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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: In 2007, a capital grant of €2 million was approved in principle for the centre to which the Deputy refers. The approval in relation to this project remains open and my Department continues to maintain contact with the local authority in question in regard to it.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Cork Event Centre is a project being developed and managed by Cork City Council and the Council is responsible for the delivery of the project. My Department has allocated €12 million to the City Council towards the cost of the Centre. This allocation is subject to a Service Level Agreement with the City Council to ensure compliance with all relevant requirements in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff (24 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised that, based on current pay levels, the estimated cost of recruiting an additional 25 Conservation Rangers for the National Parks and Wildlife Service would be €638,086. My Department is currently engaged with the Public Appointments Service in recruiting Conservation Rangers and I am further advised that 11 Rangers have been appointed so far this year.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Grants (19 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Arts Act 2003, primary responsibility for the promotion and support of the arts, including arts participation, throughout the country is devolved to the Arts Council. Under the Arts Act the Arts Council is independent in relation to its funding decisions. I understand from the Arts Council however, that there has been an overall increase in funding to regularly funded...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Government will continue to mark the significant historical events that took place on the road to the foundation of the State and will be advised and supported in its plans by the guidance of the Expert Advisory Group on Centenary Commemorations and in consultation with the Oireachtas All-Party Consultation Commemorative Committee, which I am in the process of reconvening.  I am...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: An enabling budget of €5m was allocated to implement the Creative Ireland Programme in 2017. This includes an ambitious plan to deliver ten high level initiatives by the end of 2017. Further details on the content of the Programme are available on . To date, a sum of €3.4m has been spent implementing the Creative Ireland Programme. This includes €1m allocated to the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Funding allocations made available to my Department are published each year in the Revised Estimates Volume with the outturn published in the Annual Appropriation Account. The 2017 allocation to Arts, Culture and Film Division of my Department is €158.261m. The 2018 allocation to the Arts, Culture and Film Division is €167.301, an increase of 5.7% on the previous...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Programmes (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I wish to advise the Deputy that in 2017 there was in fact a positive outcome for Irish applicants from the Co-operation Projects Strand of the Creative Europe Culture Sub-Programme. In 2017 a total of 36 applications were made involving Irish organisations (2 as coordinators and 34 as partners) with a success rate in 2017 of 24%, well above the EU average...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Disability Services Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Arts Act 2003, primary responsibility for the promotion and support of the arts, including arts participation, throughout the country is devolved to the Arts Council. The strategic context for the Arts Council’s support of arts participation and all other art forms and areas of arts practice is set out in Making Great Art Work: Arts Council Strategy (2016...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I am aware of the issue regarding the provision of affordable studio space, particularly as a result of the changing property market.  My Department has had discussions with the Arts Council, the Office of Public Works and some local authorities to consider possible short-term and longer-term approaches to the issue, both in relation to specific issues in Dublin and to wider...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Plan (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I assume the Deputy is referring to Local Authority Arts Offices which are primarily an operational matter for the local authorities. However, I understand that there are opportunities for Arts Officers to engage with each other, for example, under the auspices of the Association of Local Authority Arts Officers. The Arts Council, which is funded by my Department, provides...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Youthreach programme is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills and any funding under the Programme would be provided under the Department of Education and Skills.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies Data (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The following State bodies or boards fall under my remit: the Arts Council; the Chester Beatty Library; the Crawford Art Gallery; the Heritage Council; the Irish Film Board; the Irish Museum of Modern Art; the National Archives Advisory Council; the National Concert Hall; the National Gallery of Ireland; the National Library of Ireland; the National Museum of Ireland; the Irish Manuscripts...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 to 251, inclusive, and 265 together. My Department has previously issued licenses under section 42 of the Wildlife Acts to scare (birds) or remove eggs or nests of various gull species in respect of the locations referred to by the Deputies.  The NPWS does not undertake such work as that is a matter for the relevant applicant or competent...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 to 255, inclusive, and 262 together. My Department has issued no such licence.  The Minister for Health has addressed the matter of the study in response to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 271 and 272 today.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: My Department issued no such licence.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 257, 258 and 264 together. The EU Birds Directive allows Member States to make derogations from its protective measures in respect of certain wild bird species in certain circumstances – for example, where they are causing damage to crops, livestock and fauna or represent a threat to public health or safety or to air safety.  The Declarations...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 to 261, inclusive, together. The studies referred to in the Questions have been brought to the attention of my Department and will  also be brought to the attention of the experts  to be appointed to carry out a review of the derogation referred to.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: My Department issued no such licence.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Planning Guidelines (17 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Local Authorities are responsible for their own local Landscape Character Assessments. Landscape Character Assessment is a tool for identifying the features that give a locality its particular ‘sense of place’ and is used to categorise the landscape into areas of similar character. It is not a value assessment on any particular landscape. Arising from...