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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department has not provided funding to the facility referred to by the Deputy. I am further advised that no funding was provided to the facility in question by any of the bodies funded by my Department's vote group.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (17 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am aware that drag hunting, which involves the following by a pack of hounds of a scent which has been laid or dragged over a course, is practiced in certain areas of the country. However, as this practice does not involve the hunting of wild birds or wild animals the provisions of the Wildlife Acts do not apply. I have no proposals to change the current position.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance (17 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 332 and 333 together. As I indicated in my reply to Question No. 124 on 12 December, I was informed by An Coimisinéir Teanga, Mr. Seán Ó Cuirreáin, on 4 December that he had written to the President informing him of his intention to resign with effect from 23 February 2014, after ten years in the post and two years before his term of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will be aware that the Gaeltacht Act 2012 sets out the language planning process by which Gaeltacht communities, working in tandem with key stakeholders, including Údarás na Gaeltachta and my own Department, will be afforded the opportunity to be at the centre of shaping language development in the Gaeltacht into the future. The language planning process has as its core...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (17 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not provide grants to renovate barges.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (17 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh 336, 337, 338 agus 339 le chéile. I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom aird an Teachta a dhíriú ar an phlé cuimsitheach a rinneadh sa Dáil agus sa Seanad ar 11 agus 12 Samhain, faoi seach, ar an ábhar seo. Chuir an Coimisinéir Teanga in iúl don Uachtarán ar 4 Nollaig go raibh sé beartaithe aige...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Decentralisation Programme Expenditure (17 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established in June 2011, assuming a range of functions previously under the remit of a range of Government Departments, including responsibility for the Gaeltacht and the National, Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The total number of staff in my Department as at 1 November 2013 is 603, of which 353 are based outside Dublin at a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As can be seen from my Department's website, the indicative 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...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (17 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 342 and 344 together. Since my Department was established on 2 June 2011, a total of €1,660 has been expended on external IT consultancy. This arose on one occasion in 2012 and was incurred in respect of the assessment of a wide-area networks procurement. In this instance, external and current network-market expertise was considered advisable to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Legal Costs (17 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Details of legal fees and compensation costs incurred by my Department, rounded to the nearest €1,000, are set out each year in my Department's Appropriation Account, which is published by the Comptroller and Auditor General in the Report on the Accounts of the Public Services . The published figures for 2011 and 2012 are set out below, along with an estimate of the equivalent figure...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Remuneration (17 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, on foot of centrally agreed arrangements, specific allowances are payable to the holders of a range of posts in the civil and public service. There are also long-standing provisions which allow for the payment of an acting-up allowance when a member of staff is required to carry out the duties of a higher grade for an extended period. The provisions governing...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (18 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Neither of the two Advisors in my Department exceeds the relevant pay guidelines referred to by the Deputy. As I have previously informed the House, both Advisors were appointed at the first point of the Principal Officer standard scale, in accordance with the Guidelines on the Staffing of Minister's Offices, issued in March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Maintenance (19 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Waterways Ireland has informed me that it has included the repair to the collapsed wall on the 1st level of the Royal Canal at Portland Place in its business planning for 2014. I am also advised that Waterways Ireland Operations Engineers met with Bord Gáis Éireann at the time of the collapse and again on 16th August 2013. In addition, several phone conversations have taken place...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (19 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, in July 2007, the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) agreed to proceed with the restoration of the section of the Ulster Canal between Clones and Upper Lough Erne. The then Government agreed to cover the full capital costs of the project, which were estimated at that time to be of the order of €35m. It was always the intention that the Ulster Canal...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (19 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am informed by Waterways Ireland that it commissioned a Strategic Environment Assessment for the possible extension of the Erne Navigation from Belturbet to Killeshandra and Killykeen. On reviewing the environmental information from this process, Waterways Ireland considers that the environmental designations of this lake complex make the feasibility of the proposed navigation extension...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Census of Population Publication (19 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy is aware, the Programme for Government contains a commitment to enabling the publication of the 1926 Census records, which is the next set of Census records available to the State following the previous publication of the 1901 and 1911 Censuses. A 1926 Census Working Group has been formed, comprising officials from my Department, the National Archives and the Central...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Freedom of Information Requests (19 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information sought by the Deputy concerning the processing of Freedom of Information requests in my Department is set out in the table. TABLE: Year Number of Freedom of Information requests received in the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Number of requests for which a search and retrieval fee was sought Maximum fee sought in respect of a request received Number of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (19 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: An application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme has been received by my Department from the individual referred to in the Deputy’s Question. I am advised that payments of €1,500 in respect of year 1 (2011) and year 2 (2012) of the scheme and a payment of €1,518 in respect of year 3 (2013) of the scheme were made to this applicant...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Process RIA (19 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Since my appointment as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, my Department has published the following Bills: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011; Bille na Gaeltachta 2012/Gaeltacht Bill 2012; and Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2012 In addition, my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform worked together on the publication of the Houses of the Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I can advise the Deputy that no such Irish quasi autonomous NGOs were created by my Department or fall under my Department's responsibility. As the deputy is aware, however, a number of National Cultural Institutions and other statutory bodies and agencies are funded from my Department's Vote. Details of these bodies can be found on my Department's web-site at . I have not created any...