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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the supports for working artists in the social protection system; and if the Government will relax activation rules for working artists to allow them to support themselves as they produce the art and cultural pieces for which our country is rightly proud. [13597/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 607. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government will commit to the long-term goal of increasing arts funding to the European average of 0.6% of GDP. [13594/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Employment Data (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 600. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her estimate of the number of persons working in the arts sector both full-time and part-time; the main categories of employment and the locations by county; the remuneration levels for each sector and county area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13235/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Employment Data (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 602. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her proposals to assist young persons, including graduates, seeking to find employment in the arts here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13244/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 601. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the applications which have been received to date in respect of the fund established in the 2016 budget, to upgrade regional and local arts centres; the amount that has been disbursed to date and to which centres; the proposed allocations for the remainder of 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13239/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 609. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will create an arts capital fund modelled after the sports capital fund to ensure better long-term funding for Irish arts. [13596/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 606. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Government increased the total number of Ministers without assigning a single one with exclusive responsibility for the arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht; how arts policy priorities will now be implemented in the revised departmental structure; her response to the 13,000 plus persons who have already joined an online...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 608. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase funding in the arts over the lifetime of the Government; and her views that funding for the Arts Council and Irish Film Board should be doubled. [13595/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: World Heritage Sites (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 610. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to pursue more applications for United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation World Heritage Status for more of Ireland's national landmarks (details supplied). [13598/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 611. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how she will work with the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that parents can access second-level education through Irish, especially in areas with proven demand for Gaelscoileanna. [13599/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 612. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide extra funding to Irish-speaking Gaeltacht areas to encourage greater use of the language and better economic prospects for those living in Gaeltacht areas. [13600/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 613. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how she will ensure that arts funding is used in order that minority and new Irish voices are heard as part of our cultural output. [13601/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 621. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to liaise with the Minister for Health to develop and roll out an arts and health strategy across acute and children’s hospitals and across the community health sector and the other innovative approaches being considered to use the arts as a means to promote well-being across society. [13611/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the development of the creative industries sector; if she has reviewed the report from the previous Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the hearings relating to examining the potential for job creation, innovation and balanced economic development in the creative economy; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 615. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had engaged with stakeholders in the music industry in terms of the establishment of a music industry taskforce with wide representation, which would examine a range of issues, including the impact of intellectual property and copyright legislation and enforcement in both the music and technology industries, supports for...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts in Education Charter (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 616. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has liaised with the Minister for Education and Skills on the development of contemporary art education at primary and secondary level in Irish schools. [13605/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 617. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a national cultural strategy up to 2025. [13606/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 618. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop musical education and instruments available to young persons and the general population through facilitating schools, youth groups and libraries in enhancing their music resources and the provision of access to musical training and instruments for the benefit of local communities. [13607/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 619. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has examined any proposals to facilitate, on a national basis, the use of vacant retail premises by exhibiting artists based on successful schemes such as Space Invaders in County Galway which uses empty retail units to support local artists. [13608/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Promotion (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future planning and development takes full cognisance of the historic character and protect the character and heritage of villages. [13609/16]