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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cruinniú na Cásca (20 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Cruinniú na Cásca was held last year under the Creative Ireland Programme as a natural follow-up to the 2016 Centenary Programme. Cruinniú was envisaged as an innovative annual programme of arts activities and cultural events, and that it would be a flexible responsive programme. Last year the focus was on Easter.  This year, following consultation with...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Site Acquisitions (20 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: There are no proposals before my Department for the purchase of the site referred to in the question.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Work Permits Data (20 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The issue of employment visas is a matter for my colleague Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and I have no remit in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I am advised that my Department has responsibility for the staffing arrangements at the centre. It is currently staffed on a seasonal basis and is open annually from March to November. There are currently no plans to open the centre full time, however, staffing levels across my Department are kept under review on a regular basis in line with the emerging business, while having...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (20 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1096 and 1097 together. The databases maintained by my Department’s National Monuments Service are designed to support the efficient management and administration of all applications under the National Monuments Acts for Ministerial licenses and consents for archaeological excavations, including on peatland sites. I am advised, however, that these...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (20 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1098 to 1101, inclusive, together. The 2013 Review of Archaeological Survey and Mitigation Policy was commissioned by my Department to assess and analyse the contribution that archaeological survey and excavation work in Bord na Móna peatlands since 1991 had made to our understanding of Ireland’s archaeology in both dry and wetland...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Development Plan Data (20 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Project Ireland 2040 – the National Planning Framework and associated 10 year National Development Plan – has given explicit recognition to the importance of our culture, language and heritage to our sustainable development over the next decade and beyond. This recognition is supported by the unprecedented commitment by Government to invest in excess of €1 billion in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (21 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department has not contributed to the named organisation in 2017 or 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (21 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department issued licences to the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) on behalf of its affiliated clubs to capture and tag hares for the 2017/18 coursing season. The licences include a large number of conditions relating to the operation of these coursing events and include a condition that all persons involved in capturing hares must have written certification, duly signed by the Coursing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (21 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: In August last year, my Department issued licences under the Wildlife Acts to the Irish Coursing Club, covering some 87 affiliated coursing clubs, to capture and tag hares for use at regulated hare coursing meetings for the 2017/18 season, which extended from the end of September 2017 to the end of February 2018.  Those licences contained a total of 22 conditions which have been...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Projects (21 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department continues to engage with both Cork City Council and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the complex legal, state aid and match funding issues and in relation to the Cork Event Centre, through correspondence and discussion. The Department has met with the City Council on this project in the past and while there has been no formal meeting in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Staff Data (21 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Since my appointment as Minister on 30 November 2017, and as provided for by the Public Service Management Act 1997, I have appointed two Special Advisers.  Mr. John Keogh has been appointed as my Media Adviser from 8 January 2018 and Mr. Cian Connaughton as my Policy Adviser from 15 March 2018. In addition, I have appointed two Civilian Drivers.  Both civilian drivers are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Traveller Culture (21 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: As I advised in my reply to Parliamentary Questions Numbers 267 of 6 December, 102 of 23 January and 24 of 28 February, my Department is fully committed to supporting diversity and inclusion in its policies and operations and in those bodies under it aegis. The National Planning Framework and National Development Plan - Ireland 2040 launched on 16 February 2018 by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Grants (22 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The Laureate for Irish Fiction 2018–2021 is Sebastian Barry and the Laureate na nÓg 2016-2018 is PJ Lynch. These honoraria are a matter for the Arts Council which under the Arts Act 2003 is statutorily independent in relation to its funding and executive decisions. I have no function in the selection of or awards in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme Funding (22 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Financial support is provided by my Department for the conservation and preservation of heritage structures in a number of ways. The Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) assists with the repair and conservation of structures that are protected under the Planning and Development Acts or located within Architectural Conservation Areas. The scheme funds a significant number of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (27 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Ireland, like all other Member States, is required under the EU Habitats Directive to designate special areas of conservation for the protection of endangered habitats and species as listed in the Directive. It has identified and protected 439 sites for designation or designated as special areas of conservation. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (27 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The area in question is a Nature Reserve. My officials are not aware of any application for such a permission having been made for this area. However, it is unlikely that such an activity could be permitted given the nature of the site and also associated public health and safety considerations.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 658 and 659 together. There were a total of eight foreign trips taken by Creative Ireland Programme staff in 2017. Full details and costs (including flights and subsistence) are contained in the following table. All travel and subsistence costs incurred were in line with DPER regulations in place at the time of travel. Dates Destination Personnel Purpose...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (27 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 660 and 661 together. In line with general practice for peat extraction, a rolling series of survey work, investigation and excavations have been carried out at Mayne Bog over a number of years. In 2006, with the co-operation of the landowners, my Department commissioned a full survey of the then known togher (constructed of planks) followed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Question Heading (28 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280 to 282, inclusive, together. My Department is leading a working group of relevant stakeholders, including the Office of Public Works (OPW), Meath County Council, the Heritage Council and the Discovery Programme, to develop a conservation management plan for the state-owned lands at the Hill of Tara. This working group met as recently as 5 March 2018...