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Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy is absolutely off the mark there.

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I told the Deputy exactly what happened.

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Can I finish?

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The programme director of Creative Ireland was seconded to my Department from Fáilte Ireland and that is the arrangement to which he was working. He told me he had another job opportunity, we spoke about it and I wished him well. I had no contact with the Taoiseach in respect of the matter. He told me about his job. There are other people who move on to different jobs all the time,...

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Creative Ireland is bigger than any one person. My priority is to implement the Creative Ireland plan and engage and deliver on each of the five pillars. It is a very important initiative. As I said, I wish John well. The Creative Ireland team is in place within my Department and it is working extremely well to co-ordinate all of the relevant agencies within and outside the Department's...

Other Questions: National Monuments (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for her work on both the forum and the advisory group on Moore Street. The original schemes of works to fully conserve the national monument buildings at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street were suspended early last year on foot of a High Court ruling. As an interim measure, and pending a permanent solution being found for the future development of the national monument, a...

Other Questions: National Monuments (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The essential protective works that have been carried out had the aim of safeguarding the fabric of the buildings for the coming years. After this period, it can be expected there will be clarity and agreement on the future development of the buildings in the light of future court decisions and what emanates from the deliberations of the Moore Street advisory group. In these circumstances,...

Other Questions: National Monuments (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The work of the advisory group is important. I know it is working with the different stakeholders in the area to come forward with proposals on what can be done on working with the new developer and owner. The issue with the High Court judgment is that it gives rise to much wider concerns for my Department about the administration of national monuments, as well as for other Departments...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Arts Council and the Irish Film Board are independent in their decision making processes and it is a matter for the boards of each body to set out its plans. However, both the Arts Council and the Film Board play a central role in delivering the Creative Ireland programme, which is a cross-Government initiative to mainstream culture and creativity in the life of the nation and to promote...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: On the question about our image to the wider world, pillar 5 of the Creative Ireland programme is about unifying our global message to the world and telling the world that this country is rich in culture and heritage and that Ireland is a good place to come to live, to invest and to study. It is about promoting that image to the world. Creative Ireland is not an oversight body. It is...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The budget this year for Creative Ireland was €5 million. Of that, €1 million was used to facilitate local authorities to set up the Creative Ireland co-ordinators. Some €1.2 million was for Cruinniú na Cásca, which was a very successful cultural day on Easter Monday. We have a website and social media for getting the story out abroad. That is very...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: In terms of what we have acquired in the most recent sale of Yeats material, I consulted and have worked for the past nine months with the two relevant cultural institutions, namely, the National Library of Ireland and National Museum of Ireland. They identified the items they believed would add to their Yeats collections and my Department has been able to support them through direct funding...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Yeats family has been very supportive of the National Library of Ireland, donating original manuscripts of poems, the personal library of W.B. Yeats and a substantial collection of editions of the poet's work. In 2016, the Nobel medal won by W.B. Yeats was donated via section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to the National Library of Ireland. In 2017, the family again agreed to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy knows how the machinery of government works. I am responsible for my Department. The money is well spent.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I can only account for my budget.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will appreciate that it is not possible for me to comment on the outcome of budgetary negotiations at this stage. However, the Government has already shown its determination to deliver on the commitment in A Programme for a Partnership Government to work to progressively increase funding to the arts, including the Arts Council and Irish Film Board, as the economy continues to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: We have been able to increase funding to arts organisations every year for the past three years, for example, the Arts Council, the Irish Film Board and cultural institutions. The arts were impacted upon by the economic downturn and the difficult time that we went through, but I am glad that we have been able to improve funding year on year. Through the Creative Ireland programme, we are...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I acknowledge that the Deputy has often raised with me the issue of giving artists social protection supports when they are out of work. I was delighted that the Government was able to launch the pilot initiative this year. It will allow self-employed artists who apply to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for jobseeker's allowance to avail of social welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Action Plan for Rural Development is the first whole-of-government strategy aimed at people living and working in rural Ireland.  The Plan is now led by my colleague Michael Ring, the Minister for Rural and Community Development.  It aims to unlock the potential of rural Ireland through a framework of supports at national and local level which will ensure that people who...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The control of live hare coursing, including the operation of individual coursing meetings and managing the use of hares for that activity, is carried out under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, which is the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. My responsibility relates to the conservation status of the hare. In August this year, my Department...