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Other Questions: National Orchestras (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Dee Forbes has stated the RTÉ internal review should be completed by the end of this month. RTÉ announced the review via a press release in November 2017. Its overall funding position is well known. It is incumbent on RTÉ to consider and assess its role in the provision of orchestral music into the future. In that context, the review will consider what current and future...

Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: My Department has been informed of new allegations of bullying and harassment in the National Museum. The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot discuss individual cases. The Deputy will also be aware that the National Museum of Ireland is a statutory body under the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 and I have no responsibility for the day to day operations of the museum. While I...

Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I do not accept the fact that no steps have been taken to try to eradicate harassment in this particular area. I have the utmost sympathy for women and men who go through any bullying or harassment in the museum or any other cultural institution. There is positive engagement with the National Museum of Ireland and a head of human resources was put in place, on an 18 month contract, on 26...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I am aware that this site, comprising a historic house and estate of some 5,000 acres, has been offered for sale, with a reported asking price in the region of €28 million. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department has no direct role in this sales' process as it is a commercial matter between the owners of the property in question and the parties interested in the purchase. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: There were discussions, which for reasons of confidentiality the details of which I am not allowed to give the House. We are open to further discussions on this. As I said, there is a permissive right of way in the estate. The price has to be right. The door is open for negotiations in the future. As well as the location, the estate is of architectural and cultural significance. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I do not know if the Deputy heard my response.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: What I said was there have been previous discussions in relation to this estate but that there are obvious financial constraints. Unless the property is in a price range that is acceptable to the Department, it will not be in a position to purchase it. We are leaving the door open in terms of further negotiations and hopefully we will be in a position to proceed. I agree that the estate is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The Government recently launched Project Ireland 2040, which is a comprehensive national planning framework and associated ten year national development plan. Project Ireland 2040 explicitly recognises that our culture, language and heritage are an essential part of the sustainable development of the country. It was anticipated that I would launch this element of the plan with An Taoiseach,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The breakdown of allocations for culture, heritage and the Irish language over the next five years is as follows: €54 million in 2018, €75 million in 2019, €76 million in 2020, €80 million in 2021 and €110 in 2022. It is important to say that the infrastructure project steering group, which will be set up shortly by the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Deputy Smyth is correct that regional arts must to be to the forefront in the national development plan and in our particular sector investment. 11 o’clock It will be part of the €725 million about which the Deputy asked. That €265 million in effect implements pillar 3 of Creative Ireland in relation to a culture and creativity investment programme. One of the key...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The Deputy will remember my previous answers in the House on this matter. The control of live hare coursing, including the operation of individual coursing meetings and managing the use of hares for that activity, is carried out under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, which is the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. My responsibility relates...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Greenways Development (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Apart from waterways under the aegis of Waterways Ireland and the properties within the National Parks and Reserves, my Department has no statutory function in relation to coastal paths, greenways and Blueways.  Waterways Ireland, a North South Implementation Body under my remit, is responsible for the management, maintenance, development and restoration of some 1,000km of navigable...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Development Plan (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The National Development Plan 2018-2027 sets out the funding allocated to strategic investment priorities in the culture and heritage area, in recognition of its vital role in national life. Tomorrow I will launch this element of the Plan, with An Taoiseach, Minister Paschal Donohue and my colleague Minister of State Joe McHugh. In regard to our unique natural heritage, at this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gender Equality (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I have repeatedly stated that everyone, regardless of their job, is entitled to work in an atmosphere in which respect, dignity, fairness and equality are very much the norm. I have also reaffirmed my continued commitment to measures aimed at eliminating workplace harassment in the arts and culture sector Last November, my predecessor met with leaders of Irish theatre organisations...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: In July 2007, the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC) agreed to proceed with the restoration and reopening of the 13km section of the Ulster Canal between Clones and Upper Lough Erne. Government approval to restore a 2.5km stretch of the Ulster Canal from the Shannon-Erne waterway to the International Scout Centre at Castlesaunderson, near Belturbet, Co. Cavan was granted on 24thFebruary...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The Deputy is already aware from my previous response earlier that the control of live hare coursing, including the operation of individual coursing meetings and managing the use of hares for that activity, is carried out under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, which is the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. My responsibility relates to the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Digital Archiving (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Trinity College Dublin has commenced a project in conjunction with a number of archival partners including the National Archives here in Ireland; the National Archives (UK); the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and the Irish Manuscripts Commission to digitally restore the layout and make-up of the Record Treasury of the Public Records Office that was destroyed at the commencement...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Bullying in the Workplace (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 43 together. I have repeatedly stated that everyone, regardless of their job, is entitled to work in an atmosphere in which respect, dignity, fairness and equality are very much the norm. I have also reaffirmed my continued commitment to measures aimed at eliminating workplace harassment in the arts and culture sector. Last November, my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Project Ireland 2040 – the National Planning Framework and associated 10 year National Development Plan – explicitly recognises that our culture, language and heritage are an essential part of the sustainable development of the country.  This acknowledgement of the centrality of our culture and creativity, of our language and community and of our built and natural heritage...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question no. 103 on 23rd January, 2018. As I stated on that occasion, the Heritage Council is best placed to offer practical advise and assistance to local groups, and works in partnership with local communities, local authorities, voluntary groups, government departments, various agencies and national cultural institutions in order to deliver this...