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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 to 169, inclusive, together. 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 payments made to external property consultants, surveyors and estate agents engaged by my Department since that date are set out in the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011, following substantial Departmental reconfigurations. I am advised that, since that date, there is no record of any payment by my Department to the firm referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (28 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department was established on 2 June 2011 and the position is that it has no lease agreements containing upward only rent review clauses in which it is the landlord. I am advised that Waterways Ireland, which is one of the North-South Implementation bodies under the aegis of my Department, has ten lease agreements with upward only rent review clauses in place...

Written Answers — National Gallery: National Gallery (27 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government announced its Public Service Reform Plan on 17 November, 2011. Appendix IIA to that plan sets out a number of bodies to be rationalised, amalgamated or abolished in 2012, including, in respect of my Department, the following action: "Combine Irish Museum of Modern Art, Crawford Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Ireland, while retaining...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that one member of staff of my Department serves as director of a company arising from his employment. The official in question is a director of the NPLD (Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity), which is a company limited by guarantee. NPLD is a pan-European network which encompasses constitutional, regional and smaller-state languages to promote linguistic diversity in the...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (27 Mar 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. The cost each month since June 2011 of travel and subsistence expenses (including mileage relating to official business) paid to me and to the Minister of State at my Department, in accordance with the Department of...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (27 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will appreciate, the issue referred to relates to operational day-to-day matters for Waterways Ireland (WI) and is one for which I have no direct responsibility. On foot of the Deputy's Question, however, I have been informed by WI that for some time it has been endeavouring to regularise the ownership and lease arrangements at Lowtown Marina and that, following lengthy...

Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (27 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am aware of the difficulties facing the studios referred to in the Deputy's Question. I understand that the statutory agency with responsibility for the development of the sector in question, and which is funded by my Department, is in ongoing discussions with the owners of the studios. Accordingly, it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this juncture.

Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (27 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Primary responsibility for the support and promotion of film-making in Ireland, in respect of both the indigenous sector and inward productions, is a matter for the Irish Film Board. This agency is funded through my Department and has been allocated €15.7m in 2012 to carry out its functions. Under section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, tax relief is allowed for investments in...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (27 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy is aware, an overall allocation is provided from the National Lottery each year for expenditure through the Votes of various Departments. Details of this allocation are published in Appendix 1 of the annual Revised Estimates Volume and I understand that a total provision of €220m is being made available in 2012. Three subheads in my Department's Vote are partially funded from...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (27 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information sought by the Deputy concerning the current status of State boards in relation to the participation of women and men, and also a breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since my appointment as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, is set out in the following tables. I should add that my Department reviews the membership of boards, including gender...

Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (27 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Department has 76 laptops and 11 tablet devices available for use. These numbers do not include laptops which are used by staff of the Department's Heritage Division but which are assets of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government. The latter provides ICT services for the Heritage Division by agreement between both Departments. The Department does not intend at this...

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (22 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Notification of a proposal to designate The River Nanny Estuary and Shore Special Protection Area (SPA) was publicly advertised by my Department in January 2008. The designation process permits landowners and others to appeal the inclusion of specific areas within Special Protection Areas. The inclusion of an area at the southern end of the SPA was the subject of such an appeal....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department does not operate any scheme which provides assistance towards the provision of allotments in Gaeltacht areas.

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (21 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: In 2011 the Government announced a compensation scheme for those affected by the cessation of turf cutting on raised bog special areas of conservation and has recently agreed to enhance this compensation package. The cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme now comprises a payment of €1,500 per year, index linked, for 15 years or, where feasible, relocation of turf cutters to...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (21 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The provision of funding for the organisations to which the Deputy refers is a matter for the Arts Council. I have no statutory function in relation to Arts Council funding decisions, and, in fact, I am precluded from involvement in those decisions under the Arts Act, 2003.

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (21 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: In 2010 and 2011, under the Co-operation with Northern Ireland funding scheme, my Department provided funding to help support a Cultural Broker position in Derry. The post was seen as playing a central role in the preparation and delivery of the plans for Derry City of Culture 2013 programme. As part of the wider role being played by the Government to support Derry to maximise the impact of...

Written Answers — Film Industry: Film Industry (21 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The body with the statutory responsibility for the support and promotion of film-making in Ireland, in respect of both the indigenous sector and inward productions, is the Irish Film Board (IFB). This agency is funded through my Department and is independent in its day-to-day operations. The allocation provided to the IFB by my Department for 2012 is €15.7m - €2.5m in current funding...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (21 Mar 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 has issued from my Department. However, no contracts for sale have been signed. I am advised that processing of applications on...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Mar 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 311 and 312 together. The Deputy will appreciate that it is not possible to provide the information requested within the constraints imposed by a 'details supplied' question. I am, however, arranging for the available information to be provided directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.