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Ráiteas faoi Eolas do Vótálaithe: Tairiscint - Statement for Information of Voters: Motion (3 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I have listened to the contributions in the House. The genesis of this legislation was my Private Members’ Bill which I introduced in 2016. I am pleased it has come to this stage and will go to a referendum. I compliment the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, along with others on all the work they have done on this. This legislation will help thousands of couples who have suffered marital...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (3 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: No.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Planning Issues (3 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: On 14 March 2019, the Minister for Housing Planning and Local Government referred to my Department a Statement of Case for imperative reasons of overriding public importance (IROPI) that it had received from Sligo County Council in respect of a planning application lodged with the Council by Irish Water for a proposed upgrading of the Lough Talt water treatment plant. My Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (2 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 610 to 612, inclusive, and 614 to 617, inclusive, together. The Cork Event Centre project is being led by Cork City Council with the development company BAM, having been selected by Cork City Council as the preferred tenderer. BAM in turn has engaged international events company Live Nation as the preferred operator. The project is ultimately being...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (2 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Cork Event Centre project is being led by Cork City Council with the development company BAM, having been selected by Cork City Council as the preferred tenderer. BAM in turn has engaged international events company Live Nation as the preferred operator. The project is ultimately being developed and managed by Cork City Council.  This means that Cork City Council has...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (2 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The hunting season for duck species extends from 1 September to 31 January of the following year and is set out in legislation in the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Orders 1979 to 2011. I have no current proposals to change the dates for the hunting of duck species.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (2 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: This is a matter which is before An Bord Pleanála at this time. Officials from my Department gave evidence at the Oral Hearing. It would be inappropriate for me to comment further while An Bord Pleanála is making its determination.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (2 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I understand that date of the last sighting of hares from Bull Island reported to the National Biodiversity Data Centre was in 2012. Although the reason for the decline and disappearance of hares from Bull Island is unclear, it is likely that disturbance by people and dogs would have been a source of ongoing stress to hares on the Island and may be the best explanation. Isolated...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (2 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: While the hunting of woodcock is allowed under the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Orders 1979 to 2011 from 1 November to the following 31 January. However, the European Communities (Wild Birds) (Woodcock) Regulations 2015 provides for the addition of woodcock to the list of species of wild birds in respect of which the sale, transport for sale, keeping for sale and offering for sale is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (2 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The building mentioned by the Deputy is in the ownership and management of the local authority, and is, in the first instance a matter for it. It is recorded in my Department’s National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and is rated there as of Regional Importance. As such it was recommended to the local authority for inclusion in its Record of Protected Structures and it is a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My Department is subject to Public Procurement Procedures as set out by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. These are available on the Office of Government Procurement’s website at www.ogp.gov.ie. Within this context value for money is a critical consideration in assessing whether external firms should be engaged to provide services. The information requested by...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Over the past year my Department has participated in the dissemination of messaging in relating to Project Ireland 2040, the annual Getting Winter Ready campaign and the ongoing Getting Ireland Brexit Ready campaign which is headed by the Department of Foreign Affairs And Trade. Priority campaigns for my own Department have been the Creative Ireland Programme and Bliain na Gaeilge which...

Finance Act 2004: Motion (28 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2019,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 11th March, 2019.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Deputy Scanlon for his question, which Deputy McLoughlin has also raised with me. It is primarily a matter for Irish Water, as the Deputy acknowledged in his contribution. However, I will be working closely with the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, who has written to my Department. I am liaising with officials and we will come back to the Deputy about it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: A Cheann Comhairle, stop the heckling. We cannot hear the Tánaiste speak.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Deputy is not a leader.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: A Cheann Comhairle, the Tánaiste should be allowed to speak.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department is continuing its discussions with the various interests with a mast presence in the area in question. The aim of these discussions is to address the issue of payment and enhancing the overall care and management of the site. As outlined in the previous response, these discussions are significantly advanced and nearly concluded....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (28 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) officials of my Department monitor compliance with the licences issued to the organisation concerned relating to its affiliated clubs which hold regulated hare coursing events during the period of the licences. For a number of years, prior to the publication of these monitoring reports on the NPWS website, it had been the practice of my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (28 Mar 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 36 raised bog natural heritage area 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 turf))...