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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland’s current World Heritage Tentative List has come about from a very comprehensive, thorough and inclusive process undertaken by a panel of Irish and international heritage experts specifically appointed for that purpose. The process included full public consultation and an in-depth review of all proposed candidate sites. In the meantime, my Department has engaged with local...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for a Partnership Government contains a very important commitment to work to progressively increase funding to the arts as the economy continues to improve. I can assure the Deputy that I will be engaging with my colleagues in Government and with the Oireachtas to seek to advance this commitment in the context of the forthcoming estimates and budgetary processes. The...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Arts Act 2003, primary responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels throughout the country is devolved to the Arts Council. The Arts Council is the main channel of the State's current expenditure on the arts and will receive over €60 million in 2016. The Arts Council’s ten-year strategy Making Great Art Work(2016-2025) set outs how it will lead the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The Government appreciates the importance of the cultural and creative industries to Ireland. My Department provides significant support for the arts and film through its funding of the Arts Council and the Film Board, as well as through its capital supports for the development of arts and cultural infrastructure. Other financial and policy supports are also provided, for example, through...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Intellectual Property Management (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Arts Act 2003, primary responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels throughout the country is devolved to the Arts Council. The Arts Council is the main channel of State current expenditure on the arts and will receive over €60 million in 2016. The Arts Council's strategy statement, Making Great Art Work,sets out the Council’s plans to lead the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Significant progress has been made in drafting the first National Cultural Policy - Culture 2025.This followed a major public consultation process in 2015, including a national cultural workshop held in October at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. The Programme for a Partnership Government commits to the publication of Culture 2025as a priority. My Department is continuing to consider inputs on...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I am aware and supportive of the use of vacant premises by artists and arts organisation and I understand that a number of such buildings are currently being utilised by arts organisation across the country. No particular proposals for a nationwide approach have been put to my Department and, in general, I would consider that local approaches driven by artists, local arts officers and the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 31 May 2016. The Heritage Council, in collaboration with my Department, has led the development of a best practice approach to the development of Community-Led Village Design Statements (VDS). It, in tandem with a number of local authorities and village communities, prepared a toolkit which was launched in October 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Arts Act 2003, primary responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels throughout the country is devolved to the Arts Council. The Arts Council is the main channel of the State's current expenditure on the arts and will receive over €60 million in 2016. Issues in relation to the health services are a matter for the Minister for Health. The Arts Council's ten-year...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Arts Act 2003, primary responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels throughout the country is devolved to the Arts Council. The Arts Council is the main channel of the State's current expenditure on the arts and will receive over €60 million in 2016. The Arts Council’s ten-year strategy Making Great Art Work(2016-2025) set outs how it will lead the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (5 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 422 and 423 together. The following table sets out the number of staff who were hired and those who retired or left the service since June 2011, when my Department was first established. The total number of full-time equivalent staff at the end of June 2016 is shown in the Table. This includes some 40 staff transferred in from the Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fisheries Protection (30 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I understand that the KerryLIFE Project Team has asked farmers to provide certain details to my Department, in order for it to administer aspects of the programme, both effectively and efficiently. I am advised that the process being followed involves the project team carrying out a farm walk with each individual farmer. During the farm walk, the project team talks through the farm plan...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Regulations (30 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: All wild birds, including seagulls, are protected under the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2012 and the EU Birds Directive. However, there is a facility, under section 42 of the Wildlife Acts, for a person to obtain a permit, to take certain actions, including the scaring, capturing or killing of birds where they are causing serious damage to buildings and other structures, food (including human food...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Programme (30 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 to 152, inclusive together. Funding agreements for the implementation of the LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme issued to eighteen local action groups in the week beginning 20thJune, with a view to launching the LEADER programme in these areas from early July 2016. I expect to issue further agreements to the other ten proposed local action...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (29 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has prioritised the designations required by the EU Nature Directives. While the Curragh was included on a list of proposed Natural Heritage Areas in the 1990s and a review of this network is foreseen, this will not take place in the immediate future, having regard to the available resources.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Measures (28 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: My role, as Minister for Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht, with regard to the protection and management of our architectural heritage, is set out in the provisions of relevant legislation, as is the role of local authorities. Part IV of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides for the protection of architectural heritage and gives local planning authorities primary responsibility to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Leader Programmes Funding (28 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: My Department issued Funding Agreements for the delivery of the LEADER programme to the first 18 Local Action Groups in the week beginning 20 June 2016. Applications for LEADER funding can commence in these areas from 8 July, provided that the Funding Agreement has been signed by the respective Local Action Groups. Contracts will issue in each of the remaining 10 sub-regional areas as the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ulster Canal Restoration Project (28 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Government approval to restore a 2.5km stretch of the Ulster Canal from the Shannon-Erne Waterway to the International Scout Centre at Castle Saunderson, Co. Cavan was granted on 24 February 2015. The project, which comprises three work phases, is being undertaken by Waterways Ireland. Phase 1, the site investigation work, has been completed. I have been informed by Waterways Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (28 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 351 and 357 together. The Programme for a Partnership Government contains a very important commitment to work to progressively increase funding to the arts, including the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board, as the economy continues to improve. I can assure the Deputy that I will be engaging with my colleagues in Government and with the Oireachtas to seek...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (28 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Significant progress has been made in drafting the first National Cultural Policy - Culture 2025. This followed a major public consultation process in 2015, including a national cultural workshop held in October at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Work by my Department, the Steering Group and a wider Expert Committee continued on the document in early 2016 and is currently ongoing. The...