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Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I think that is an excellent choice.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he or his Department is aware of the number and location of historical or heritage sites which are open to the public or are likely to become open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13365/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he or his Department is aware of the number and location of historical or heritage sites which are open to the public or are likely to become open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13365/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he expects to host international events of a cultural or heritage nature with a view to the awarding of such opportunities to promote Irish heritage and culture abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13357/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which he and or his Department can avail of international cultural events to promote Irelands heritage and culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13358/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plan for the promotion of Ireland's heritage and culture globally in the course of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13359/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has had discussions with overseas emigrants or representative groups in the context of promoting the concept of national identity through the aegis of culture and heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13361/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: The Gathering Initiatives (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has had discussions with cultural and or heritage groups in the context of the Gathering 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13360/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Properties (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and location of buildings or sites that have become the responsibility of the State in each of the past four years in the context of preservation of historical or heritage sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13362/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which any new sites, buildings or regions have come under and or European protection regulations or directives in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13363/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will indicate the number and location of any new special areas of conservation or other conservative measures adopted over the past two years; the number, if any, pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13368/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to any further heritage site deemed to be in danger over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13364/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he hopes to support local and or national arts groups with particular reference to promising funding for production groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13366/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has had discussions with local arts groups with a view to incentivisation of job creation activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13367/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he or his Department has received submissions from Kildare County Council regarding the prioritisation of group water scheme proposals deemed necessary or an urgent requirement in the current year; if particular schemes have been specificaly mentioned; the estimated cost; the likely number of people to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (13 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent if any to which the use of gypsum for animal bedding is controlled or banned throughout the EU and this jurisdiction, having particular regard to damage cause by the production of hydrogen sulphite when allowed into slurry storage tanks or anaerrobic situations; if cognissance has been taken of loss of life situations in this...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: That is correct.

Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: Have the heads of the criminal justice (legal aid) Bill and the criminal law (human trafficking) (amendment) Bill been discussed and approved, and when is it likely they will come before the House?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (12 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out his plans to deal with a shortage of local authority housing; if he intendeds to address the issue of the 100,000 plus families on local authority housing lists in a planned fashion by way of a direct building programme or by way of local authority loan scheme; if cognisance will be taken of the double...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (12 Mar 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects ground water quality to improve over the next five years with particular reference to upgrading of septic tanks, improvement to public sewerage treatment systems, including major, small or group schemes; if he will quantify the extent to which improvements under each heading can contribute to...