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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Architectural Heritage (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I share Deputy McLellan's views on the importance of the house, especially the unique and remarkable painted interiors, with which I am familiar. With this in mind I allocated a substantial sum from the limited resources available last year. I remind Deputy McLellan - this is something she might bring to the attention of Cork County Council - that under the €5 million allocation for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Architectural Heritage (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As I pointed out, it is in private ownership and so I have no direct involvement but Cork County Council has direct involvement. It has the statutory role and function to ensure that the house is kept in good repair. I suggest that Deputy McLellan should go back to Cork County Council and the responsible heritage officer and ask them to engage with the owners of this important and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The reduction in funding for the Arts Council is €3.967 million. For the past two years I did my best to cushion the reduction in the allocation for the Arts Council, keeping the reduction well below what it expected. I could not do that this year because there was major pressure from the national cultural institutions. At this stage we are trying to keep them open. For example,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Arts Council is free to make its particular cuts and I cannot influence those or direct it in any way. For the past two years the Arts Council has always acknowledged that its reduction was not commensurate with other reductions. This year, unfortunately, because of so much pressure on the small budget I have, I could not do that to the same extent. However, I have tried other measures...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The overall allocation for my Department's Vote group, including the Vote for the National Gallery of Ireland, in the recently published budget Estimate for 2014 amounts to €245.7 million. This is a reduction of just under €17 million on 2013 and includes a reduction of some €2.21 million in respect of the EU Presidency cultural programme, which is now completed, and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 96 together. 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 65 and 322 together. The commemoration of the Easter Rising and the Proclamation of the Irish Republic will be the centrepiece of the Decade of Commemorations. I continue to work with my colleagues in Government, and with the National Cultural Institutions and other stakeholders, to explore options for comprehensive and authentic commemorations. I am also...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66, 67 and 85 together. The information sought concerning the current vacancies on the State boards of bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group is set out in the following table. It may be noted that appointments to the board of Foras na Gaeilge are made by the North South Ministerial Council, arising from nominations on a 50:50 basis from each...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Arrangements for the relocation of turf cutters to non-designated bogs have been made as regards a group from Clara Bog special area of conservation in County Offaly and a group from Carrownagappul Bog and Curraghlehanagh Bog special areas of conservation in County Galway. The group from Clara Bog commenced turf cutting at the relocation site in Killeranny, County Offaly, in June 2012, where...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéis don Ghaeilge (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Mar is eol don Teachta, is ar an 3 Deireadh Fómhair 2013 a reáchtáladh an seimineár atá luaite aige. Thug an seimineár deis do na heagraíochtaí ábhartha Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta léargas a fháil ó mo Roinnse, ó Fhoras na Gaeilge agus ó Údarás na Gaeltachta faoin obair atá idir lámha againn faoin...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my previous answers in this regard. I have been advised by the National Museum of Ireland that it collects material of national and regional importance where a connection with the Great Famine is verifiable. I understand that the Museum is in possession of a number of objects relating to the Famine that are categorised broadly into collections but that there are no...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The life, work and legacy of the poet in question is immense. He is one of our greatest artists and a poet of world renown. I hope it will be possible for a major exhibition honouring him, his life and his work to be hosted by the National Library of Ireland. I have made initial financial provision for this in both my Department's 2013 and 2014 Exchequer allocations.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: North-South Implementation Bodies (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The €2.1 million reduction referred to by the Deputy relates to current programme expenditure and will be distributed between the two North-South Implementation Bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group. As the Deputy is aware, budgets for the North-South Implementation Bodies are approved by the North-South Ministerial Council. These budgets are subject to ongoing discussion...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 724 of 18 September 2013. Funds are allocated each year within my Department's capital budget for archaeological works arising out of Office of Public Works projects at national monuments in State care. In 2013, €55,000 was allocated towards these projects to progress them towards report and-or publication stage. The information and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Information on all recorded monuments, of which there are over 130,000, is most readily accessible from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland section of my Department's National Monuments Service website, . The monuments are displayed on a GIS-based mapping facility, which includes, in a majority of cases, information on individual monuments. While there is no specific register of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 95 together. The scope to provide additional funding for the protection, conservation and development of the State's heritage is constrained by the current national economic difficulties and the significant reduction in the public finances. The Heritage Council had sought additional funds to enable it to recommence its grants scheme and I am pleased...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As part of its obligations under the Habitats Directive, Ireland must designate Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) for the protection of endangered habitats and species. The European Commission oversees the fulfilment of these obligations through a series of biogeographic seminars, which compare the effort of Member States within a biogeographic region. Such a seminar in 2009 found that...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: An Bórd Pleanála approved this roads scheme in December 2011 under section 51 of the Roads Act 1993. Following an application by Kilkenny County Council, and in consultation with the Director of the National Museum of Ireland, I issued directions to the Council on 5 June 2012 under section 14A of the National Monuments Acts 1930 (as amended) for the carrying out of works of an...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Genealogical Services (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: At this point, I am not aware of any change to legislation which would adversely affect access to cultural and genealogical records and artefacts. However, I understand that provision has been made in the recent Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 to allow my Department to act as agents for the Registrar General to provide access to the indexes of births, deaths...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (22 Oct 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80, 105 and 109 together. I refer the Deputies to my reply to Questions 37, 45, 56 and 59 on 18 September and to today's Question No 58. As the Deputies may be aware, as part of the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure 2012–2014, my Department considered a range of possible options for savings in respect of its Arts and Culture programme area....