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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I have now re-established the All-Party Consultation Committee on Commemorations and the first meeting will take place on Thursday this week. I will chair the committee which is made up of members of the Oireachtas and the Northern Ireland Assembly. I look forward to engaged and constructive meetings of the Group to explore and address appropriate commemoration of the events and milestones...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Project Ireland 2040has given explicit recognition to the importance of our culture, language and heritage to our sustainable development over the next decade and beyond. This recognition is underpinned by the unprecedented commitment by Government to invest €1.2 billion in our culture, our language and our heritage. Investing in our Culture, Language and Heritage 2018-2027 sets out...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I can confirm that I have received the submission referred to in the question. As Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, I greatly welcome the commitment given by an Taoiseach to increase Government spending in the arts and culture sector on a trajectory that will see funding doubled by 2025. My Department and I continue to work with an Taoiseach and all of my Government colleagues...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 and 98 together. The Deputy will be aware that details of the financial allocations for my Department for 2019 will be made available as part of the Budget Estimates 2019 which will be published on Tuesday 9 October. In 2018, my Department allocated €11,982m to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), which represents an over 7% increase...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 87, 116 and 654 together. As Deputies are no doubt aware, there are many local museums and other entities around the country that display material relating to the famine, such as the very significant Irish National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park, County Roscommon. As I advised the House in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 761 of 12th July,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: As Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, I greatly welcome the commitment given by an Taoiseach to increase Government spending in the arts and culture sector on a trajectory that will see funding doubled by 2025. My Department and I continue to work rigorously with an Taoiseach and all of my Government colleagues towards delivering on this commitment. A first and very significant...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department provides financial support for the protection of heritage buildings and historic structures through a number of schemes which are generally administered by local authorities. The Built Heritage Investment Scheme is a scheme for the repair and conservation of protected structures on the local authority Record of Protected Structures. It is designed to leverage private capital for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department approved capital funding in principle of €250,000 in respect of the Briary Gap Theatre in Macroom under the Arts and Culture Capital Scheme 2016-2018. The amount was payable to Cork County Council towards the restoration and enhancement of the theatre, pending clarity on all reinstatement issues including the contribution from insurances, and subject to the acceptance of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I am aware of the issues referred to in the questions and I am determined to deliver additional supports to the arts and culture sector in line with Government commitments. In this regard, primary support for the Arts is delivered through the Arts Council. Funding for the Arts Council has increased by 20% over the past 4 years and now stands at €68.2 million in 2018; representing 23%...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: As the Deputy is aware, the project to conserve the national monument buildings and to open them as a Commemorative Centre to the leaders of the 1916 Rising was suspended in early 2016 on foot of proceedings in the High Court. The aim of the works was to restore the buildings in a way that would have ensured that they reflected as closely as possible what they would have been like when they...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: In April of this year, I was delighted to launch my Department's sectoral Plan – Investing in Our Culture, Language and Heritage 2018 – 2027. This Government’s capital investment plan provides for funding of €200m to be invested in media production and audio visual industries through Screen Ireland over the next 10 years which will have a positive impact right...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Raised Bog Management Plan (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Under the peatlands community engagement scheme, which is operating as a pilot scheme this year, I have approved grant funding of just under €137,000 to twelve local community groups and organisations for a variety of projects focused on the conservation and revitalisation of raised bog special areas of conservation, natural heritage areas and other raised bog areas. This scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: City of Culture Initiative (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The Government has committed €15 million in funding to Galway 2020. A Performance Delivery Agreement to set out the mutual responsibilities of Galway 2020 and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and the terms of the drawdown of the funds under the Agreement, is being progressed by officials in my Department. Officials from my Department are working closely with...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Digital Archiving (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: In June 2017, my Department advertised a new scheme of funding support for the Digitisation of Collections by the National Cultural Institutions and collections of national significance. A total of €2.3m was allocated to 14 projects in ten organisations including the National Cultural Institutions. Examples of the projects funded include the digitisation of the Church of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Following the publication of the report by RTÉ that it commissioned from independent consultants Helen Boaden and Mediatique on the RTÉ Orchestras entitled RTÉ Orchestras Ensuring a Sustainable Future, the Government has agreed in principle that the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra should come within the remit of the National Concert Hall (NCH). The Government also...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Firstly, I would like to thank the members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for the work undertaken to produce the Report which was published last July just a few weeks after the Government launched its Audiovisual Action Plan. The Committee's Report and the Audiovisual Action Plan have significant overlap and share the objectives of developing the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department provides financial support for the protection of heritage buildings and historic structures through a number of schemes which are generally administered by local authorities. The Structures at Risk Fund (SRF) supports conservation works to heritage structures in both private and public ownership, which are deemed to be at significant risk of deterioration. I have allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Brexit Issues (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department co-sponsors two of the six North-South Implementation Bodies established under the Good Friday Agreement, Waterways Ireland and An Foras Teanga/the Language Body. I am advised that, as the North-South Implementation Bodies were established under an Agreement reached between the Governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom which was not dependent on European Community...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I will shortly bring proposals to Government setting out the proposed approach to the programme of commemorations over the remainder of the Decade of Centenaries. The Government's approach to the remembrance of all of those who lost their lives during the Independence Struggle and the significant events and themes associated with this period, will be informed by the guidance of the Expert...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The Creative School Programme is one of the key initiatives of the Creative Youth Plan, an initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme. It is led by the Arts Council in collaboration with and funded by my Department and the Department of Education and Skills. Following an open application process, 150 schools were selected for the pilot in the school year 2018/19. These schools have...