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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Properties (28 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 501 and 502 together. I understand from Údarás na Gaeltachta that it currently has 17 sites available in the Donegal Gaeltacht for use or purchase by potential investors. These sites, which have a combined total area of 162.77 acres, are located in various Gaeltacht areas within the county. Údarás na Gaeltachta has also confirmed that,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: My Department does not operate any scheme which provides assistance towards the refurbishment of hotels in the Gaeltacht or on the offshore islands.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (28 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the research referred to by the Deputy, which carried out an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats relating to the Irish colleges in the Gaeltacht. The findings of the study are mostly positive regarding the impact of the Irish colleges. My Department will be examining the report’s conclusions, in co-operation with the Department of Education and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (28 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: Under Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge, my Department provides grants to Gaeltacht households which accommodate Irish students while attending Irish colleges in the Gaeltacht. This helps to reduce the overall cost for all families, including families from disadvantaged areas, who wish to send their children to the Gaeltacht. I am aware that scholarships are provided from time to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (22 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: A total of 182 petroleum exploration, appraisal and development/production wells have been drilled in Irish waters. These wells comprise three categories: (i) those that are producing or that have been completed and are ready for production; (ii) those that have been permanently plugged and abandoned, i.e. permanently closed with the setting of cement plugs in relevant sections of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Procurement Contracts (15 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: The TELLUS project is a geophysical and geochemical analysis of the soils of the island of Ireland. Initially the six counties of Northern Ireland were surveyed and under the INTERREG IVA programme the survey was extended to the six border counties in this jurisdiction. Additional funding has now been provided for the extension of the survey across a number of counties in the Midlands and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland (15 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: Matters in relation to accommodation are primarily a day to day operational matter for public bodies, in this instance Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). As the Deputy will appreciate, accommodation and staffing are amongst the most significant cost components of public sector bodies and it is incumbent on all agencies to achieve economy and efficiency. In this context, the Board of IFI...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (15 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: At the outset, I can confirm that no exploration involving hydraulic fracking has been authorised in this jurisdiction. I can also confirm, as I have done on numerous occasions, that no decision will be made on any proposal for the use of hydraulic fracturing in exploration drilling as part of an unconventional gas exploration programme until there has been time to consider the outcome of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Comharthaí Bóthair (15 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: Tá na logainmneacha Gaeltachta daingnithe san Ordú Logainmneacha (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) IR 872 de 2004. Faoi réir fhorálacha alt 33 d'Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiula 2003, níl aon fheidhm nó éifeacht ón 28 Márta 2005 leis an leagan Béarla de na logainmneacha seo ar chomhartha bóthair nó sráide arna chur suas ag údarás...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (15 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: Mar is eol don Teachta, níl aon chonradh ag mo Roinn faoi láthair chun seirbhís farantóireachta do phaisinéirí a chur ar fáil idir Ros an Mhíl agus Árainn (Inis Mór). É sin ráite, tuigtear dom go bhfuil an farantóir ag leanúint leis an tseirbhís chéanna i gcónaí gan aon chúnamh Stáit. Sa...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (15 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: Tiocfaidh deireadh leis an gconradh farantóireachta reatha do phaisinéirí go hInis Meáin agus Inis Oírr ar 31 Deireadh Fómhair 2017. Glacfar cinneadh in am trátha maidir le comhdhéanamh aon chonradh nua tar éis athbhreithniú iomlán a bheith déanta agus ag tógáil moltaí na bpáirtithe leasmhara san áireamh.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Eitilte (15 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: Tá an fógra ag lorg tairiscintí do sheirbhís aeir Oileáin Árann foilsithe anois. Tá spriocdháta den 8 Meitheamh 2015 ag tairgeoirí seirbhísí aeir chun tairiscintí a dhéanamh. Faoin Iarraidh ar Thairiscint, tá íosleibhéal seirbhíse in aghaidh na seachtaine i gceist, is é sin dhá eitilt fillte in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (15 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: Further to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1010 of 24 March 2015, I am advised that the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government is providing funding for the community groups on the relevant non-Gaeltacht islands up to 13 May 2015. A sum of €300,000 will be transferred to my Department for these purposes for the period to end-2015 and arrangements to that end...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (15 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, the implementation of the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 is a key priority for my Department in the context of supporting the Irish language as a community and household language in the Gaeltacht. My Department is responsible for coordinating the implementation of the Strategy in conjunction with a wide range of key stakeholders. The Deputy may...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Forbairt na nOileán (15 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: Tuigim ó Údarás na Gaeltachta go bhfuil plean forbartha fostaíochta do Ghaeltacht Chorcaí, lena n-áirítear Cléire, le haontú faoi láthair. Tá an tÚdarás ag súil go n-aontófar na tionscnaimh agus na beartais is riachtanaí le heagraíochtaí eile Stáit, lena n-áirítear Comhairle Contae...

Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (1 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: I have been provided with a script but I will not use it.

Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (1 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: I was as surprised as the Deputies to see copies of the letter. It is important to point out a working group has been established under the stewardship of Bobby Kerr. When I received a copy of the letter the first thing I did was go to the working group because it includes representatives from the Irish Postmasters Union and various stakeholders with an interest in pulling together a plan...

Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (1 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: No one was more disappointed than I was when I saw the letter.

Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (1 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: Good work is being done by the working group. Its meetings are long and people are putting much time into it. Sometimes when something such as this happens, it helps to keep focus on an issue. I hope that happens by the Deputies raising the issue publicly and by me trying to be honest and upfront not just in not giving a standard reply for the sake of it-----

Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (1 Apr 2015)

Joe McHugh: -----but as someone who lives in rural Ireland and who is from a parish where the lifeblood of the community on a Friday, or any other day of the week for that matter-----