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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: St. Patrick's Day Celebrations (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: I agree with the Deputy. I remember paying my own way to Silicon Valley and coming here when I was in opposition, at a time when Ministers were not going there, and saying I agreed totally that they should go there. When they did go somewhere, they were criticised from the Opposition benches. It is very important that they do go there. We are attracting a large number of the Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: St. Patrick's Day Celebrations (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: Since 2012, the week around the St. Patrick's Day festival has been designated as the international week of Irish culture. That year was essentially the first of a five-year development plan in this regard, with the emphasis on the launch of an international celebration of the Irish culture brand and a series of programme activities based in existing cultural venues around the Merrion...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: St. Patrick's Day Celebrations (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank Deputy Ó Fearghaíl for raising this matter. He has accepted that we are doing well and are using St. Patrick's Day not only as a celebration of our Irishness but also as a platform to undertake other cultural events at home and internationally. Of course we can do better. For that reason, I will have a meeting in early April with Culture Ireland, which is a representative...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural and Heritage Centre (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8, 17, 20 and 139 together. As the Deputies are aware, following ongoing discussions between my Department and the Bank of Ireland, I recently announced a partnership between the Bank of Ireland and my Department to create a new Cultural and Heritage Centre at Parliament Buildings, College Green. The Bank of Ireland at College Green is one of the most...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 and 165 together. UNESCO sets out a formal process for State signatories to the World Heritage Convention to nominate properties for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The nomination process is initiated by the State authorities drawing up a Tentative List of what they consider to be the most important heritage sites within their national...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Review of Ireland’s Raised Bog Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs), which is available to download from my Department’s website at , provides details on future arrangements regarding turf cutting on each of the 75 raised bog NHAs. Based on a comprehensive scientific assessment, the Review has proposed a reconfiguration of the network of raised bog NHAs, including the complete or...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16, 19 and 36 together. I refer the Deputies to a number of recent replies in this House relating to the commemorative programme for the decade of centenaries. These have outlined the activities undertaken and the events planned for the remainder of 2014, as well as the programme leading up to 2016. Already this year, we have seen the launch by the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 162 together. Since the onset of the recent bouts of severe weather affecting many areas of the country, my Department has maintained ongoing contact with regional staff and our partners in the heritage sector, in particular the Office of Public Works and local authorities in the most affected areas, with a view to identifying the full extent of the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Naomh Éanna is owned by the Irish Nautical Trust and has been moored at Grand Canal Dock since 1989, when it was found to no longer meet health and safety requirements to operate as a passenger-carrying vessel. Unfortunately, the ship has deteriorated substantially in the past 20 years and presents a real risk in the Grand Canal Basin, in the heart of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ulster Canal Restoration Project (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, in July 2007 the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) agreed to proceed with the restoration of the section of the Ulster Canal between Clones and Upper Lough Erne. The then Government agreed to cover the full capital costs of the project, which were estimated at that time to be of the order of €35m. It was always the intention that the Ulster Canal...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: The national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street is the subject of a Preservation Order under the National Monuments Acts. The effect of the Preservation Order is that any works affecting the site require my consent, as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, under section 14 of the National Monuments Act 1930, as amended. On 16 July last I made a determination in relation to a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Promotion (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Irish Film Board (IFB) has primary responsibility for the support and promotion of film-making in Ireland, in respect of both the indigenous sector and inward productions. It is a statutorily independent agency responsible for the promotion and development of the Irish film industry and I have no responsibility in relation to its day-to-day operational matters, including the allocation of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Historic Towns Initiative (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Historic Towns Initiative (HTI) is a joint undertaking by my Department, the Heritage Council and Fáilte Ireland, which have come together to promote the heritage-led regeneration of Ireland’s historic towns. In order to pilot the HTI, three towns – Listowel, County Kerry, Westport, County Mayo, and Youghal, County Cork – were chosen, based on their respective...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Raised Bog Habitats Growth (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: Active raised bogs are acid, peat forming, rainfall fed bogs, with a water level generally higher than in the surrounding areas and dominated by bog mosses (Sphagnum species) which are the main peat forming species. The principal peat forming bog mosses require water tables over, at or slightly below the bog surface for most of the year and water levels rarely drop more than 20cms below the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 29 and 34 together. The qualifying criteria for the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, administered by my Department, are that: - The claimant must have a legal interest in one of the 53 raised bog special areas of conservation – ownership or turbary right; - The claimant must have been the owner or entitled to exercise turbary...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: Whilst my Department provides funding to the National Cultural Institutions, the board of each institution is responsible for all operational matters, including recruitment and internship programmes. Such matters are, of course, required to be in compliance with public sector pay and recruitment policy as set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. While I have no direct...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my responses to a series of Questions on this general topic asked by him in recent months. As stated, the Government's policy on the arts is to promote and strengthen the arts in all its forms, to increase access to and participation in the arts, and to make the arts an integral and valued part of our national life. I am continuing to work towards this goal with my...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: A total of 2,883 applications for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme have been received and acknowledged by my Department. Of these, 800 applicants have expressed an interest in relocation to non-designated bogs. Relocation is a very complex process, in terms of investigating suitable sites for turf quality and quantity, the infrastructure/drainage works...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ferry Operations (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: There is a contract in place between my Department and the operator for the provision of a passenger ferry service for Inishbofin for the period from 1 January 2012 until 31 December 2014. Under this contract, my Department subsidises 14 return sailings per week, i.e. 2 per day, all year round. At the time that this contract was advertised, my Department was of the opinion that a three-year...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Air Services Provision (6 Mar 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, in pursuance of Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1008/2008 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes, Ireland has imposed a public service obligation (PSO) in respect of a scheduled air service operated between Galway or Na Mine and the Aran Islands. My Department has agreed a contract with an operator for the provision of the air service...