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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat. We will suspend for two minutes and on resuming we will go into private session to discuss committee business.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá dhá rud sciobtha agam. Inné, bhí Aire Stáit an Rialtais in easnamh sa Teach i rith cheisteanna ar ealaíona, oidhreacht agus an Ghaeltacht. An fáth go raibh sé ar iarraidh ná go raibh sé ag freastal ar an gcoiste gnó. Bhí sé ag freastal ar an gcoiste gnó mar gur thug an Taoiseach dhá phost dó. Ní...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: An bhfuil an Rialtas chun "Gaeltacht" a fhágáil i dteideal na Roinne?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: National Monuments (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The consultative forum was an excellent idea. It was one of the best things Fine Gael and the Independents did on this issue. However, that forum highlighted a number of actions that need to be taken and those actions place responsibilities on Ministers concerned. That is why Deputy Joan Burton is correct in stating that it is necessary that it gets the full stamp of the Department so that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Wild Fires (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim mo chomhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Joe McHugh, mar gheall ar an bpost nua atá aige. Tá súil agam go n-éirí go geal leis ina phost. Ní raibh gearán ar bith agamsa mar gheall ar an gcumas Gaeilge a bhí ag an Aire Stáit ag an am. Ba é an gearán a bhí agam, agus a bhí ag go leor san earnáil Gaeilge...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: We get an opportunity once every six weeks to ask a Minister questions and to hold a Department to account. It is the small opportunity we get in an open democracy to determine whether we can obtain the truth concerning the areas we represent. I understand that the Minister, Deputy Michael Ring, is filling in and doing his best in this scenario. Surely, however, someone has gone to the...

Priority Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Michael Ring, on his appointment and wish him the best of luck-----

Priority Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: While we are waiting, I want to ask the Minister about the make-up of the Department. Will it be a shared Department or will there be a separate Department for rural affairs in the future?

Priority Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the estimated timeframe for the splitting of the Departments?

Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 57. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next meeting of the all-party consultation group on commemorations will take place. [27895/17]

Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government got off to a very shaky start a number of years ago with regard to the commemoration of the 1916 Rising. We had the embarrassment of the video launch which was full of celebrities and individuals who had nothing to do with the 1916 Rising but was void of the ideals and characters of that Rising. We had the insults to the Irish language, the language of the cultural...

Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government is again on shaky ground, just as it was at the start of the 1916 rising commemorations. Not only has the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh, not turned up for his first questions, but we have an answer from the senior Minister stating that, at the mid-point of the decade of commemorations, we will have something up and running fairly shortly. Given the fact the all-party...

Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree the commemorations were terrific and that they grasped the imagination of the nation at the time. As I said, however, the key to reorientating what was a catastrophe at the start was the all-party group. Commemorations are about events and this year, 2017, sees the anniversary of the by-election victories of the Sinn Féin candidates, Count Plunkett, WT Cosgrave and Eamon de...

Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: What has the Government done to officially commemorate these events? Some people say Sinn Féin tried to commandeer republicanism in this country. I am of the view that we do not own republicanism. However, the lack of interest of the Government towards commemorating these important republican events only leads me to believe the Government does not have any interest in taking hold or...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cruinnithe an Aire (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 72. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé ar intinn aici bualadh le haon eagraíocht Ghaeilge nó Ghaeltachta sa todhchaí. [27585/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 73. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the new master plan issued by the National Museum of Ireland will meet her objectives for the institution. [27584/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Prosecutios (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 78. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of prosecutions that have been achieved by An Garda Síochána or by the National Parks and Wildlife Service relating to other fires that were lit in 2016 and since 2012 in view of the fact that only one application was made for controlled burning in 2016. [27588/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Leader Programmes Administration (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 93. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the application process for the current Leader programme is too bureaucratic. [27586/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Action Plan for Rural Development (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 111. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding detailed in the action plan for rural development that has been spent to date in 2017; and the number of persons or organisations that have financially benefitted from the town and village renewal scheme, a framework for town centre revival, the regional arts and cultural centres under the arts and culture...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of each donor who received tax relief for donations of heritage items under section 176 of the Finance Act of 1995 and section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in each of the years 1995 to 2015. [26889/17]