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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: We will give each of the elected representatives five minutes to ask a question and then we will give the witnesses ten minutes to respond to the questions which are relevant to them. We value the information the witnesses have given us. One of the key elements for good and bad is broadband. If we do not have broadband in rural societies, they will be disadvantaged economically compared to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Thank you. We must conclude by 1 p.m., so I apologise for cutting your time short. Do the witnesses wish to address any other questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Does Mr. Sheridan wish to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I am sorry to interrupt but we are running out of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask the Macra na Feirme representatives to respond to the outstanding questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Just to clarify, do they not have the right to bear arms already? Can farmers not simply apply for a licence for a shotgun?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: First of all, I thank all of the witnesses for their presentations, the contents of which will make their way into our report. One of the important themes is that material development should not be the only measure of development. We have gross national product, GNP, but sometimes I think we need gross community product, GCP, too. All of the groups here today fulfil a particular role but...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Not on water charges, though.

Priority Questions: Library Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the departmental scheme under which the decision was made to fund the Mary Robinson library. [37402/16]

Priority Questions: Library Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Yesterday, we learned that the former President, Mary Robinson, is to withdraw her application for tax relief under section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, which was linked to the controversial proposal for a purpose-built library at her former family home in Ballina. It is a good development because it means there will be a saving to the State of some millions of euro. What was...

Priority Questions: Library Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The people of Mayo, in particular, Ballina, are rightly proud of the legacy of Mrs. Mary Robinson for her work, as an iar-Sheanadóir, as a former President and as a former UN High Commissioner. It is important, if possible, that the Minister should work with the two organisations to ensure the archive has a facility for display in Ballina in Mayo, but it is also important that we...

Priority Questions: Library Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: It must strike the Minister as unusual that a State body, the county council, entered into an agreement with the Department on this project in which the local authority gave a commitment that it would cover the unforeseen costs that would arise, given that we have found out subsequently that the building in question has major structural problems and would have needed major investment for the...

Priority Questions: Library Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: There were guarantees made on the project.

Other Questions: Post Office Network (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The post office network is probably one of the most important retail networks in the State. There are approximately 3,700 people working in it and 99% of all addresses are within 10 km of the network. It is massively important but a few weeks ago, Mr. John Daly, director of retail operations for An Post, appeared before my committee and he stated that 500 post offices are not economically...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to contribute to this question because a couple of major trends are happening at the moment. The first is Brexit, which, with the change in the value of sterling, is pushing many more people north of the Border to make purchases. It is also making online sterling purchases far more competitive. In this State, about 35% of purchases have moved online, which means that retail is under...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: -----with online and international retailers. Will the Minister consider a project which would put retailers nationally online via e-commerce? There is a system of e-vouchers but it is far too small and not comprehensive enough. A project needs to be rolled out by the local enterprise offices, LEOs, which would put towns online in their entirety.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Post Office Network (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the estimate by An Post that 500 post offices throughout the State are unsustainable. [37403/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad a dhéanfaidh sí chun dul i ngleic leis an easpa béime agus struchtúir atá léirithe sa tuairisc um Athbhreithniú Bainistíochta agus grádú Bainisteoirí Sinsearacha Údarás na Gaeltachta ar phleanáil teanga agus forbairt phobail. [37405/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 56. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the portion of the Creative Europe Fund Ireland has drawn down of the total drawn down fund throughout the EU; and the number of projects that are drawn down here in contrast to other EU states to date. [37404/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Non-Disclosure Agreements (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 82. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement with any organisation due to court action or a threatened court action; and if so, the persons or groups with which these agreements exist. [37635/16]