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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate that. The Minister must agree that we are having this debate against a backdrop of a fairly radical decline in bird species in Ireland.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: If they are declining, then they are not protected.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister's comments jar with the fact that some bird species face extinction in Ireland.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It can happen but it is our job to reverse that trend and the Bill threatens the viability of-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is the-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Curlew, corncrake, barn owl and yellowhammer are examples of birds that are under serious threat. This is a physical change to the birds' habitats-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Excuse me, I am not finished.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I would like to finish a sentence.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: If a hedge is cut where birds nest, feed and live while rearing the next generation, that represents a physical change to their environment. If the State then decides to extend the period during which that can happen, there is a smaller window for these species to thrive.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It is difficult to police that.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: How many arrests have there been?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I will press my amendment.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Most of us in the room would probably agree the major problem is uncontrolled burning and the damage it does in the months indicated. Last May we saw really large fires take control of the landscape. It would be interesting to know what responsibility the Department has in preventing such fires. Last year or the year before there was only one application for a licence for controlled...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask the Minister to consider the uncontrolled burning. She should also consider that some species nest in upland areas in March which are threatened by the Government's proposal.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The amendment is in the names of three Deputies but I wish to press the amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Centres (1 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 474. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget line and estimate under which the latest tranche of funding for a centre (details supplied) arose. [19024/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga (1 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 477. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain a fhoilseofar an t-athbhreithniú ar scéim na gcúntóirí teanga. [18688/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (1 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 479. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding national monument legislation. [19032/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (1 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 480. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies on the board of the National Museum of Ireland; and the persons who left the board in each of the past five years. [19034/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (1 May 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 481. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 2016 accounts of the National Museum of Ireland will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [19035/18]