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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The month-by-month profile for my Department's capital expenditure is provided in the table below: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Full Year €,000 €,000 €,000 €,000 €,000 €,000 €,000 €,000 €,000 €,000 €,000 €,000 €,000 1,366 4,481 820 3,139 1,567...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (24 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Part IV of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2011 provides for the protection of architectural heritage. The Act gives primary responsibility to planning authorities to identify and protect architectural heritage, including thatched buildings, by including them on the Record of Protected Structures. Inclusion on the Record of Protected Structures places a duty of care on the owners and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Forestry Grants (24 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: While decisions on forestry applications are a matter for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, my Department is a statutory consultee under the regulatory framework governing forestry operations and management with the objective of ensuring that new and ongoing forest activities do not adversely impact on archaeological sites. I understand that the decision to refuse the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (24 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Arts Council is a statutory body under the Arts Act 2003. Its functions are laid down by section 9(1) of that Act and are specific to the arts. The Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) is the organisation with responsibility for the craft industry in Ireland and its activities are funded by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Further details in relation to the Crafts...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Genealogy (24 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy may be aware, the issue of adoption is dealt with by my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Ms Frances Fitzgerald, T.D. My Department runs a website , which has two main elements. The first element contains almost 3 million Church records of births, marriages and burials, which may be searched free of charge. The second element is a recently launched...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The national cultural institutions under the aegis of my Department manage important collections of art and other artefacts on behalf of the State. While my Department provides funding to these institutions, the board of each institution is responsible for all operational matters including security arrangements and procedures. I do not have a statutory function in respect of such matters....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The reference I made to Limerick and Shannon related to artefacts that were taken some time ago. I understand the theft in question took place long before I took up this office. We are dealing with items that were taken more recently - on Wednesday, 17 April last - from the collections resource centre in Swords. The Garda is investigating the matter. We have issued two communiqués to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: It comes back to the issue of security. We do not have enough secure spaces in this country to guarantee that the artefacts would be secure if they were put on display. That is the reason.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street are the subject of a preservation order under the National Monuments Acts. The effect of the preservation order is that any works affecting these properties require the consent of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, under section 14 of the National Monuments Act 1930, as amended. The landowner’s application to my Department for consent to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am sure the Deputy is very much aware that it is Dublin City Council that has responsibility for the structure and stabilisation of the buildings. All I am asked for is my consent. In this case, the developer asked me for my consent in respect of seeing whether the works are suitable for that site. The Deputy should direct her request to Dublin City Council with regard to the fabric and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: This was made available at Dublin City Council and my Department so it was available to people and I am sure it could have been delivered to Fr. Mallin by post or express mail. The fact is that the consultations are now over, it is time to make a decision and I am prepared to do that as soon as possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Last April, I secured the agreement of the European Commission for the development of a national raised bog special area of conservation management plan, in keeping with the recommendations of Mr. Justice Quirke. My Department has now engaged a team of specialists who are undertaking the necessary scientific work to underpin the national plan and to inform the future restoration and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: This is a legal matter governed by European and Irish law. It is obvious Deputy Flanagan has no respect for that law; otherwise, he would not be promoting that people break that law. More has been achieved in the past two years than was achieved in the previous 17 years and to which the Deputy referred. We must do what the European Commission and the European Union has told us to do...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Thanks to people like Deputy Feighan, Senator Kelly and others in Roscommon there has been a significant take-up of the compensation scheme in Roscommon.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: More than €1.1 million has been paid to date in the Deputy's constituency. A total of 759 people have co-operated with the scheme.

Other Questions: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, a Government decision of 1997 approved the inclusion in the budgets for all Exchequer-funded capital construction projects of up 1% as funding for an art project, subject to an overall cap of €64,000. The current guidelines on the per cent for art scheme were drawn up in 2004 to set out how project managers are to operate the scheme and to provide a common...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy acknowledged, my responsibility is for the capital works carried out by my own Department. I will ask my Department's Secretary General to write to other Departments to ensure that they operate the scheme as they are obliged to do. Irrespective of the Department involved, it is obliged in respect of its capital projects to put aside 1% of the total cost of a project to provide...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Nobody has requested that to date. Now that the Deputy has mentioned it, I will raise the matter also. Generally speaking, the guidelines have operated successfully. As a result, we have seen a proliferation of art nationally, some of which one might be impressed with while questioning others. A great many artists have benefited considerably from the percent-for-art scheme. Artists are...

Other Questions: Cultural Institutions Merger (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Engagement with the national cultural institutions on the reform agenda is ongoing and intensive. Work is ongoing bilaterally with the boards of directors of the National Library and the National Museum and regular meetings of my Department's reform committee have taken place to further the implementation of the Government's reform plan. I intend to seek Government approval in the coming...

Other Questions: Cultural Institutions Merger (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The arms-length principle will be enshrined in the legislation I bring forward.