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

Josepha Madigan: Sure.

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

Josepha Madigan: We had a detailed meeting with the Commission on the Bill in February 2018 and officials did not raise issues regarding the Bill with the Department. They had no concern in respect of birds. Deputy Josepha Madigan: We had a detailed meeting with European Commission officials on the Bill in February 2018 and officials did not raise issues with the Bill with the Department. They had no...

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

Josepha Madigan: The provisions in the Bill relating to hedge cutting are being introduced on a pilot basis and they provide for regulated cutting on a restricted part of hedgerows in one particular month. They have a limited lifespan of two years. It is a crime to touch a nest and that offence is in existence anyway.

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

Josepha Madigan: Any person cutting a hedge where there is a nest is obliged to check for nests beforehand. There are enforcement provisions under the Wildlife Acts in this regard.

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

Josepha Madigan: I do not want to cut across the Deputy when he is speaking, but as we are only on the definitions section, I wonder-----

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

Josepha Madigan: I just want to bring it to the notice of the Vice Chairman.

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

Josepha Madigan: I am certainly not suggesting that.

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

Josepha Madigan: No, I am not. I was only responding to Deputy Peadar Tóibín.

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

Josepha Madigan: I certainly would not limit the Deputy's contributions.

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

Josepha Madigan: I am not.

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

Josepha Madigan: I look forward to hearing what the Deputy has to say.

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

Josepha Madigan: I simply wanted to stick to the amendment, but the Deputy is entitled to say what he likes.

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

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputy for his contribution. It is important to say the legislation does not abrogate the need for the directive. Birds and animals are and will remain protected. There was a successful prosecution of a case involving hedge-cutting in Monaghan in February. I also acknowledge the practicalities mentioned by Deputy Danny Healy-Rae. On the curlew, to which Deputy Eamon Ryan...

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

Josepha Madigan: In answer to the Deputy's point about Fine Gael, the year 2013 was two years after the Green Party was in Government. There is no hobnailed boot in this and there was consultation. The key phrase is "managed burning".

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

Josepha Madigan: I will have to get back to the Deputy with statistics and they are primarily something the Garda would have. I want to be clear that the Heritage Bill is not about illegal burning. The Deputy is correct about controlled burning and it will greatly reduce the chances of wildfires taking hold in upland areas. Large areas of unmanaged heather or gorse are not good for biodiversity and provide...

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

Josepha Madigan: I can respond to all of the comments made by Deputy Ryan but I do not want to create a Green Party versus Fine Gael debate.

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

Josepha Madigan: I could mention all of the things that the Green Party did not do, which my predecessor tried to address and I am trying to address but I shall not go into that now. It might be beneficial to reiterate that the main reason for the burning provision is to allow people who manage land to burn, for proper land management purposes, in March where, for example, poor weather has prevented this....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (26 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: 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. With respect to 36 raised bog natural heritage area sites, the qualifying criteria for the scheme are that: - The applicant must have had a legal interest (ownership or a turbary right (right to cut turf))...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (26 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to advise you that my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has operated a farm plan scheme since 2006. Over 650 farm plans were approved under this voluntary scheme. Farmers have been incentivised to go above and beyond their statutory requirements in designated lands for particular habitats or species. One of the primary aims of the scheme is to trial...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting Season (26 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Section 40 of the Wildlife Acts 1976, as amended, prohibits the cutting, grubbing, burning or destruction of vegetation, with certain strict exemptions, from 1 March to 31 August. Following a review of Section 40, which involved, inter alia, consideration of submissions from interested parties, proposals were announced in December 2015 to introduce legislation to allow for managed hedge...