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Cultural Institutions (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: While my Department provides funding for the national cultural institutions, the board of each institution is responsible for all operational matters relating to the institution, including opening hours. I do not have a statutory function in day-to-day operational matters. All of the institutions will be required to carry out a formal review of their opening hours in accordance with the...

Cultural Institutions (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: When I saw this question, I asked what the opening hours were. Our national institutions are open for considerable periods, although the opening hours could be improved. The National Gallery of Ireland is open from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Monday to Saturday, and from noon to 5.30 p.m. on Sunday. The Irish Museum of Modern Art is open from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday, and from...

Job Creation (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Question Nos. 35, 42, 43 and 101 together. My Department has responsibility for the arts, heritage, the Irish language and the islands which I am confident will play a key role in the the country's economic recovery. Since taking office, I have met and engaged with a wide range of stakeholders across the various sectors within the remit of my Department and I know these...

Job Creation (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: Perhaps the Deputy could be more specific in his contribution. I presume the Deputy refers to a number of heritage grants administered by the Department which will be announced shortly. I am visiting the Heritage Council tomorrow and I will bring to its attention his frustration with the non-announcement of these grants. I hope when they are announced the Deputy will be pleased that some...

Job Creation (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: There are two agencies, Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, dealing with tourism on the island of Ireland. The section of my Department dealing with tourism is located in Killarney, County Kerry. It is imperative that these bodies work in close co-operation with each other. Before Christmas I produced a policy document on tourism and I received feedback from the tourism industry which...

Irish Heritage Trust (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Irish Heritage Trust was established to acquire for public access major heritage properties where the State does not wish to acquire them directly and where there is an imminent risk to their heritage value. It was established in 2006 and is designated as a charity under the Companies Acts. Current funding has been provided from the Vote of my Department towards the operational...

Cultural Events (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 38, 44 and 45, together. Culture Night 2011 will take place on Friday, 23 September 2011. On culture night, arts and cultural organisations and venues, including the national cultural institutions, extend their opening hours until late in the evening to allow for increased free access to the various collections, workshops and other events. Culture night...

Cultural Events (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: I suggest the Deputy should ask the people of Youghal to make a submission to the Department or the trust. It is important that a submission be made. I will give some figures for Culture Night 2010 to demonstrate the spread of funding across the country. A sum of €10,000 was given to the organisers of Culture Night in Carlow, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois,...

Cultural Events (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: The total regional funding for this year's Culture Night, which was allocated before I took office, is €150,000. It is quite small. The idea is to make small sums of money available to many communities. One can do a great deal with a small amount of money. An allocation of €1,000 could be used to get musicians together in a single location, for example. I find that a small amount of...

National Cultural Institutions (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: I assume the Deputy's question refers to the eight national cultural institutions that come within the remit of my Department. I am advised that each of them, with the exception of the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, the National Archives in Dublin and the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, has defibrillators in place and that all of the defibrillators are operational. It should be noted that...

National Cultural Institutions (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy's question has brought attention to the fact I am responsible for three institutions that do not have defibrillators. Obviously, they will be asked to provide such equipment. I agree with the Deputy on the question of the broader availability of defibrillators. I know people whose lives were saved because of the presence of defibrillators. It is important that people know how...

National Cultural Institutions (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: The issue has now been highlighted in the House. Defibrillators are inexpensive but important equipment. The National Gallery of Ireland and the National Library of Ireland each have four defibrillators and the National Museum of Ireland has three of them. There is no reason, therefore, that the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork should not have such equipment, especially given its significant...

Heritage Fund (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: In the 1990s, the national cultural Institutions, which are charged with enhancing and expanding the national collections of cultural artefacts, had been experiencing increasing difficulties in acquiring privately owned artefacts and collections of heritage importance due to the high prices that such items were obtaining at sales and public auctions. To help surmount these difficulties, the...

Heritage Fund (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: As matters stand, if an important artefact of national importance were to come on the market, the Heritage Fund could not intervene and purchase the object on behalf of the State. We must review the position in this regard. The State has made major acquisitions through the Heritage Fund. In 2002, the National Library of Ireland used the fund to acquire the first tranche of the Joyce...

Heritage Fund (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: Staffing is generally shared among the institutions. Written Answers follow Adjournment Debate. Staffing is generally shared among the institutions. Written Answers follow Adjournment Debate.

Cultural Tourism (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am acutely conscious of the value of the arts, culture and creative sectors to the tourism industry and of their overall potential as important contributors to sustainable economic recovery. Arising from the considerable level of investment and support provided by the State through Departments and their relevant agencies to the arts and culture areas, significant social, cultural and...

Cultural Tourism (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: The jobs initiative is very important in this area. Pay related social insurance and value added tax are major issues in paying staff at cultural and tourism attractions. I am convinced that the changes in PRSI and VAT will encourage more people to take on staff in cultural institutions and cultural attractions throughout the country. I can see the jobs initiative having a direct effect on...

Cinema Closure (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: The background of the State's involvement with the Light House Cinema goes back to February 2006, when the then Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism approved a capital grant of €1 million towards the development of the Light House Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin. Construction began on the project in March 2007 and it was officially opened in May 2008. The grant was provided for the fit-out...

Cinema Closure (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: The agreement made with the operator and owner was that in year one, from May 2008, the rent was set at nil; in year two, from May 2009, it was set at €100,000; in year three, from May 2010, it was set at €200,000; in year four, from May 2011, it was set at €400,000; and in year five, from May 2012, it was set at €500,000. The owner entered into an agreement with the operator...

Cinema Closure (11 May 2011)

Jimmy Deenihan: That will happen as soon as possible. The Deputy may be aware that I met Deputy Costello, who first raised the issue, and Deputy Donohoe just last week with a deputation of some of the interested parties. A discussion is ongoing and every effort is being made by all parties to try to resolve the issue.