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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy is right about the Ulster Canal project: it is very important, bringing it to Clones especially important, and I know that when the Deputy was Minister in the Department, he had a proposal for a commercial building to be sold. However, property prices then collapsed. The Ulster Canal is a priority for me and I am delighted we got it started. I got approval to start the project...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: It is a 2.5 km stretch to Castle Saunderson.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The funding was allocated to the rural side for this year. As for the spend, the Minister, Deputy Ring, as Deputy Ó Cuív knows, now has responsibility for the rural brief. In fairness to Deputy Ring, he recently announced the local improvement scheme, LIS, under which €10 million will be spent, and today he has allocated the town and village enhancement programmes. When...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: However, I do know that that funding is for rural projects and that the Minister is committed to spending it on rural projects. To discuss the rural development and rural affairs part of the Vote, which has gone to the new Department, perhaps the committee could invite the Minister, Deputy Ring, to appear before it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy might be aware that last May, while Leader was under my responsibility, I met all the Leader companies. We met in the National Concert Hall, I listened to all of their concerns and, as a result of that, 31 actions were changed on the advice of the Leader companies. They said that these issues need to be addressed, and we did address them. Since then, the process has sped up in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: 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 and safety or to air safety.  In Ireland, Declarations in this regard are renewed annually. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (3 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Hare coursing meetings are monitored, as resources allow, by conservation rangers and officials of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department in order to ensure compliance with the conditions of the licences. To date three such trials have already been monitored in 2017. A report on those trials will be published shortly by my Department. The conditions of future...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (3 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has issued licences under the Wildlife Acts to the Irish Coursing Club, covering its affiliated coursing clubs, to capture and tag hares for use at regulated hare coursing meetings for the 2017/18 coursing season, which extends from the end of September 2017 to the end of February 2018.  There are 22 conditions associated with the licences issued to the Irish Coursing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (3 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: My Department issued licences under the Wildlife Acts to the Irish Coursing Club, covering their affiliated coursing clubs, to capture and tag hares for use at regulated hare coursing meetings for the 2017/18 coursing season which extends from the end of September 2017 to the end of February 2018.  I have made changes to this year's licence to include a condition formally requiring...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (3 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department has operated a farm plan scheme since 2006, which has the primary objectives of testing, on a relatively small scale, bespoke measures for nature conservation on farmland. The scheme has incentivised farmers, in particular instances, to go above and beyond their statutory requirements. To date over 650 NPWS Farm Plans were...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (3 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: Tar éis cruinniú a bheith agam le toscaireacht ó Oileán Thoraí le déanaí maidir le seirbhís farantóireachta an oileáin sin, tá iarrtha agam ar oifigigh mo Roinne tús a chur leis na próisis pleanála cuí chun bád sainlasta a chur ar fáil le freastal ar phobal an oileáin agus...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Metal Detectors (28 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 120 on 27 September 2017. I have no plans to propose a change in the law in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (28 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138 to 140, inclusive, together. I am happy to confirm that I was able to support the National Library of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland in acquiring a number of items in advance of the auction in London yesterday.  In July this year I agreed to provide funding of up to €500,000 to the National Library of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: We have been able to increase funding to arts organisations every year for the past three years, for example, the Arts Council, the Irish Film Board and cultural institutions. The arts were impacted upon by the economic downturn and the difficult time that we went through, but I am glad that we have been able to improve funding year on year. Through the Creative Ireland programme, we are...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Arts Council Funding (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I acknowledge that the Deputy has often raised with me the issue of giving artists social protection supports when they are out of work. I was delighted that the Government was able to launch the pilot initiative this year. It will allow self-employed artists who apply to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for jobseeker's allowance to avail of social welfare...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: In terms of what we have acquired in the most recent sale of Yeats material, I consulted and have worked for the past nine months with the two relevant cultural institutions, namely, the National Library of Ireland and National Museum of Ireland. They identified the items they believed would add to their Yeats collections and my Department has been able to support them through direct funding...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Yeats family has been very supportive of the National Library of Ireland, donating original manuscripts of poems, the personal library of W.B. Yeats and a substantial collection of editions of the poet's work. In 2016, the Nobel medal won by W.B. Yeats was donated via section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to the National Library of Ireland. In 2017, the family again agreed to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy knows how the machinery of government works. I am responsible for my Department. The money is well spent.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cultural Property Inventory (27 Sep 2017)

Heather Humphreys: I can only account for my budget.