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

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department's gross capital provision for 2103 is €39.395m. This provision relates principally to meeting the ongoing costs of the Irish Film Board, the National Cultural Institutions, works to address EU compliance requirements in relation to the built and natural heritage, supporting employment through Údarás na Gaeltachta, and maintenance and development works carried...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: Government policy on the arts is set out in the Programme for Government. 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. Primary responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels throughout the country is devolved...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: Funding for the National Archives was €1,409,000 in 2012 and €1,370,000 in 2013. The levels of funding for all bodies under the aegis of my Department, including the National Archives, can be found in the Revised Estimates Volume for the relevant year on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform website .

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will be aware that, as Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee, I am responsible for ensuring, on behalf of the Irish Government, that appropriate arrangements are in place to commemorate the Great Irish Famine. Details of the work of the National Famine Commemoration Committees since 2008 in implementing a varied and diverse annual programme of events to coincide...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The Augustinian priory at Kells, Co. Kilkenny, is a national monument in my guardianship, as Minister, under the National Monuments Acts 1930-2004. As such, it enjoys the full range of protections afforded by those Acts, including a requirement that any works at, or in proximity to it, are subject to my prior written consent. National monuments in State care are managed by the Office of...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: There is no proposed merger of elements of the National Museum, the National Library or the National Archives. All are to remain free-standing institutions, led by independent statutory Directors and operating with independent advisory councils. Work is ongoing bilaterally with the Directors of the relevant institutions and regular meetings of my Department's Reform Committee have taken...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: Over the past six years, my Department has operated a scheme of funding support to promote and enhance the marketing of local and regional museums, and to support programmes established to attract the aged, young, and socially disadvantaged to visit these institutions. Cultural events held in museums to attract a local and tourist audience and/or to promote museums as focal centres of the...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 310 together. A series of events is set to take place during 2014 to commemorate the millennium anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf and the death of Brian Ború. Already the impending occasion has engendered a considerable degree of enthusiasm among historical groups, community agencies and business interests with connections to the marking of...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The 2014 allocation to An Chomhairle Ealaíon/The Arts Council is €55,893,000, of which €55,800,000 is current and €93,000 capital. These figures are, of course, provisional, pending publication of the Revised Estimates Volume in due course. Under the Arts Act 2003, the Arts Council is statutorily independent in its day-to-day operations and neither I nor my...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I assume that the Deputy is referring to the UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage. Ireland is currently not a signatory to this Convention so it is not possible at the moment for hurling to be recognised under the Convention, as suggested by the Deputy. However, this is something that I would support. Officials within my Department are examining the matter to determine the case...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 324 together. I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question Nos. 727 and 764 of 18 September, 2013. As the Deputy is aware, primary responsibility for the support and promotion of film-making in Ireland, in respect of both the indigenous sector and inward productions, is a matter for the Irish Film Board (IFB). The IFB is the...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to today's Priority Question No 54 (44625/13).

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I am informed by Waterways Ireland that it is currently preparing a submission for planning permission to construct a new walkway over the River Shannon at Meelick. Indeed, environmental studies are underway to support the planning application. I must advise the Deputy that construction work may only commence when all necessary permits have been received. It is Waterways Ireland's...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department has not set down any buffer zones surrounding Natural Heritage Areas.

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

Jimmy Deenihan: An application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme has been received by my Department from the individual referred to in the Deputy's Question. I am advised that a payment of €1,500 in respect of year 1 of 15 (2011) and a payment of €1,500 in respect of year 2 of 15 (2012) have been made to this applicant. The qualifying criteria for the...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: This payment was processed by my Department earlier this week and will issue very shortly.

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

Jimmy Deenihan: I presume the Deputy is referring to the agreement made in 2004 under the 2003 Sustaining Progress Partnership Agreement. The agreement made at that time is being implemented and, as set out, is subject to ongoing monitoring by farming organisations and the Department. This takes place through fora such as the Designated Areas Monitoring Committee meetings. My Department continues to...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: Under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, three types of legal agreements have been and are being issued by my Department: - The first is a legal agreement for qualifying turf cutters who are signing up to the annual payment of €1,500, index-linked, for 15 years; - The second is a relocation interim legal agreement for qualifying turf cutters who have expressed an...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy is aware, the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC) was established to develop consultation, co-operation and action within the island of Ireland - including through implementation on an all-island and cross-border basis - on matters of mutual interest and within the competence of the Administrations, North and South. The NSMC comprises Ministers of the Northern Ireland...

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

Jimmy Deenihan: The 2014 savings for my Department arising from measures set out in the Expenditure Report 2014 are the full year savings for those measures.