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Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Details in relation to claims for official mileage submitted by me, as Minster, and by the Minister of State at my Department since March 2011 are outlined in the Tables. It may be noted that each claim is submitted with a signed declaration of mileage undertaken in an official capacity during the period in question and is checked by a senior official before payment is authorised. ...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: No financial supports or assistance were provided by my Department or agencies in its remit to this reopening.

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

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011 and the collation of information for the purposes of replying to the Deputy's Question related to that timeframe only. It was also assumed for the purposes of replying to the Question that senior civil servants would be defined as officers of the rank of Assistant Secretary and...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The land referred to in the Deputy's Question is situated is one of 24 raised bog special areas of conservation (SACs) affected, from the end of last year, by the cessation of turf cutting for reasons of environmental protection under the EU Habitats Directive. In April 2011, the Government announced a redress package for those affected by the cessation of turf cutting in such cases. The...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: Commercial peat extraction operations have been prohibited from Special Areas of Conservation and Natural Heritage Areas since 1999. In areas outside such sites, peat extraction is governed through the planning system and requirements for Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control licensing. Under the provisions of a derogation given in 1999 by the then Minister, turf-cutting by individuals...

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (28 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011 and the collation of information for the purposes of replying to the Deputy's Question relates to that timeframe only. I can advise the Deputy that my Department has placed no advertisements in national newspapers for job vacancies during the period in question. In relation to the...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (23 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2 June 2011. I am advised that 27 requests for information were submitted under the Freedom of Information Acts to my Department between 2 June 2011 and the end of that year. Section 47 of the Freedom of Information Acts provides for fees to be charged, as appropriate, for the process of searching for, retrieving and making...

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (23 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 and 152 together. With respect to the cost of lump sums, etc, arising in respect of those leaving the public service from my Department and from bodies within its ambit, the position is as set out in my reply to the Deputy on 14 February last (Question No. 385). I understand that my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, is supplying...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (23 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will appreciate the constraints in replying in specific terms to a 'details supplied' Question of this nature. I can say, however, that I understand negotiations are ongoing between the relevant parties under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commission and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the matter.

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (23 Feb 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 — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (23 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The following table lists those bogs in Longford and Westmeath which are affected by the cessation of turf cutting. It should be noted that no further turf cutting can take place in the candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs) raised bogs. The position in respect of the Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs) is under review. It should be noted that some sites listed in the table traverse the...

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (22 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The primary role of our National Parks is to conserve nature and other significant features and qualities while at the same time encouraging public appreciation and tourism. From time to time a need may arise for certain conservation and management methods to be undertaken in specific habitats. In these instances, and depending on the habitat in question, fixed or rolling grazing licences...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am advised that, since its establishment in June 2011, my Department has not funded any mainstream drug projects.

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will appreciate that it is not possible to provide the information requested on the record of the House within the constraints of a 'details supplied' Question and I am arranging, therefore, to have it supplied directly to the Deputy.

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The land referred to in the Deputy's Question is situated is one of 24 raised bog special areas of conservation (SACs) affected, from the end of last year, by the cessation of turf cutting for reasons of environmental protection under the EU Habitats Directive. In April 2011, the Government announced a redress package for those affected by the cessation of turf cutting in such cases. The...

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (21 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 402 together. The National Monuments Preservation Order in relation to Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street was made in 2007 by the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, as Minister responsible for heritage matters at that time. The effect of the order is that works affecting these properties, including any excavation or ground disturbance...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I assume that the Deputy is referring to costs arising where photographers were engaged by my Department to cover Ministerial or Departmental events. As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011. Relevant photography costs incurred by my Department since that date amounted to some €2,578. This includes costs both for the...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, in November 2011 the Government announced a number of amalgamations and mergers of bodies that come within the ambit of my Department. Details of these can be accessed on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at www.per.gov.ie. Clearly, the amalgamation and merger of these bodies, including consolidation of boards, raises complex issues,...

Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (21 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, on the 15 March last, the Government decided that the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister for Justice and Defence would each be provided with a State car. In keeping with that decision, I use my own car for official duties and am paid mileage expenses in respect of official travel at rates set by the Minister for Public Enterprise and Reform. I am provided...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department does not provide grants to individual 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 that function.