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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19, 39, 42, 60 and 55 together. I am committed to working with all interested partners to ensure that the centenary commemorative programme is comprehensive, authentic and inclusive. The Easter Rising and the Proclamation of the Irish Republic will be at the centre of the programme and will be marked in 2016. In keeping with the development of an authentic...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Properties (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department manages 6 National Parks and 78 Nature Reserves, 66 of which are in State ownership. The National Parks and the State-owned Reserves are open to the public all year round and are free to visit. My Department's network of National Parks and Nature Reserves is also a major part of Ireland's tourism product. My Department is promoting the greater use of our parks and reserves in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Some 89 reports of threats or damage to archaeological monuments have been received by my Department to date in 2013. Of the 2013 reports, damage has been found to have occurred to 24 monuments; an area surrounding a monument that may contain archaeology has been affected in 23 cases; and no damage has been found in 13 cases. Investigations are ongoing in the remaining cases. In some cases,...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department advertised on 4th June 2013 seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced persons for appointment to the following positions in a non-executive capacity: (a) Board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art: to fill vacancies that may arise over the coming 12 months; (b) Board of Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library: to fill vacancies that may arise over...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Deer Hunting (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The current hunting dates for deer species are prescribed by the Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Orders 2005 to 2012. These Orders currently allow the hunting of male Sika, Fallow and Red deer between the first day of September and the last day of December each year. The hunting of the red male deer is prohibited in County Kerry and I recently removed the hunting of female Red Deer...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2014 Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: A consequence of the significant fiscal deficit facing the country is that the Government has not had the resources available in recent years to fund all the services that it would like to provide and the 2014 allocations will again reflect this position. The Deputy will appreciate, however, that any negotiations of the nature referred to in his Question would form part of the deliberative...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: As part of its role in promoting and protecting Ireland's heritage, my Department has an interest in seeing the rejuvenation of Dublin’s Georgian Squares: Parnell and Mountjoy on the northside, and Merrion, Fitzwilliam and St Stephen’s Green on the southside. In this capacity, officials from my Department participated in a recent conference on the Georgian Squares run by the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 31, 51, 730 and 754 together. Some 2,798 applications for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme have been received and acknowledged by my Department. 791 applicants have expressed an interest in relocation to non-designated bogs. To date, 1,753 payments have been made in respect of Year 1 of 15, 1,468 payments have been made in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Ireland is making significant progress in ensuring that the Birds and Habitats Directives are correctly implemented. Since coming into office, I have placed a high priority on addressing the implications of a number of findings against Ireland by the European Court of Justice regarding deficiencies in implementation. Ireland has been found against in four separate cases relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, three types of legal agreements have been and are being issued by my Department: -The first is a legal agreement for qualifying turf cutters who are signing up to the annual payment of €1,500, index-linked, for 15 years. -The second is a relocation interim legal agreement for qualifying turf cutters who have expressed an...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Food Promotion (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department has no statutory function in relation to the promotion of Irish produce. I can say, however, that a number of cafés and food outlets operate in the National Parks and across bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group. While many of these are franchised out to outside companies, they are encouraged to support Irish food producers and to...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I am not aware of any proposals to develop a museum and heritage centre in the Dublin docks.

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos 37, 45, 56 and 59 together. As part of the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure 2012-2014, my Department considered a range of possible options for savings in respect of the Arts and Culture programme area. On the basis of that review and in line with many other areas of Government expenditure, considerable savings have been made in thus programme area in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ulster Canal Restoration Project (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions 40 and 757 together. As the Deputies will be aware, in July 2007, the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) agreed to proceed with the restoration of the section of the Ulster Canal between Clones and Upper Lough Erne. The then Government agreed to cover the full capital costs of the project, which were estimated at that time to be of the order of €35m....

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my previous responses in relation to this matter. The position remains as outlined then. NIVAL receives annual funding from the National College of Art and Design and the Arts Council. Under the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council is statutorily independent in its day-to-day operations and neither I nor my Department has a role to play in its executive or funding decisions....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The national cultural institutions under the aegis of my Department are, in the main, responsible for State exhibits and exhibitions. Whilst my Department provides funding to those institutions, the board of each institution is responsible for all operational matters, including the determination of exhibits and exhibitions, and I do not have a statutory function in relation to such matters. ...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: The Gathering Initiatives (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47 and 726 together. As the Deputy will be aware, The Gathering initiative, undertaken by my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, has the strong support of my Department and the agencies under my Department's remit. A range of the actions that have been taken to support The Gathering were outlined in my replies to Questions No. 16 of...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The first National Report on Bird of Prey Persecution and Poisoning was published by my Department in July of this year. It provided records from 2011, building on collaboration between my own Department (National Parks & Wildlife Service), the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine (Regional Veterinary Labs) and the Department of Finance (State Laboratory). Birds of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The draft Heads of Bill in relation to the matters referred to by the Deputy are currently the subject of consultation with other Departments and I hope to be in a position to bring them to Government shortly.

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

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department has incurred expenditure in the sum of €34,422.39 in 2012 and some €46,243.15 this year, for the hire of private aircraft, for the purpose of aerial monitoring of activity on raised bog Special Areas of Conservation where the requirement to cease turf cutting applies. Private aircraft are only used when the Air Corps is not in a position to undertake these...