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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (19 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I understand that the Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas (JESSICA) is a financial instrument which offers the managing authorities of EU Structural Funds programmes the possibility to take advantage of outside expertise and to have greater access to loan capital for the purpose of promoting urban development. My Department does not have information in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (19 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The allocation of the proceeds of the National Lottery is a matter for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. An overall allocation is provided from the National Lottery each year for expenditure through the Votes of various Departments. In 2013 my Department’s allocation of funding of €4.446m to the Heritage Council was partially funded by National Lottery funds....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: North-South Implementation Bodies (19 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: 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 comprises two agencies - Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency/Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch). The Bodies are co-funded by my Department (DAHG) and the Department of Arts, Culture...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (19 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department’s National Monuments Service, through its Underwater Archaeology Unit, has been researching shipwrecks in Irish territorial waters since 1999 and, from documentary sources and local research and knowledge has, to date, built up a database of 17,000 wrecks, of which some 3,000 have been accurately located. With the co-operation and assistance of the Geological Survey of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (20 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos 132 and 133 together. A number of events are set to take place during 2014 to commemorate the millennium anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf and the death of Brian Ború. In this regard, I am aware of plans being developed by Dublin City Council, Clare County Council, Fingal County Council, Armagh City and District Council, Waterford City Council and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies Data (20 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: A number of National Cultural Institutions and other bodies and agencies are funded from my Department's Vote Group and I wish to advise the Deputy that I do not regard them as quangos. Details of these bodies can be found on the Department's web-site at In relation to the boards of these bodies, institutions and agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group, the total number of board...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Planning Issues (21 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Part IV of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2012 provides for the protection of architectural heritage. The Act gives primary responsibility to planning authorities to identify and protect the architectural heritage by including them on the Record of Protected Structures. Inclusion on the Record of Protected Structures places a duty of care on the owners and occupiers of protected...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (21 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The mission of the National Library of Ireland (NLI) is to make accessible to everyone the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland. The NLI’s ongoing Digitisation Programme has made 55,000 digitised items available to date to people everywhere, via its online catalogue. As part of the programme, work has been ongoing for some time on the James O'Dea Railway...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (21 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the appointments to and vacancies in the State boards funded from my Department's Vote Group is set out in the table below. It may be noted that appointments to the board of Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency are made by the North South Ministerial Council, arising from nominations on a 50:50 basis from each jurisdiction. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Banking (26 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department accepts payment by debit/credit card for certain services in National Parks and in the National Archives of Ireland. In 2012, payments to my Department by debit or credit card totalled €87,401. Merchant service costs and bank charges for the facilitation of the electronic payments range from 1% to 2.79% per transaction depending on the service provider and are met by my...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (26 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The sale to my Department of a large private holding in Nure Bog was completed in June, 2012. Nure Bog is within one of 75 raised bogs sites which have been formally designated as Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs) under the Wildlife Acts. A review of all raised bog NHAs is well advanced and I expect that the outcome will be available shortly. It is intended that the review will provide clarity...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (26 Nov 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: Ferry Services Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The contract with my Department for this service commenced on 1 January 2013 as a result of an open competitive process. My Department has been in frequent communication with the service provider in the meantime with regard to the provision of the service. At a recent meeting between officials of my Department and the company providing the service, the issues raised by the Deputy were...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department has received and processed the application form for the individual referred to by the Deputy and payment should issue to the person in the next two weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (28 Nov 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I welcome the active consideration by community groups of initiatives of the nature referred to by the Deputy and I am aware that several community-based projects have been completed in recent years through voluntary action and local fund-raising, providing gardens or other memorials as monuments that will endure for years to come. In some cases, local authorities were able to contribute...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (3 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. It is my objective in relation to the 1916 centenary programme to bring forward a programme of commemorative events and projects that is comprehensive, authentic and inclusive. Having regard to the time remaining for preparations, my priority attention has been oriented towards the preparation of a number of capital projects that I believe would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (3 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I have had engagements with all the national cultural institutions and the Arts Council. I am really very encouraged by their approach to and enthusiasm for the decade of commemoration, especially the focus on 1916. The centenary of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic will be a most important anniversary. I anticipate that the special arrangements for the location will be of interest...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (3 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The major development, which I read recently in the newspaper, is that NAMA has committed a huge sum of money for the restoration of the monument. I was not directly notified of that by NAMA but it was in the national newspapers. I am waiting for another proposal from the developer about its intentions regarding the national monument. That is my responsibility, as I have pointed out so...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Archives (3 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy is aware, the National Archives is responsible by law for the acquisition of records of permanent value from Departments of State, the courts and 61 named bodies. The National Archives can also acquire archives from other sources, such as businesses, hospitals, charities and voluntary bodies, where it is considered that the archives are of outstanding quality and value. This...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Archives (3 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Records of historical significance are being prioritised and that will continue to be the case. On the question of the moratorium, we recently appointed archivists to the National Archives, not to deal with the backlog but to work on other projects. The National Archives succeeded recently in securing some philanthropic donations which will also help. There is also a problem with space,...