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Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 37, 45, 56 and 59 on 18 September 2013. As the Deputy may be aware, as part of the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure 2012-2014, my Department considered a range of possible options for savings in respect of its arts and culture programme area. This included a website portal and joint commercial and marketing strategy. Under the Croke Park...

Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Several different options were and are being considered. I am delighted, as I outlined in my response, that last week IMMA, the National Gallery of Ireland and the Crawford Gallery signed a shared services agreement. This is unique and historical. The previous proposal was that the three galleries would be amalgamated into one. I decided against that. I thought it would not work so I left...

Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: It is something we will keep under active consideration. I thank the national cultural institutions who have co-operated with my Department and officials and are very serious about rationalisation and saving money. Another departure will be reducing all numbers on State boards to nine members which, again, will result in a saving so things are happening out there, people are co-operating...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I assure the Deputy that my Department is fully committed to supporting North-South co-operation, particularly in the context of the Good Friday Agreement and the St. Andrews Agreement. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department funds two of the six North-South implementation bodies established under the 1999 British-Irish Agreement. These are Waterways Ireland and An Foras Teanga, which...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am pleased to confirm that I meet Deputy McLellan's party colleague on a regular basis and that we have a good relationship. We will shortly be launching a programme, Gaeilge gan Stró, in the Dáil. I am sure Members will be invited to the launch. We launched the programme on Falls Road some time ago and we will launch it here when it is ready. The Arts Council and the Arts...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My officials maintain contact with their counterparts in Northern Ireland and they enjoy a good working relationship. There is considerable co-operation that people do not see. People are working closely together to avoid excessive duplication. A great example in the arts is the cross-Border youth orchestra, which is a very successful organisation made up of young people from both sides of...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 63 together. My Department has policy responsibility for the conservation, preservation, protection, development and preservation of Ireland's heritage and culture. It also seeks to promote the Irish language, support the Gaeltacht and assist the sustainable development of island communities. A gross provision of over €238 million is being...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy is undoubtedly aware that this is a part of the framework. It was publicised last year, so people knew what their reductions would be. In 2006, there was a reduction of 24.3%. In 2009, there was a reduction of 10%. When I got the opportunity to work on the allocation for 2012, there was just a reduction of 2.9%. The Deputy mentioned a figure of 7% for the cut announced last...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I have been trying to encourage philanthropy in order to make up for the shortfall in Government funding. This is working to some extent. Last year, I had a small philanthropic scheme of €220,000 which yielded up to €800,000. I am trying to encourage more arts organisations to engage with business - like the "Business to Arts" organisation is doing - to make up that gap as...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The arts are very much part of our tourism offering. For example, over 1 million tourists visit the National Museum annually. Our cultural institutions are free and we are trying to keep them that way because they are a huge attraction. The number of people coming to Ireland for the cultural encounter is increasing all the time. If The Gathering proved one thing, it was that most of the...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As regards multi-annual funding, as somebody who has been involved in a number of arts organisations for the past 30 years I agree with Deputy Humphreys on the issue of certainty around funding. I refer the Deputy to the framework published two years by the Government. The Arts Council is well aware of its budget. The Government was able to give the Arts Council more during the past two...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The development of St. John's artists' apartments at St. John's Square, Limerick, was project managed by Limerick City Council and grant aided by my Department under the arts and culture capital enhancement support scheme, or ACCESS II. The development consists of eight apartments which provide accommodation and studio space for artists. Similar projects were grant aided under the ACCESS II...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The grant from our Department was €384,000, which is substantial. I opened the apartments and I got a very positive response from the artists concerned. They now can rent space in the city, whereas previously they had to pay high accommodation costs there. Work space is provided with the apartment, where they can do some of their backup work in their own apartments. Calls were...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: If the Deputy has a list of buildings, he should bring them to my attention. I am not aware of these particular buildings. At one stage it looked like the State would own more than 50% of the College Green building, but now it is 15%, so we are in a much different position. We are continuing discussions with the authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 96 together. The national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street is the subject of a Preservation Order under the National Monuments Acts. The effect of the Preservation Order is that any works affecting the site require my consent, as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, under section 14 of the National Monuments Act 1930, as amended. ...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 65 and 322 together. The commemoration of the Easter Rising and the Proclamation of the Irish Republic will be the centrepiece of the Decade of Commemorations. I continue to work with my colleagues in Government, and with the National Cultural Institutions and other stakeholders, to explore options for comprehensive and authentic commemorations. I am also...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66, 67 and 85 together. The information sought concerning the current vacancies on the State boards of bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group is set out in the following table. It may be noted that appointments to the board of Foras na Gaeilge are made by the North South Ministerial Council, arising from nominations on a 50:50 basis from each...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Arrangements for the relocation of turf cutters to non-designated bogs have been made as regards a group from Clara Bog special area of conservation in County Offaly and a group from Carrownagappul Bog and Curraghlehanagh Bog special areas of conservation in County Galway. The group from Clara Bog commenced turf cutting at the relocation site in Killeranny, County Offaly, in June 2012, where...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéis don Ghaeilge (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Mar is eol don Teachta, is ar an 3 Deireadh Fómhair 2013 a reáchtáladh an seimineár atá luaite aige. Thug an seimineár deis do na heagraíochtaí ábhartha Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta léargas a fháil ó mo Roinnse, ó Fhoras na Gaeilge agus ó Údarás na Gaeltachta faoin obair atá idir lámha againn faoin...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: 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 categorised broadly into collections but that there are no...