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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Funding of over €54 million has been made available in 2019 for my Department's heritage programme. This includes €38.7 million allocated for current expenditure with a further €15.4 million in capital funding and allows for increased investment in both our built and natural heritage. There were some 8 million visits to our national parks, nature reserves and national...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: In terms of North-South co-operation, a provision of more than €40 million has been made available to support the two North-South implementation bodies, An Foras Teanga, which comprises Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency, and Waterways Ireland. These allocations are also subject to the approval of the North-South Ministerial Council. In respect of Waterways Ireland, the...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Deputy is correct that there is €339 million provided to the Department. My understanding is that from the rural fund we got €7.381 million for heritage and €3.86 million for the Gaeltacht. Many of our projects are in rural areas. In respect of Cork, there was funding of €5.4 million in arts grants in 2018, including to the Cork Butter Museum, Cork county...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I understand. The national parks are also central to the rural economy and are a key element of the rural development programme.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: On creative youth, significant progress has been made for this scheme. It was published at the end of 2017 and originally encompassed about 150 schools. We are going to roll it out to 300 schools. Some schools in the Deputy's area are Scoil an Linbh Íosa in Prosperous, Scoil Mhichíl Naofa in Athy and Scoil Mhuire junior school in Ballymany in Newbridge. This is in conjunction...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Yes, they are being addressed.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Yes. Okay.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I will try to answer all of the Chairman's questions, but if I miss any, I ask him to remind me at the end. He referred to the film industry in general and we have spoken about it in the Dáil by way of parliamentary questions. At the moment, according to the Olsberg report, there are approximately 12,000 whole-time equivalent jobs in the audiovisual sector and the sector is worth...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I will come back to that again. On digitisation, one initiative is the Beyond 2022 project, Ireland's virtual record treasury. An allocation of €95,000 was approved to support the transition phase of that initiative. It is being led by Trinity College, Dublin and is a very exciting project. It will go a long way to preserving our collections and records, which are important in the...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Rhododendron clearance continued throughout 2018 at Glenveagh National Park. There are many different invasive species but approximately €600,000 was allocated for nationwide rhododendron clearance in 2018. Since 2011, the Department has invested approximately €1.25 million in tackling rhododendron clearance, specifically in Killarney National Park. Approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting Season (5 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Section 40 of the Wildlife Acts 1976, as amended, prohibits the cutting, grubbing, burning or destruction of vegetation, with certain strict exemptions, from 1 March to 31 August. Following a review of Section 40, which included consideration of submissions from interested parties, proposals were announced in December 2015 to introduce legislation to allow for managed hedge cutting and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (5 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 606 and 607 together. I refer the Deputy to my reply to PQ No. 1434 of 7th September 2018 which is copied below. The site referred to by the Deputy is protected under the National Monuments Acts and any person proposing to carry out works at or in relation to it is required to give the Minister two months’ advance...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (5 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The 1964 Venice Charter is not an agreement between State parties and there is therefore no mechanism for State ratification, signature or accession to it. Conservation theory and practice is continually evolving and Ireland is guided by the most up to date principles and objectives of international best practice.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council (5 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Since its inception, the Heritage Council has invested considerable resources in the establishment and development of the National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC). The Council places great value on the work carried out by the NBDC and its staff. This work is of national and international significance and helps strengthen our understanding of biodiversity issues and provides...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (5 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: In accordance with the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 and the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, certain activities in sites protected for nature conservation may only be undertaken with my prior consent, as Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, or with the consent of another public authority, if applicable. Compensation may be payable where a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (28 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: As the Minister with responsibility for leading the Decade of Centenaries commemorative programme, my priority is to ensure that the Government's approach to the remembrance of the significant historical events and related themes of the period from 1919 to 1923 is appropriate, measured, respectful, inclusive and sensitive to the different perspectives that persist on the events of this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (27 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Decade of Centenaries programme commenced in 2012 and has to date commemorated major events including the 1916 Rising, the First World War, the introduction of voting rights for women and their right to stand as candidates in parliamentary elections. The objective of the State centenary commemoration programme for the remaining years from 2019 – 2023 is to ensure that this complex...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (27 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I refer the Deputy to my replies to PQ 274 of 27th June 2018 and PQ 762 of 12th July 2018, copies of which are below. PQ 274 of 27th June 2018. I am advised that a granite pillar was brought to the attention of my Department's National Monuments Service as possible evidence of the existence of a famine graveyard at the location in question. However, I understand that the Department's view...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (27 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My role with regard to the protection and management of our architectural heritage is set out in the provisions of relevant legislation, as are the roles of local authorities and the responsibilities of owners. The property in question is, I understand, owned by the local authority and it remains first and foremost a matter for it. In terms of the support that I can offer as Minister, my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 222 to 226, inclusive, together. Wild deer in the State are protected under the Wildlife Acts. There is an annual Open Season during which deer can be legally shot under licence. The current hunting season or open season for deer operates generally from 1 September to the last day of February, depending on the species and gender of deer. My Department...