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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Raised Bog Management Plan (8 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The national peatlands strategy makes it clear that greater clarity must be brought to the process of how turf cutting on blanket bog special areas of conservation is to be managed in compliance with the requirements of the EU Habitats Directive and the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive. The aim is to have in place a workable system for the management of turf cutting on these sites....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Correspondence (8 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: My office endeavours to answer all representations, from both public representatives and members of the public, within our specified customer service timeframes and follows up on all unanswered representations routinely. In the period specified by the Deputy, I received 513 representations from members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. Replies had issued in respect of 394 of these by 31 May...

Order of Business (2 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: One hundred lines.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (2 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No 379 of 24th May, 2016. No legislation exists to prevent orders being established on protected structures already under de-construction.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (2 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 expert steering group and a wider expert committee continued on the document in early 2016 and is currently ongoing. The...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Vacancies on State Boards (2 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The information sought by the Deputy is provided in the following table. I would point out that the National Archives of Ireland has an Advisory Council rather than a Board. The Public Appointments Service operates a dedicated website, www.stateboards.ie, through which it advertises vacancies on State Boards. Arrangements are currently in train in cooperation with the Public Appointments...

Other Questions: Rural Broadband Scheme (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I am just getting my head around this brief, but I understand 30 Mbps will be the minimum.

Other Questions: Rural Broadband Scheme (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I understand it will be the minimum.

Other Questions: Rural Broadband Scheme (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I cannot say there will be fibre broadband to every home. There is a procurement process ongoing. When one is putting something out to tender, I do not know whether one can state the specific type of broadband one wants.

Other Questions: Rural Broadband Scheme (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I will not go into the detail because I cannot give the Deputy a definitive answer. I will be better able to answer whenever the responsibility is transferred to my Department. Regarding the county and regional broadband task forces, there is a lot we can do with what we have. People want to know when they can have broadband. Under the national broadband plan, broadband is now expected...

Other Questions: National Monuments (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Some €4 million.

Other Questions: National Monuments (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Sorry-----

Other Questions: National Monuments (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I had nothing to do with the shopping centre. Planning permission for it was given by Dublin City Council. It is in private ownership and the site was not a national monument at the time. I want to be clear about having had nothing to do with the shopping centre, as there is misinformation to the effect that we are levelling Moore Street and erecting a shopping centre, which is not a fact....

Other Questions: Rural Broadband Scheme (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Delivering the national broadband plan is a top priority for the Government, as reflected in the programme for a partnership Government. The allocation of new responsibilities at Cabinet level signals the Government's firm intention to address broadband and other telecoms challenges in rural Ireland. To this end, I will be working closely with the Minister for Communications, Energy and...

Other Questions: Rural Broadband Scheme (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: No.

Other Questions: Rural Broadband Scheme (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: A procurement process is ongoing and I am working closely with the Minister, Deputy Naughten, on this matter. It is important that the procurement process proceed. As Deputy Ó Cuív knows, it is a complicated one. Approximately five consortia will bid for three lots. This process will deliver the national broadband plan. Where I come in is in the rural aspect. Once the...

Other Questions: Departmental Functions (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Rural transport remains in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport but I will be co-ordinating all of the Departments in terms of the focus on rural Ireland. Rural transport is a tremendous benefit to rural Ireland. We all have our local transport companies and one sees how successfully it regenerates small towns when people are brought in on pension day. It is great for towns and...

Other Questions: Departmental Functions (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: That is different.

Other Questions: National Monuments (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The work being undertaken by the State to honour the 1916 leaders was designed to fully conserve Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street and to provide a 1916 commemorative centre on the site. The intended works would have involved major underpinning and stabilisation of the buildings as well as re-roofing and a programme of comprehensive repairs that would have retained all pre-1916 fittings, fixtures...

Other Questions: National Monuments (1 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: I want to see a solution here. As Deputy Burton said, I have already committed to buying, and got agreement from Government to buy, Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street. I have committed taxpayers' money to this important and historic project. As a Government, we were taking four buildings which were the national monument. They are the ones that were designated as a national monument. We spent...