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Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator. We had a good discussion on this on a number of occasions insofar as it relates to the environmental criteria and blanket bogs under the Bill. The definition of "environmental criteria" has been carefully drafted in consultation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and, of course, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The Bill was drafted taking into account...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator for her comments. We commented on the previous occasion on how some of the carbon fund was being allocated towards peatlands restoration. The Senator mentioned what should be done from 2022. It would be for a future Government to decide the trajectory of the carbon fund as set out by the committee, and where that money will be focused. Whether that will be peatlands...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I understand the purpose of amendment No. 38a is to exclude “golf courses” from the “recreational and sporting needs (including greenways) appropriate to bog habitats” criterion that is proposed to be included among the criteria to be utilised in selecting the most suitable bog habitats to be designated or to cease to be designated as natural heritage areas. The...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: My understanding is that this amendment seeks to amend the definition of “restoration potential” within the Bill. This definition within the Bill has been carefully drafted and links to the methodology utilised for the 2014 raised bog natural heritage areas, NHA, review. I do not propose to accept this amendment to it. The 2014 raised bog NHA review proposes the...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: My understanding of this amendment is that it provides that the Minister shall lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas containing guidelines and recommended thresholds in relation to the exercise of turbary rights, including a definition, or definitions, of “household use”. The focus of the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and her Department, is and...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senators for these amendments. My understanding is that they provide that the cutting of turf within sites whose designation as NHAs is reversed shall be subject to regulations set by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in consultation with various bodies. This regulation is to concern the machinery to be used, limitations on quantities to be extracted and...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank Senator Daly for his amendment. In budget 2020, €5 million has been allocated to the carbon fund and €7 million has been allocated to an accelerated programme of peatlands restoration within the raised bog designated sites network. The injection of this funding is intended to restore more than 1,800 ha of protected raised bog in 2020. This programme will also...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: The 2014 review concluded that Ireland could more effectively achieve conservation of threatened raised bog habitat through focused protection and restoration of a reconfigured network, which, under the proposed new network, will be 765 ha, compared with an area of 694 ha in the current network. This restoration programme links with the peatland actions contained in the Government's climate...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator for the amendment. I emphasise that the purposes of a review of NHAs would include contributing to the achievement of nature conservation objectives for bog habitats and selecting the most suitable bog habitats to be designated, or to cease to be designated, utilising the various criteria set out in the Bill. All of these considerations would be components of any review...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: As I have indicated, I understand the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has advised that the development of a new regulatory framework for small-scale peat extraction will be initiated and progressed. I fail to see a reason the 2014 review of the raised bog NHAs cannot be continued and completed irrespective of the development of this new regulatory framework. It is...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Senator Higgins has raised this point in previous discussions. I do not foresee that SACs would be used as comparators to justify the de-designation of NHAs. Any proposal to de-designate or to designate has to be done in a manner that ensures the contribution of the NHA network to national conservation status for bog habitats is achieved. In the 2014 NHA review, the SACs were included in...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank my officials for their work over recent months and years. I thank all the Senators who have contributed to the debates in this House, particularly Senators Higgins, Ruane, Warfield and Paul Daly. My colleagues have also contributed. It is likely that a number of amendments on this contentious issue, which has been the subject of national debate over many years, will be brought...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Reachtaíocht Teanga (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Ba mhaith liom Ceisteanna Uimh. 30 agus 59 a thógáil le chéile. Tuigeann an Teachta an cúlra maidir leis an athbhreithniú ar an Acht Teanga. Foilsíodh torthaí an athbhreithnithe i mí Aibreán 2014. Dréachtaíodh Bille leasaithe ag an am ach de bharr míshástachta le cuid de na leasuithe a bhí molta, níor...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Tá an praghas chun Aerfort Chonamara a cheannach aontaithe idir mo Roinn agus Galway Aviation Services Ltd (ag trádáil mar Aer Árann) le tamall. Tar éis an praghas seo a bheith aontaithe, d'fhostaigh mo Roinn comhlacht le saineolas san earnáil eitlíochta chun an cás gnó a ullmhú i ndáil le riachtanais an Chóid Chaiteachais...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Offshore Islands (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: The first meeting of the Interdepartmental Committee for Island Development took place on Tuesday 24 September 2019. Twelve Government Departments were represented at the meeting. My Department is currently drafting, in conjunction with other relevant Departments, a consultation document that will form the basis for a comprehensive public consultation process among island communities...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Is faoin Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna amháin atá sé na critéir a leagan síos maidir le díolúine ó staidéar na Gaeilge. Is straitéis thras-Rialtais í an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 a bhfuil an fhreagracht ar an Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta i ndáil lena feidhmiú a chomhordú i gcomhar...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Fógraíodh i mBuiséad 2020 go mbeidh ardú €1m á chur ar fáil do chiste caipitil Údarás na Gaeltachta in 2020. Fágfaidh sé seo go mbeidh ciste €10m ar fáil don eagraíocht agus is ionann sin agus méadú de bhreis agus 11% le hais an tsoláthair atá ann sa bhliain reatha. Chomh maith leis sin,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Is féidir liom a dheimhniú don Teachta gur chuir Foras na Gaeilge plean teanga do Chathair na Gaillimhe faoi bhráid mo Roinne ar 24 Deireadh Fómhair 2019 i gcomhréir le forálacha ábhartha Achta na Gaeltachta 2012. Tá an plean sin á bhreithniú ag oifigigh mo Roinne faoi láthair.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Cuireann mo Roinn idir chúnamh chaipitil agus reatha ar fáil i dtaca le clár leathan a chuidíonn leis an nGaeilge agus an nGaeltacht. Áirítear anseo an maoiniú do scéimeanna tacaíochta Gaeltachta agus Gaeilge faoi seach, maoiniú d'Údarás na Gaeltachta, Foras na Gaeilge agus maoiniú d'Oifig an Choimisnéir Teanga. Ina...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I agree with and respect the Ceann Comhairle's ruling. My understanding from the Business Committee was that we are awaiting the report by the Clerk of the Dáil on the issue of money messages, and this was what I understood to be agreed at the Business Committee. The Deputy referred to 54 Bills that he states have been blocked. Government has yet to receive a request for a money...