 14-17 Moore Street under the National Monuments Acts. The order was made on the grounds that No. 16 was a monument, the preservation of which was of national importance by reason of its historical significance as the site of the final council of war...

National Monuments (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter and allowing me the chance to clarify the position. It is important to note that my Department does not have a function in respect of the wider development site, of which the national monument forms part. As Minister, my remit strictly covers the national monument site, encompassing Nos. 14-17 Moore Street, and the consent application relating to...

National Monuments (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I totally agree with the Deputy. I am chairman of the 1916 commemoration committee and we are trying to do our best to ensure the events of 1916 which will be the focal point will be commemorated properly. This, obviously, would be very much part of the commemorations. I will reach a determination speedily in consultation with all of the interested groups involved, including my colleagues...

Commemorative Events (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The millennium of the Battle of Clontarf will be commemorated in 2014. This signal anniversary presents a special opportunity to enhance the appreciation and understanding of the Vikings in our national history, their settlement in centres throughout Ireland and contribution to economic and cultural life in Ireland. Officials from my Department have had discussions with various groups,...

Commemorative Events (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I agree the 1,000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf is a very important event. It is worth noting that the 4,900 soldiers on Brian Boru's side, mostly Munster and Connacht men, were faced in battle with 4,000 Leinster men and 3,000 Vikings. In other words, it was not a case of Ireland against the Vikings but, essentially, Munster against Leinster aided by the Vikings. That scenario...

Commemorative Events (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy knows my door is always open. I have met 2,500 groups and individuals and if people wish to meet me to discuss this issue, I will be delighted to meet them, with the Deputy. No doubt, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, would be interested in this issue too.

Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The report on the Peatlands Forum from Mr. Justice John Quirke recommended that a national plan be prepared to examine how Ireland's 53 raised bog special areas of conservation are to be protected. It was considered that, in the context of such a plan, it might be possible to bring some flexibility within the terms of the EU habitats directive that could allow limited cutting within a small...

Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I certainly accepted the motion to which Deputy Troy refers and which stated that the Government should "engage actively with the European Commission to seek a resolution within the terms of the Habitats Directive, and to prepare and submit a National Raised Bog Restoration Plan to the Commission as a matter of urgency". That was the intention behind the motion, that is what I accepted and...

Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Deputy Mattie McGrath should listen to what I have to say. Fianna Fáil used a derogation in respect of which it did not even obtain permission from Europe and it allowed one third of the designated areas on which we signed off with Europe to be taken away over a ten-year period. I inherited this problem and, as stated on previous occasions, the first thing presented to me when I entered my...

Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: This is an extremely important matter and I have something further to say in respect of it. The Air Corps is used by my Department and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The latter uses it to carry out monitoring with regard to the single farm payment. My Department has availed of the services of the Air Corps-----