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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (22 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The following table sets out the visitor numbers for each National Cultural Institution from 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. Visitor Figures 2010-2019 NCI 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Jan - Sep 2019 CBL 206,653 247,729 ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Project Ireland 2040 (22 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Project Ireland 2040 has given explicit recognition to the importance of our culture, language and heritage. Investing in our Culture, Language and Heritage 2018-2027 sets out the Government’s objectives for capital investment in Ireland’s culture, language and heritage. The plan includes a total of €40 million, or €4 million in each of the 10 years from 2018 to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure (22 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Over the period 2018 to 2027, my Department will invest nearly €1.2 billion in capital expenditure as part of Project Ireland 2040 - the National Development Plan. To direct this investment, my Department has developed a detailed sectorial investment plan, Investing in our Culture, Language and Heritage, which sets the high-level, strategic capital investment priorities for the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (22 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: As the Deputy will be aware, RTÉ commissioned a report from independent consultants Helen Boaden and Mediatique on the RTÉ Orchestras entitled RTÉ Orchestras Ensuring a Sustainable Future.  The Report made a number of recommendations including that the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) be a national cultural institution in its own right or within the National...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (22 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Following the publication of the report by RTÉ that it commissioned from independent consultants Helen Boaden and Mediatique on the RTÉ Orchestras entitled RTÉ Orchestras Ensuring a Sustainable Future, the Government  agreed in principle that the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) should come within the remit of the National Concert Hall (NCH), and authorised the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The overall budget increase for the culture side of my Department was 2% this year, which is €4 million, bringing the total funding for the area to €193 million. Out of that, for the first time in more than a decade, €250,000 will be allocated to amateur dramatic and musical societies throughout the country. That is very much to be welcomed. We hope to have a mechanism...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (17 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My Department is responsible for implementing the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2018, the primary legislation underpinning the protection of biodiversity and nature in Ireland. The Wildlife Acts afford protection to a range of habitats and species and provide for regulation and control of activities that impinge on biodiversity, such as hunting and trade. The other main instruments provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Correspondence (17 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service is an integral part of the Heritage Division of my Department with a wide ranging remit. The compilation and provision of copies of all correspondence between me and or my office and or my advisers and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to date in 2019 will involve a very significant amount of time, resources and work. If the Deputy would like...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 340 and 341 together. As indicated to the House in response to Dáil Question No. 658 of 1st October last, no capital projects completed by Department over the last 5 years have been valued at €100m or more. I am also advised that my Department has no plans to undertake any capital projects for which exchequer funding greater than €100m is...

Family Law Bill 2019: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, can I say a few words?

Family Law Bill 2019: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I was next. I beg your indulgence. I just wish to say a few words.

Family Law Bill 2019: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Thank you very much, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I appreciate it. As director of elections for the referendum campaign I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Opposition parties for their cross-party support for the referendum. I also wish to thank groups such as the Legal Aid Board, the National Women's Council of Ireland, One Family, the Law Society of Ireland, separated.ie, Liberty, the...

Family Law Bill 2019: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: We did not know whether we would still be here.

Family Law Bill 2019: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I had listened to the concerns of my clients in and out of courtrooms for two decades in practice and I was not going to waste the opportunity. As I said in the Dáil that day, my husband may differ with me, but I believe we have been happily married for 15 years - it is now 17 years. However, I am one of the lucky ones. Marriage is all fine and well when it works, but when it does not...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Significant efforts have been made by the State to resolve the issue of the protection of Ireland’s raised bog special areas of conservation within the framework of the EU Habitats Directive. This has included the establishment of the Peatlands Council, intensive and on-going engagement with turf cutting interests, the farming community, non-governmental organisations and with the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: There are currently no plans to change the funding arrangements with respect to Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. Rather, in the recognition of the importance of all forms of the traditional arts, my Department will continue to explore with all stakeholders how best to strengthen, preserve and develop this sector across the island of Ireland and beyond.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Budget 2020 announced total funding for my Heritage division of some €62.5m, up from €54m this year – an increase of over €8m or 15.5%. This is comprised of an additional capital provision of €6.75m (up 44%) on 2019 and additional current funding of €1.6m. In 2019, my Department allocated some €13.727 to the National Parks and Wildlife Service...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2020 (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: A detailed breakdown of my Department's estimated expenditure will be provided in the Revised Estimates Volume 2020 which will be published prior to year end. Total funding for the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands included in Programme C of my Department's Vote for 2020 amounts to almost €58m, up from €55.5m last year, which represents a 4% increase. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: An application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme has been received by my Department from the individual referred to in the Deputy’s Question. With respect to 53 raised bog special area of conservation sites, the qualifying criteria for the scheme are that: - The applicant must have had a legal interest (ownership or a turbary right (right to cut...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (16 Oct 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Significant efforts have been made by the State to resolve the issue of the protection of Ireland’s raised bog special areas of conservation within the framework of the EU Habitats Directive. This has included the establishment of the Peatlands Council, intensive and on-going engagement with turf cutting interests, the farming community, non-governmental organisations and with the...