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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tender documents will be prepared for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that planning permission for the new school was granted on 21 April 2017; the timeframe for completing the project; the expected opening date for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20971/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if so, the progress to date with the project; the details of the extension involved; when construction is likely to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20973/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (3 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the letter of acceptance has issued to the successful contractor for the Maynooth education campus; when contracts will be signed; when construction will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20975/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (3 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the Phase 2 restoration works to Maynooth Castle, County Kildare, which included the provision of a roof on the keep of the castle and an auditorium, with a view to promoting Maynooth Castle as a tourist attraction and in view of the promotion of Ireland's Ancient East; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (3 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in the Office of Public Works, OPW, formally approving the lower Morrell river flood relief scheme and the funding of same in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20966/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the necessity to construct a new vehicular bridge over the River Liffey in Celbridge, County Kildare; if he will provide a commitment to Kildare County Council in relation to formulating a plan to progress the bridge to construction including route selection, environmental and archaeological impacts,...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 50. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a national cultural strategy up to 2025. [19861/17]

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: I want to ask the Minister if she would agree that the prospering of the arts and the arts community in Ireland will be vital in the context of the challenges posed to the whole country and island as a consequence of Brexit. What proposals does the Minister have to, for instance, support artists who in many cases earn less than 70% of the average wage? Does she foresee artists having a...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Absolutely.

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Sorry-----

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister refers to the document and previous initiatives being based on the very successful 2016 programme. The Minister will recall that I was a very strong supporter, as Tánaiste, of investment into the rebuilding of the national cultural institutions. I argued strongly that the capital initiative for funding which existed in the years running up to 2016 - and saw the restoration...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: That was all done by the last Government.

Other Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister aware of the statements made by the new CEO of An Post that hundreds of post offices are likely to close? I understood the retention of the post office system was an integral part of the development and maintenance of services in rural Ireland. There was a slight dust up between my good friend the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ring, and the Minister, Deputy Denis...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: No, to start with-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: I remind the Minister and I am sure she will remember that as Tánaiste I constantly fought as part of the previous Government with the two Ministers for Finance, including the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to get more funding into the arts. The Minister might acknowledge that when I was Tánaiste I was probably one of her strongest backers around the Cabinet table. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Really?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister must have attended some different Cabinet meetings to me.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 42. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the role of Aosdána in recognising and supporting Irish artists; if she plans to limit and diminish the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20438/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Joan Burton: What is the Department doing about the row that seems to have broken out with the Arts Council in respect of the proposal on the cnuas, the stipend, paid to several members of Aosdána? Apparently, a time and motion study is to be conducted by the Department on the productivity of artists. This is like something out of An Béal Bochtby Flann O’Brien or Cré na Cilleby...