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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas Appeals (14 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: There are some 481 appeals outstanding in respect of special areas of conservation and special protection areas. The majority of these appeals are at Stage 2 of the appeals process where appellants have opted for formal hearings of their cases before the Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board. The time taken to process appeals depends on a variety of factors. These can include...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (14 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the staff (whole time equivalent) of my department and the bodies under its aegis is set out in the table below. Salary Band € Department of Arts Heritage and Gaeltacht. Bodies under the aegis of the Department. 0 - 20,000 22.1 42.38 20,001 - 30,000 56.44 251.99 30,001 - 40,000 195.8 327.48 40,001 - 50,000 115.99 156.63...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware my Department was established on 2 June 2011. Overtime is not payable to officers above the grade of Higher Executive Officer, including ministerial advisors and secretaries general. Ministerial drivers are also ineligible for overtime payments. The amount of overtime, and other payments due in respect of additional attendance, in the case of each eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Correspondence (14 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I can confirm to the Deputy that I am in receipt of such correspondence. I have been informed that the draft lease agreement between the parties was issued by the lessee to the solicitors for the lessor yesterday, the 13th May 2013. On confirmation of their acceptance of the lease, the formal lease will be issued to them for execution.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (15 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Since the formation of my Department in June 2011, expenditure of €769.58 has been incurred as a result of travel and subsistence expenses relating to litigation in the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. No costs have been incurred in relation to the General Court in Luxembourg or the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. T his information is, as requested,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Appeals (16 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Under the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, compensation is payable from my Department where a person has been refused consent by me for a prescribed activity within a European site that they have been undertaking in the five year period prior to the refusal. My Department administers a small-scale farm plan scheme, which supports only active farmers in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts and Culture Funding (16 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos.186 to 189, inclusive, together. Last July I announced the introduction of a new National City of Culture Initiative for Ireland. As part of this initiative a city in Ireland is selected and designated as a National City of Culture every two years, with the designation itself lasting for one calendar year. Limerick City will be first National City of Culture...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (16 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Under the EU Habitats Directive, each Member State is required to designate Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) for the protection of endangered habitats and species as listed in the Directive. As part of Ireland's obligations under the Directive, 53 Special Areas of Conservation were nominated for designation between 1997 and 2002 for the protection of Active Raised Bog, Degraded Raised Bog...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (16 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: In 1997, before the commencement of the designation process for Ireland’s network of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) under the Habitats Directive, my Department as then configured undertook an information campaign which involved issuing letters to some 230,000 rural households advising people in general terms of the forthcoming programme and where they could obtain further...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Deontais Caipitil (16 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Tugtar eolas sa tábla thíos ar na deontais caipitil a ceadaíodh i leith áiseanna pobail, teanga agus caitheamh aimsire sa Ghaeltacht do 2011 agus 2012. Ní miste a nótáil go mbaineann sé seo leis an tréimhse ó 1 Eanáir 2011 go 31 Nollaig 2012. Contae 2011 2012 € % € % Dún na nGall €132,400.00 61...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (21 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Measures to regulate the use of metal detectors were introduced in the National Monuments Act (Amendment) 1987 to protect our archaeological heritage from irreparable damage and loss from the indiscriminate use of metal detectors to search for artefacts or archaeological objects. The 1987 Act sets out the statutory provisions in relation to the general use of metal detectors to search for...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fodder Crisis (21 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department's primary role as custodian of the National Parks and nature reserves is to conserve their biodiversity, unique features and qualities and to protect the species and habitats within them. While the majority of these lands are not suitable for the support of livestock, where a need arises for grazing to be undertaken in specific habitats, my Department has entered into grazing...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Expenditure (21 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 447 and 448 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011, following substantial Departmental reconfigurations, and accordingly was not in existence during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (21 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The arrangements in relation to the Lockout are primarily being brought forward by a 1913 Commemoration Committee under the auspices of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and include a national tapestry project, an oral history project, exhibitions, conferences, seminars, memorial church services, re-enactments and a schools programme brought forward in association with the National Cultural...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (21 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 450 and 451 together. In April 2012, I secured the agreement of Commissioner Potočnik to the development of a National Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation Management Plan. This was in keeping with the recommendations of Justice Quirke following the Peatlands Forum and with the motion agreed unanimously by Dáil Éireann on 7th March,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers (21 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: 2,668 applications for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme have been received and acknowledged by my Department. 780 of these applicants have expressed an interest in relocation to non-designated bogs. A total of 2,219 payments and 205 deliveries of turf have been made in respect of the applications received. Details of the cessation of turf cutting...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (21 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 453 and 455 together I refer the Deputies to my previous replies on this matter. As outlined in those replies, I met the Chair and Chief Executive of Bank of Ireland and had a constructive engagement on the issues. I will arrange to place copies of the relevant papers which, in any event, are available under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Trusts (21 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Temple Bar Cultural Trust is a private limited company governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the City Manager of Dublin City Council. I, as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, have no statutory responsibility in relation to the Trust or its operations. My Department has provided funding to the Trust towards the costs associated with the development, delivery and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies Accounts (21 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table following. The accounts in the following table represent end calendar year accounts laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. Body under the aegis of D/AHG. Most recent annual accounts (end calendar year) laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. Údarás na Gaeltachta 2011 An Coimisinéir Teanga - (an...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (22 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am informed by Waterways Ireland that the current position is that work is continuing on the collection of data relating to this project and Waterways Ireland is currently preparing draft options for the project. At that point consultants will then assess the environmental implications of the options. It is expected that the feasibility study will be completed as planned by the end of 2013.