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

Jimmy Deenihan: The life, work and legacy of the poet in question is immense. He is one of our greatest artists and a poet of world renown. I hope it will be possible for a major exhibition honouring him, his life and his work to be hosted by the National Library of Ireland. I have made initial financial provision for this in both my Department's 2013 and 2014 Exchequer allocations.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: North-South Implementation Bodies (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The €2.1 million reduction referred to by the Deputy relates to current programme expenditure and will be distributed between the two North-South Implementation Bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group. As the Deputy is aware, budgets for the North-South Implementation Bodies are approved by the North-South Ministerial Council. These budgets are subject to ongoing discussion...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 724 of 18 September 2013. Funds are allocated each year within my Department's capital budget for archaeological works arising out of Office of Public Works projects at national monuments in State care. In 2013, €55,000 was allocated towards these projects to progress them towards report and-or publication stage. The information and...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: Information on all recorded monuments, of which there are over 130,000, is most readily accessible from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland section of my Department's National Monuments Service website, . The monuments are displayed on a GIS-based mapping facility, which includes, in a majority of cases, information on individual monuments. While there is no specific register of...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 95 together. 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 public finances. The Heritage Council had sought additional funds to enable it to recommence its grants scheme and I am pleased...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As part of its obligations under the Habitats Directive, Ireland must designate Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) for the protection of endangered habitats and species. The European Commission oversees the fulfilment of these obligations through a series of biogeographic seminars, which compare the effort of Member States within a biogeographic region. Such a seminar in 2009 found that...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: An Bórd Pleanála approved this roads scheme in December 2011 under section 51 of the Roads Act 1993. Following an application by Kilkenny County Council, and in consultation with the Director of the National Museum of Ireland, I issued directions to the Council on 5 June 2012 under section 14A of the National Monuments Acts 1930 (as amended) for the carrying out of works of an...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: At this point, I am not aware of any change to legislation which would adversely affect access to cultural and genealogical records and artefacts. However, I understand that provision has been made in the recent Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 to allow my Department to act as agents for the Registrar General to provide access to the indexes of births, deaths...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80, 105 and 109 together. I refer the Deputies to my reply to Questions 37, 45, 56 and 59 on 18 September and to today's Question No 58. As the Deputies 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....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Capital Programme Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department's gross capital provision for 2103 is €39.395m. This provision relates principally to meeting the ongoing costs of the Irish Film Board, the National Cultural Institutions, works to address EU compliance requirements in relation to the built and natural heritage, supporting employment through Údarás na Gaeltachta, and maintenance and development works carried...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: Government policy on the arts is set out in the Programme for Government. 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. Primary responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels throughout the country is devolved...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: Funding for the National Archives was €1,409,000 in 2012 and €1,370,000 in 2013. The levels of funding for all bodies under the aegis of my Department, including the National Archives, can be found in the Revised Estimates Volume for the relevant year on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform website .

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will be aware that, as Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee, I am responsible for ensuring, on behalf of the Irish Government, that appropriate arrangements are in place to commemorate the Great Irish Famine. Details of the work of the National Famine Commemoration Committees since 2008 in implementing a varied and diverse annual programme of events to coincide...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The Augustinian priory at Kells, Co. Kilkenny, is a national monument in my guardianship, as Minister, under the National Monuments Acts 1930-2004. As such, it enjoys the full range of protections afforded by those Acts, including a requirement that any works at, or in proximity to it, are subject to my prior written consent. National monuments in State care are managed by the Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Merger of Cultural Institutions (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: There is no proposed merger of elements of the National Museum, the National Library or the National Archives. All are to remain free-standing institutions, led by independent statutory Directors and operating with independent advisory councils. Work is ongoing bilaterally with the Directors of the relevant institutions and regular meetings of my Department's Reform Committee have taken...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: Over the past six years, my Department has operated a scheme of funding support to promote and enhance the marketing of local and regional museums, and to support programmes established to attract the aged, young, and socially disadvantaged to visit these institutions. Cultural events held in museums to attract a local and tourist audience and/or to promote museums as focal centres of the...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 310 together. A series of events is set to take place during 2014 to commemorate the millennium anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf and the death of Brian Ború. Already the impending occasion has engendered a considerable degree of enthusiasm among historical groups, community agencies and business interests with connections to the marking of...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The 2014 allocation to An Chomhairle Ealaíon/The Arts Council is €55,893,000, of which €55,800,000 is current and €93,000 capital. These figures are, of course, provisional, pending publication of the Revised Estimates Volume in due course. Under the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council is statutorily independent in its day-to-day operations and neither I nor my...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I assume that the Deputy is referring to the UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage. Ireland is currently not a signatory to this Convention so it is not possible at the moment for hurling to be recognised under the Convention, as suggested by the Deputy. However, this is something that I would support. Officials within my Department are examining the matter to determine the case...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Promotion (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 324 together. I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question Nos. 727 and 764 of 18 September, 2013. As the Deputy is aware, primary responsibility for the support and promotion of film-making in Ireland, in respect of both the indigenous sector and inward productions, is a matter for the Irish Film Board (IFB). The IFB is the...