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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Staff (8 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am informed by Waterways Ireland that there has been one instance of the nature referred to by the Deputy, where an employee returning to Waterways Ireland following a career break was deployed to a different job. I understand that the employee in question was informed, prior to the commencement of the career break, of the relevant rules in Circular 18/98 relating to career breaks.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Criteria (8 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The figures in the table below indicate the number of landowners (by county) who were notified that their lands are designated (for the protection of the hen harrier) as Special Protection Areas (SPAs). Sitecode Site name - Landowners Notified by County 4160 SLIEVE BLOOM MOUNTAINS SPA Laois 310 4160 SLIEVE BLOOM MOUNTAINS SPA Offaly 146 4161 STACK'S TO MULLAGHAREIRK MOUNTAINS, WEST...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (8 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 9, 24 and 38 on 18 September 2013. In accordance with the Planning Acts, a planning authority is required to notify the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht of receipt of any application for planning permission where it appears to the authority that the development might affect or be unduly close to a national monument.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (8 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 347 and 349 together. I refer the Deputy to my previous answers in this regard. I have been advised by the National Museum of Ireland that it collects material of national and regional importance where a connection with the Great Famine is verifiable. I understand that the Museum is in possession of a number of objects relating to the Famine that are...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (8 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: A number of workhouses are included in the Record of Monuments and Places and the Sites and Monuments Record managed by my Department under the National Monuments Acts. Ongoing consideration is given to the designation of new monuments in the context of the maintenance of those records and the development of monument protection policy, in line with the availability of resources and to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry Issues (9 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The sign referred to had been placed on Killarney National Park lands without appropriate consultation or permission. The management of the Park received a number of complaints from visitors who had, as a result of this sign, parked at the Muckross Abbey Gate entrance in the mistaken belief that it was the only entrance to Muckross House and Torc Waterfall. In the circumstances the Park...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (9 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The allocation to the Heritage Council in 2014 will be subject to the normal budgetary processes. I am aware of the Heritage Council's request for additional funding. However, the scope to provide additional funding for the protection, conservation and development of the State’s heritage is constrained by the current national economic difficulties and the significant reduction in the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Criteria (9 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: In keeping with the recommendations of Mr. Justice John Quirke, on 7th of March last year, Dáil Éireann agreed a motion put forward by the technical group to “engage actively with the European Commission to seek a resolution within the terms of the Habitats Directive, and to prepare and submit a National Raised Bog Restoration Plan to the Commission as a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Staff Redundancies (9 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: There are currently no proposals for targeted redundancies in my Department. As the Deputy will appreciate, the decision as to whether to opt for early retirement under the terms of the grace period as set down in the Haddington Road Agreement is a matter for eligible individual members of staff. I understand that, while a number of staff have been in contact with the personnel section of my...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (10 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 142 on 11 July 2013 in which I clarified the protection this monument already enjoys under the National Monuments Acts and the extremely limited scope for the State acquiring ownership of such properties in the prevailing budgetary circumstances. In the meantime my Department and the Office of Public Works have undertaken an on-site inspection...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2nd June 2011. No civil or public servants in my Department or the bodies under its aegis are currently, or were previously, in receipt of salaries in excess of the limits mentioned by the Deputy since that date.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues (15 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1997 have been revoked and replaced by the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011. Under the 2011 Regulations, as under the 1997 Regulations, compensation is payable from my Department where a person has been refused consent by me for a prescribed activity within a European site that he or she has been...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: When the Minister for Finance spoke yesterday he said that the purpose of the budget was to continue the progress the Government had made, to reinforce policies that increase the economy, to establish the conditions that will create jobs, and to prepare for exiting the bailout programme. We must not lose sight of this goal and every Department has a role to play in achieving this objective....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Maintenance (16 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I can advise the Deputy that the parties concerned with the operation of the lifting bridge over the railway line close to Newcomen Bridge are Irish Rail and Waterways Ireland. The bridge carries the rail line from Connolly Station to the lower line link to the docks area. The bridge was procured and installed by Waterways Ireland’s predecessors. The bridge is operated by Irish Rail...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 1 October 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility (16 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: An application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme was received by my Department on 23 August 2013 from the individual referred to in the Deputy's Question. The qualifying criteria for the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme are that: - The claimant must have a legal interest in one of the 53 raised bog special areas of conservation - ownership...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Land Ownership (17 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The ownership of land in State or semi-State ownership is a matter for each public body concerned. In that regard, ownership details will not necessarily classify land in accordance with particular habitat types. In the case of protected raised bogs my Department is currently working with the Property Registration Authority of Ireland to improve the level of information available on the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (17 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The text referred to in the NPWS Report 'Status of EU Protected Habitats and Species in Ireland ' is from a paper entitled 'Integrating field sports, hare population management and conservation' (Reid et al 2010). The paper in question examined hare densities within coursing preserves and compared them to the wider countryside. It concluded that the mean density of hares within these...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The overall allocation for my Department's Vote group, including the Vote for the National Gallery of Ireland, in the recently published budget Estimate for 2014 amounts to €245.7 million. This is a reduction of just under €17 million on 2013 and includes a reduction of some €2.21 million in respect of the EU Presidency cultural programme, which is now completed, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The reduction in funding for the Arts Council is €3.967 million. For the past two years I did my best to cushion the reduction in the allocation for the Arts Council, keeping the reduction well below what it expected. I could not do that this year because there was major pressure from the national cultural institutions. At this stage we are trying to keep them open. For example,...