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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Cuireann mo Roinn idir chúnamh chaipitil agus reatha ar fáil i dtaca le clár leathan a chuidíonn leis an nGaeilge agus an nGaeltacht. Áirítear anseo an maoiniú do scéimeanna tacaíochta Gaeltachta agus Gaeilge faoi seach, maoiniú d'Údarás na Gaeltachta, Foras na Gaeilge agus maoiniú d'Oifig an Choimisnéir Teanga. Ina...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator. We had a good discussion on this on a number of occasions insofar as it relates to the environmental criteria and blanket bogs under the Bill. The definition of "environmental criteria" has been carefully drafted in consultation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and, of course, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The Bill was drafted taking into account...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator for her comments. We commented on the previous occasion on how some of the carbon fund was being allocated towards peatlands restoration. The Senator mentioned what should be done from 2022. It would be for a future Government to decide the trajectory of the carbon fund as set out by the committee, and where that money will be focused. Whether that will be peatlands...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I understand the purpose of amendment No. 38a is to exclude “golf courses” from the “recreational and sporting needs (including greenways) appropriate to bog habitats” criterion that is proposed to be included among the criteria to be utilised in selecting the most suitable bog habitats to be designated or to cease to be designated as natural heritage areas. The...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: My understanding is that this amendment seeks to amend the definition of “restoration potential” within the Bill. This definition within the Bill has been carefully drafted and links to the methodology utilised for the 2014 raised bog natural heritage areas, NHA, review. I do not propose to accept this amendment to it. The 2014 raised bog NHA review proposes the...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: My understanding of this amendment is that it provides that the Minister shall lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas containing guidelines and recommended thresholds in relation to the exercise of turbary rights, including a definition, or definitions, of “household use”. The focus of the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and her Department, is and...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senators for these amendments. My understanding is that they provide that the cutting of turf within sites whose designation as NHAs is reversed shall be subject to regulations set by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in consultation with various bodies. This regulation is to concern the machinery to be used, limitations on quantities to be extracted and...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank Senator Daly for his amendment. In budget 2020, €5 million has been allocated to the carbon fund and €7 million has been allocated to an accelerated programme of peatlands restoration within the raised bog designated sites network. The injection of this funding is intended to restore more than 1,800 ha of protected raised bog in 2020. This programme will also...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: The 2014 review concluded that Ireland could more effectively achieve conservation of threatened raised bog habitat through focused protection and restoration of a reconfigured network, which, under the proposed new network, will be 765 ha, compared with an area of 694 ha in the current network. This restoration programme links with the peatland actions contained in the Government's climate...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator for the amendment. I emphasise that the purposes of a review of NHAs would include contributing to the achievement of nature conservation objectives for bog habitats and selecting the most suitable bog habitats to be designated, or to cease to be designated, utilising the various criteria set out in the Bill. All of these considerations would be components of any review...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: As I have indicated, I understand the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has advised that the development of a new regulatory framework for small-scale peat extraction will be initiated and progressed. I fail to see a reason the 2014 review of the raised bog NHAs cannot be continued and completed irrespective of the development of this new regulatory framework. It is...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Senator Higgins has raised this point in previous discussions. I do not foresee that SACs would be used as comparators to justify the de-designation of NHAs. Any proposal to de-designate or to designate has to be done in a manner that ensures the contribution of the NHA network to national conservation status for bog habitats is achieved. In the 2014 NHA review, the SACs were included in...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank my officials for their work over recent months and years. I thank all the Senators who have contributed to the debates in this House, particularly Senators Higgins, Ruane, Warfield and Paul Daly. My colleagues have also contributed. It is likely that a number of amendments on this contentious issue, which has been the subject of national debate over many years, will be brought...

Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).

Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: It is an independent committee.

Proposal on Reappointment of An Coimisinéir Teanga: Referral to Joint Committee (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann recommends Mr. Rónán Ó Domhnaill for reappointment by the President to be An Coimisinéir Teanga, be referred to the Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht, the Islands and the Irish-speaking Community, in accordance with Standing Order 84A(4)(k), which, not later than 26th November, 2019, shall send a message to...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 12th December, 2017, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Justice and Equality, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport...

Proposal to Approve the Terms of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement Between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and the Republic of Armenia: Referral to Select Committee (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 24th November, 2017, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 11th...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: As the Deputy may be aware, the Gaeltacht Act 2012 gives statutory effect to the language planning process under which language plans may be prepared at community level in areas to be recognised under the Act as Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas, Gaeltacht Service Towns or Irish Language Networks. The language plan in respect of Ráth Chairn and Baile Ghib was submitted to my...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: This morning I presented Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge certificates in Ollscoil na hÉireann Mhá Nuad and I announced €500,000 for a period of three years. On my way back I passed the EPIC museum on the quays, which tells the story of the contribution of Irish emigrants across the world. It is a reminder of how emigration is intertwined in our history. It is the story of every...