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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Process (29 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I am advised that, during the period of the 32nd Dáil, my Department has not had cause to send any items of primary legislation, including heads of bills, to EU institutions before publication. For completeness I would advise that my Department has recently sent two Draft Statutory Instruments to the European Commission. These are drafted under the European Communities Act 1972 and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (24 Jan 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: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (24 Jan 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 areas, 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)) in one...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Brexit Issues (24 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Brexit is a standing agenda item on my Department’s Management Board and Ministerial Management Board agenda. Ongoing coordination of the Department's response to Brexit including participation in inter-Departmental preparations for Brexit is overseen by an internal Working Group chaired at Assistant Secretary level and comprising officials from across the Department. This Working...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Brexit Staff (23 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Government’s contingency planning for Brexit was initiated well in advance of the UK referendum in June 2016. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade is overseeing the co-ordination of the whole-of-Government response to Brexit through the cross-Departmental coordination structures chaired by his Department.  In July 2018, and again in September 2018, a number of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Let the Minister of State answer the question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: A circus.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Let the Taoiseach finish.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Firearms and Ammunition Security (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I assume the Deputy is referring to the review of the Department’s management procedures in respect of sensitive assets referenced in the previous question. The audit of sensitive assets with a review of the Department’s management procedures in respect of both firearms and ammunition was commenced in 2017 and completed in 2018. The Deputy will be aware that this is an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Court Judgments (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The State’s appeals against the High Court judgments in this case were heard over three days and two written judgments were handed down by the Court of Appeal on the 14 February 2018 that upheld the State’s appeals in all respects.   There was no appeal against the judgments of the Court of Appeal.  That litigation is now concluded.  The judgments are in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The Archaeological Survey of Ireland within my Department’s National Monuments Service (NMS) maps and updates the data on our archaeological resources on an ongoing basis.  Information on over 140,000 monuments across the country is currently stored in the Department's Sites and Monuments Record. NMS is assisted in this task by, inter alia, members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The total airline costs incurred by my Department in 2018 was €51,863.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I am advised that the expenditure incurred by my Department for newspapers in 2018 was €11,004. My Department makes every effort to ensure that costs in this respect are kept to a minimum.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: In June 2018, the Irish Film Board was renamed Screen Ireland. Details of the financial allocations for 2019 to bodies under the aegis of my Department are published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services (REV) 2019 which is available at the following link: For ease of reference, the figures for Screen Ireland are reproduced below. Year Allocation  Change ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (22 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Details of the financial allocations for 2019, including those to bodies under the aegis of my Department, are published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services (REV) 2019 which is available at the following link: . The table hereunder shows the allocation to the Arts Council in 2018 & 2019 Allocation €m 2018 68,213 2019 75,002

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (17 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: In 2013, a grant of €10m was awarded to the local authority for the development of the centre referred to by the Deputy. This was increased to €12m in 2015. To date €1m has been drawn down by the local authority. In December 2018, my Department wrote to the local authority in response to a request for the provision of additional public funding. The letter advised that...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (17 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: My Department has no information in relation to an incident of this nature following the hare coursing meeting in question. My officials will, as before, be in touch with the Deputy to obtain any evidence she has and investigate the matter further at that point.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Regulations (17 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Under the Wildlife Acts there is an Open Season for hunting game bird species which extends from 1 September to varying dates up to the end of January depending on the species concerned and there is no separate licence required from my Department to shoot wildfowl in the location in question.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (17 Jan 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The area in question is designated as a Special Protection Area designated under the EU Birds Directive and a Special Area of Conservation designated under the EU Habitats Directive and benefits from a range of measures aimed at the protection and conservation of species and habitats.There are no immediate plans in my Department to designate the area in question as a wildfowl sanctuary under...