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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (12 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy is aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June, 2011 following substantial Departmental configurations. Shortly thereafter, all areas of my Department’s expenditure were subject to a root and branch analysis as part of a Comprehensive Expenditure Review. There followed a consultation process culminating in the approval by...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fisheries Protection (18 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: There are two species of seals in Irish waters - the Harbour or Common Seal and the more numerous Grey Seal. Both are included in a list of species protected under the EU Habitats Directive. Consequently, Ireland is obliged to monitor and report on their status, including in relation to their population, every six years. The next such report is due this month. The assessments of seals will...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (18 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Name of Company Service Provided Total payments between 9 March 2011 to 12 June 2013 Institute of Public Administration Strategic Communications workshop for senior managers €198 The Reluctant Speakers Club Core and Intermediate Public Speaking Skills courses €595 Solamh Limited Positive Communication...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (18 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Government's policy on the arts is to promote and strengthen the arts in all its forms, to increase access to and participation in the arts, and to make the arts an integral and valued part of our national life. The Deputy will be aware that responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels throughout the country is primarily devolved to the Arts Council. Under the Arts Act...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Appointments (18 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table below. Name of body Number of appointments made to State boards since March 2011 The number of positions advertised The number of applications to the boards The number of appointments drawn from the applications Current vacancies on each board Arts Council 4 4 100 4 0 Heritage Council 6 7 79 3 1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department has made payments in the sum of €28,369 on aerial surveillance of turf cutting on raised bog Special Areas of Conservation in the period in question. Invoices in respect of a further €9,279 were received in my Department in the last few days, and are being processed at present. It should be remembered that Ireland faces daily fines of up to €25,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Sick Leave (18 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware my Department was established on 2nd June 2011. The requested totals in respect of the period 2nd June - 31st December 2011 and for the full year of 2012 are set out in the table below. The requested averages have been calculated and are shown for the full year of 2012 but have not been calculated for the June – December 2011 period, as that is not a full...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Agencies Issues (18 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are no regulators accountable to my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Agencies Issues (18 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 269 together. There are no semi-State organisations funded from my Department's Vote Group and nor have any new semi-State organisations been established. A list of all bodies which are funded from my Department's Vote Group can be found on my Department's web-site by accessing the following link: .

Hundredth Anniversary of 1913 Lock-out: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Acting Chairman and am pleased to have this opportunity to speak on the motion. As the Minister with responsibility for the decade of commemorations, I welcome any discussion that raises consciousness of the 1913 Lock-out and its legacy. I hope to continue working with representatives of all parties and Independent Members to ensure the memory of the 1913 Lock-out is something...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas Designation (19 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Since 2007, a total of 139 farm plans aimed at corncrake conservation have been approved by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department. Most of these plans were in the Shannon Callows. These plans last five years and currently there are still 30 plans operational, and these contracts are being honoured. As the Shannon Callows corncrake population has all but disappeared due...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (19 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department is providing total funding of €315,000 to the IAA in 2013. This is the same level of funding allocated in 2012 and represents some 73% of the IAA’s overall budget. Unfortunately, due to the reduced overall funding available my Department is not in a position to provide additional funding to the IAA at this time. I understand that the IAA board is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Jaunting Car Operators (25 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: When the Mission Road was developed a new jaunting car entrance into the Park was provided nearer to the jaunting car stand located at the Kings Bridge entrance The location of this new entrance is just beyond the end of the Cherry Tree Drive at Killarney House and was chosen carefully in order to preserve the integrity of the landscape adjacent to Killarney House and to avoid interference...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Topical Issue Debate (25 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to topical issues is outlined in tabular form in the following table. - The number of Dáil topical issue debates following selection by the Ceann Comhairle since March 2011 The number of topical issues taken directly by him The number of topical issues taken by a Junior Minister in his Department The number of issues taken by a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Music Promotion (25 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I assume that the Deputy is referring to Irish traditional music in his question. Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann and the Arts Council are two organisations that play significant roles in the protection and promotion of Irish traditional music. Both organisations receive funding from my Department to carry these roles but are independent from my Department in the operation of their...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (25 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The individual referred to in the Deputy's Question has applied for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, administered by my Department. The qualifying criteria for this scheme are that: - the claimant must have a legal interest in one of the 53 raised bog special areas of conservation - ownership or turbary right; - the claimant must have been the owner or...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Transport (25 Jun 2013)

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. The amount spent on drivers and Ministerial transport, covering both Minister and Minister of State at my Department, in the period from 2 June 2011 to date in 2013 was as follows: Year Amount 2 June 2011 to 31 December 2011...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The following table lists the occasions on which photographers were booked for events for the period since the establishment of my Department in June 2011 to date, the photographers or photographic companies engaged, and the actual or estimated cost associated with each specific occasion. The total cost amounts to €6,662.06. This includes costs both for the booking of photographers and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: In 2012 the Department sponsored two supplements with The Irish Times. These were a supplement to commemorate Home Rule at a cost of €11,229 and a supplement entitled 'How Women Won the Vote' at a cost of €9,800.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Natural Heritage Areas (25 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Following on from the National Heritage Plan, 2002-2007 and over the course of the last five years, my Department’s responsibilities for the development of policies for the protection and promotion of our built and natural heritage has been actively concentrated on various on-going policy developments responding to the many current challenges for each of the sectoral areas within my...