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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (20 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My Department issued the Irish Coursing Club with licences in August 2018 on behalf of its affiliated clubs to capture and tag hares for the 2018/19 coursing season. There are 29 conditions associated with the licences issued to the Irish Coursing Club which have been developed and refined over the years. Officials of the NPWS of my Department have monitored 33 coursing events during...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (19 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I move:That, pursuant to Standing Order 154, it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Health, in relation to the Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018, that the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill, in relation to the carrying out of health needs assessments and to make other consequential...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: There are deer management plans throughout the country. If the Deputy would like to let the National Parks and Wildlife Service know about a particular issue, I ask him to do so through my Department. In addition, the National Parks and Wildlife Service gives out licences to cull certain deer in certain circumstances. The Deputy can bring anything to my attention and I will deal with it.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (19 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I refer the Deputy to the replies provided in response to his previous questions, PQ31811/18 and PQ36101/18. While seals are a protected species, my Department may issue licenses to cull individual problem seals, and affected persons can apply for such licenses. My Department has no plans to undertake a general cull of seals. However, on 5th February 2019 representatives of my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility (19 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: An application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme was received by my Department from the individual referred to in the Deputy’s Question. With respect to 53 raised bog special areas 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: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (19 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My Department is responsible for the care and conservation of Celtic crosses that are in my ownership or guardianship as national monuments in accordance with the National Monuments Acts. They are maintained on a day-to-day basis by the Office of Public Works, in consultation with the Department. Such monuments located within graveyards owned by local authorities are a matter for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Education Grants (19 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 696 and 697 together. My Department, and the bodies under its aegis, provide a number of supports for music and musicians. The Arts Council is the principal agency through which current funding is channelled to artists and arts organisations and has a wide number of schemes and initiatives in support of music. Details of the Council's funding of schemes and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (19 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My role as Minister with regard to the protection and management of our architectural heritage is set out in the provisions of relevant legislation, as are the role of local authorities and the responsibilities of owners. The buildings referred to by the Deputy are in local authority ownership. In relation to the first building, I understand the local authority is working to assess the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts Data (19 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I am advised that Phase 3 of the Master Development Plan of the National Gallery of Ireland, including refurbishment of the Dargan and Milltown Wings, was completed in 2017. The initial estimated cost of this project in 2010 was €25.8 million. Following the commencement of work in 2011 and taking account of unexpected structural issues encountered during the build, projected...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (19 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Exchequer Pay allocation for my Department and the bodies under its aegis for each of the years 2015 to 2018 are included in the Annual Revised Estimates for the years in question published at . The exchequer pay outturn for 2015, 2016, and 2017 for my Department and the bodies under its aegis are contained in the Annual Appropriation Account, published by the Comptroller and Auditor...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Procurement Contracts Data (19 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that both my Department and those bodies under its aegis are 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 I would also advise the Deputy that the normal practice is for contracts to be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Meetings (14 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I had meetings with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to discuss the project to which the Deputy refers on the following dates; - 22nd June 2018, - 29th August 2018, - 19th September 2018, and - 29th January 2019 Relevant officials from my Department also attended these meetings. Officials from my Department continue to engage with the local authority as this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (14 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on the Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry recommended in July that Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board) constitute a Film Forum, with an independent Chair, in order to allow all stakeholders within the sector to meet and work together to develop mutually beneficial solutions for the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (14 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, including remembrance of all those who lost their lives, in the period from 1919 to 1923 is appropriate, measured, authentic, respectful, inclusive and sensitive to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (14 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I am advised that my Department did not commission any consultancy or audit services from the company referred to by the Deputy during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the capital projects valued in excess of €10m completed by my Department since 2011 is set out below. Project Initial Contract Value Final Cost Final Cost Ex Post Review Phase 3 of the Master Development Plan of the National Gallery of Ireland including refurbishment of the Dargan and Milltown Wings (Completed in...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: He is answering the question.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (13 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Government Policy on Architecture 2009 to 2015 placed an emphasis on the sustainable development of the environment through encouraging and supporting high quality modern architecture and urban design, incorporating architectural heritage in a holistic, integrated manner and developing actions which responded to and promoted awareness in these areas. Having reviewed the various...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Consultancy Contracts Data (13 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 230 together. I am advised that my Department did not engage any consultants or commission any reports from the companies referred to by the Deputy during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (13 Feb 2019)

Josepha Madigan: From 1997, the intention to designate 439 special areas of conservation has been publicly advertised. Legal protection has applied to these sites from the time they were initially proposed for designation. 30 sites selected for designation as special areas of conservation lie within the Cork county boundary. Of these, 12 sites have been formally designated as special areas of...