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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: There are no State agencies or bodies within the remit of my Department that have powers to enter or search premises in the course of an investigation. The Deputy may wish to note, however, that staff who work in the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department may be authorised under wildlife legislation to exercise certain powers of entry and search in pursuance of their statutory...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (17 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will appreciate that the provision of funding to local authorities is primarily a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 402 together. The information sought by the Deputy in relation to board appointments since March 2011 is provided in the table below. State Body/Agency Board members appointed since March 2011 Chairpersons appointed since March 2011 Board vacancies advertised on Department's website Chairpersons appearing before Oireachtas Committee Heritage...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that, since the establishment of my Department in July 2011, two retired public servants in total have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in bodies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to pensions payable to public servants from bodies within my Department's ambit is set out in tabular form hereunder. Amount € Numbers 10,000 - 20,000 83 20,001 - 30,000 37 30,001 - 40,000 23 40,001 - 50,000 24 50,001 - 60,000 14 60,001 - 70,000 6 70,001 - 80,000 4 80,001 - 90,000 0 90,001 - 100,000 0 More...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (10 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that my Department does not have any record of an application from the individual referred to in the Deputy's Question - neither under the voluntary bog purchase scheme or the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme administered by my Department.

Written Answers — National Cultural Institutions: National Cultural Institutions (10 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As Deputy will be aware, the Government's Public Service Reform Plan, published by Minister Howlin on 17 November last, contains a number of actions in respect of my own Departmental remit. These include the amalgamation of the National Library, the National Archives and the Irish Manuscripts Commission. At the outset, I would like to underline the value which I place on the role of the...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (10 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The applications, which were received in my Department at the end of May, are currently being assessed and I expect recommendations will be made in relation to them in the near future. My Department will be in touch with the applicants shortly.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (10 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer to my reply to Question No. 149 of 4th July in relation to the management of sick leave in the bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group. I have asked that the further information now sought be included in the information to be provided by the bodies concerned to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (10 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296 and 297 together. Under the provisions of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, the carrying out of certain works in natural heritage areas, including the extraction of turf, cannot take place without my consent, as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Consent was refused for the works referred to in the Deputy's Question, as they were considered...

Written Answers — National Museum: National Museum (10 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Whilst my Department provides funding to the National Museum of Ireland, the Board of that Institution is responsible for all operational matters, including inventories, and I do not have a statutory function in respect of such matters.

Written Answers — Flood Prevention Measures: Flood Prevention Measures (10 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the dredging of rivers and streams has the potential to cause environmental and economic damage, and must be undertaken with due care and in keeping with the appropriate legal framework governing such activities. It is, in my view, fully in keeping with the principles of good river management and flood protection that all potential impacts of proposed works be...

Written Answers — Heritage Council: Heritage Council (4 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Allocations to the Heritage Council in the years 2008 to 2011 are set out in the Revised Estimates Vote (REV) for the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for each of those years. Those allocations to the Council were €13.403m in 2008; €10.142m in 2009; €8.482m in 2010 and €5.992m in 2011. In 2011 the Exchequer allocation was supplemented by €1.5m from the...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (4 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The management of sick leave and the methods used in the agencies, offices or other bodies reporting to my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned. The information sought is not, therefore, readily to hand in my Department but I have asked that it be promptly compiled and provided directly to the Deputy as soon as possible . I should say that, in line with the Code of...

Written Answers — Prompt Payments: Prompt Payments (4 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: For the Deputy's information, details in respect of the timeframe of payments for both my Department and agencies under its remit are available on my Department's website under the heading "Prompt Payment Reports" via the following link: http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/Publications/CorporatePublications/ CurrentPublications/ My Department continues to strive to make all payments to all suppliers...

Written Answers — Heritage Council: Heritage Council (4 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 151, 152 and 155 together. My Department is providing a total of €4,811,000 of Exchequer Funding for the Heritage Council in 2012, together with €1,500,000 from my Department's share of the Environment Fund. The Deputy will appreciate that, as a statutorily independent body, the management of resources made available to the Heritage Council by my...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (4 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Tourism policy is primarily the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. However, I can assure the Deputy that I fully recognise that Ireland's rich heritage has a key role to play in national economic recovery particularly through tourism. My Department is currently promoting the role which Ireland's heritage has to play in making our country an...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (4 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: In November 2011, I launched Actions for Biodiversity 2011-2016, Ireland's Second National Biodiversity Plan. The plan makes clear that locally-led action is crucial in protecting biodiversity and ecosystems services and that biodiversity conservation at local level should be encouraged. I believe that local biodiversity action plans are the main mechanism to achieve this and therefore, one...

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (4 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 to 158, inclusive, together. I refer the Deputy to my statement and that of the Minister of State at my Department in relation to the motion on these matters taken in the House during Private Members' business on 22 and 23 May 2012. With regard to the issue of making documents public, my understanding is that, in general terms, the release of such...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (4 Jul 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to salary ranges of staff in my Department is set out in Table 1. TABLE 1: Salary ranges of staff in the Department for 2011 and July 2012 Salary Range € Number of staff in range 2011 Number of staff in rangeJuly 2012 Under 40,000 310 293 40,001-50,000 104 100 50,001-60,000 87 84 60,001-70,000 49 45 70,001-80,000 35 33...