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Written Answers — Restoration of Artefacts: Restoration of Artefacts (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I understand that some of the lesser items in the collection referred to by the Deputy were sold at a public auction held in 2000, while the more important heritage items were retained for future display. These valuable items, a catalogue of which is retained by my Department, have been held in secure storage and it is planned that they will be subject to display in due course in the context...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that the records from the Parliamentary Question computer interface used in my Department indicate that there were 286 replies, including composite responses, issued between 1 January and 31 March 2012. Of these, 20 replies related to Questions where 'details supplied' were included that appeared to pertain to personal matters. In 18 of those cases, replies were issued in the...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 710 and 711 together. Details in relation to special advisors appointed to my office are set out in the table. No special advisors have been appointed in the case of the Minister of State at my Department. Name Employment dates Remuneration Mr. Seán Mac Cárthaigh 10 March 2011–5 March 2102 €83,512* Mr. James Kenny 7 June 2011 to date €38,215** Mr....

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has only been established since 2 June 2011, following substantial Departmental reconfigurations. Details of the payments made to the various mobile telephone companies used by my Department from June 2011 to date are shown in the table. Company Cost Vodaphone Ireland Ltd €92,912.87 Telecom Ltd €726.00...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that an official from my Department was in contact with the individual referred to in the Deputy's Question on 10 April last, by telephone and e-mail, with a suggestion as to how he might proceed in the matter.

Written Answers — Museum Exhibits: Museum Exhibits (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised by the National Museum of Ireland that the wheel, compass and binnacle (the stand for housing navigational instruments) salvaged from the Asgard II are in its possession having been transferred from the Department of Defence to the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks in February 2012. These objects can be made available for display should a suitable location for their...

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 717 and 718 together. I am advised that the area referred to by the Deputy, while not designated formally as a Natural Heritage Area under the Wildlife Acts, is within a Special Protection Area (SPA) and a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), designated in accordance with the EU Birds and Habitats Directives. Therefore, the impact of any proposed development...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 719 and 720 together. As I have mentioned in a reply to a similar Question from the Deputy on this matter, there are two EU programmes operating in the areas for which I have responsibility: 1. The Media Programme is the EU support programme for the European audiovisual industry and details, including the operation of the programme, are available at...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department, as currently configured, was established on 2 June 2011 and therefore the available information is being provided from that date. I am advised that no consultancy contracts were entered into in 2011. Relevant details in respect of the first quarter of 2012 are set out in the table below. It may be noted that contracts for the provision of...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will be aware that the Arts Council is a statutory body under the Arts Act 2003 and is funded by my Department via a grant-in-aid. Under that Act, the Council is independent in its funding decisions and I, as Minister, am precluded from any involvement, either in decisions regarding which organisations it funds, or the amount of any such funding. Details of the Arts Council's...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The individual referred to in the Deputy's Question has applied to sell his interest in land in a raised bog special area of conservation under the voluntary bog purchase scheme, which is administered by my Department. A letter of offer for the purchase of the land had issued from my Department. The contracts for sale have been received from the solicitor acting for the vendor. However, the...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department does not provide grants to performing arts practitioners. Under the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council has primary responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels throughout the State. As Minister, I cannot intervene in the Council's funding decisions, as it is statutorily independent in the exercise of that function under the Arts Act 2003.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I assume from the context of the Question that the Deputy is referring to commercial State companies. The position is that there are no such companies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (29 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I travelled to New Orleans and Atlanta on behalf of the Government for a schedule for events around St. Patrick's Day, arriving on 13 March 2012 and departing on 18 March 2012. The Minister of State at my Department attended events in Glasgow and Edinburgh from 14 March 2012 to 18 March 2012. The full cost of these trips is not yet available in my Department.

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (29 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that some 11% of appeals decided in 2011 were either successful or partly successful, compared to 12% in 2010.

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (29 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Ordinarily, a contribution by my Department, up to a maximum of €1,350, is available towards an appellant's costs for the expert engaged in the production of his/her scientific report and to comment on the focused scientific report which is produced by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. This would apply irrespective of the size of the site. For the purposes of efficiency and the...

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (29 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I have made arrangements to supply copies of the material requested to the Deputy within the next week.

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (28 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question Number 118 of 8 March, 2012

Written Answers — Museum Projects: Museum Projects (28 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The proposed development of the Carlton Cinema site, of which the national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street forms part, and for which approval has been granted by An Bord Pleanála, envisages the retention of these buildings and the provision of a commemorative centre to the 1916 Rising in No. 16. The developer's application to my Department for consent to proposals for work under the...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (28 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Arising from the requirements under the Habitats Directive to cease turf cutting on 53 raised bog Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), earlier this year my Department sought expressions of interests from land owners, or turbary rights owners, who might wish to provide alternative sites, through sale or long-term lease, for use by those who wish to continue turf cutting. Such sites should be...