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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Because they broke the law. I would like to acknowledge the large number of people - the vast majority of turf cutters - who have taken the compensation and who have complied with the law. I point out that the number of infringements this year is about half what it was last year. People are co-operating and they are complying with the law. I thank them on behalf of the people of Ireland...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Under the EU habitats directive, each member state is required to designate special areas of conservation, SACs, for the protection of specified endangered habitats and species. Between 1997 and 2002 Ireland nominated 53 sites for designation as SACs for the protection of active raised bog, degraded raised bog still capable of natural regeneration and bog woodland. Each of these habitats is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy knows, it is my view that the shared potential of the Bank of Ireland building for specific cultural uses would present a key opportunity, both nationally and in the public realm of Dublin city, to create, with sufficient vision, a central cultural, civic and tourism hub of strategic importance and scale. As I have said, engagement with the bank on this matter is ongoing, but...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I have had a number of meetings with Mr. Boucher. There have been a number of engagements and written correspondence, which is available through a freedom of information request. There has been serious dialogue and discussion which will continue.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I hope I made a better or more significant impression on Mr. Boucher on those occasions, but that dialogue will continue between Bank of Ireland and my Department, and between me and Mr. Boucher into the future.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As I have outlined to the House on previous occasions, I have had engagement with Bank of Ireland about the possibility of making the former Houses of Parliament on College Green available for cultural usage. The building is an international landmark, a significant protected structure and has locational importance in the city of Dublin. It has a national resonance, too.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: In the development of the commemorative programme relating to the period 1912 to 1922, I place great importance on encouraging public participation and developing partnerships with national organisations, local authorities, military heritage and history societies, as well as civil society groups. I believe that every institution, region and group can make a distinct and valuable contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Appointments (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Since revised procedures were introduced by this Government, appointments to boards of State bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group are made in accordance with public appointment procedures whereby my Department seeks expressions of interest from the public by advertising on its website and proposed appointees to the position of Chairperson are required to make themselves available to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Annals of Inisfallen (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Annals of Inisfallen are part of the collection of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The Annals were first written in AD 1092 in Emly, Co. Tipperary, and later at other Munster religious houses, including, it is thought, Tuamgraney, Killaloe and Lismore, before passing to Inisfallen in the middle of the 12th Century. Copies of the facsimile of the Annals of Inisfallen, published by the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19, 39, 42, 60 and 55 together. I am committed to working with all interested partners to ensure that the centenary commemorative programme is comprehensive, authentic and inclusive. The Easter Rising and the Proclamation of the Irish Republic will be at the centre of the programme and will be marked in 2016. In keeping with the development of an authentic...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Properties (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department manages 6 National Parks and 78 Nature Reserves, 66 of which are in State ownership. The National Parks and the State-owned Reserves are open to the public all year round and are free to visit. My Department's network of National Parks and Nature Reserves is also a major part of Ireland's tourism product. My Department is promoting the greater use of our parks and reserves in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Some 89 reports of threats or damage to archaeological monuments have been received by my Department to date in 2013. Of the 2013 reports, damage has been found to have occurred to 24 monuments; an area surrounding a monument that may contain archaeology has been affected in 23 cases; and no damage has been found in 13 cases. Investigations are ongoing in the remaining cases. In some cases,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Appointments (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department advertised on 4th June 2013 seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced persons for appointment to the following positions in a non-executive capacity: (a) Board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art: to fill vacancies that may arise over the coming 12 months; (b) Board of Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library: to fill vacancies that may arise over...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Deer Hunting (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The current hunting dates for deer species are prescribed by the Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Orders 2005 to 2012. These Orders currently allow the hunting of male Sika, Fallow and Red deer between the first day of September and the last day of December each year. The hunting of the red male deer is prohibited in County Kerry and I recently removed the hunting of female Red Deer...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2014 Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: A consequence of the significant fiscal deficit facing the country is that the Government has not had the resources available in recent years to fund all the services that it would like to provide and the 2014 allocations will again reflect this position. The Deputy will appreciate, however, that any negotiations of the nature referred to in his Question would form part of the deliberative...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As part of its role in promoting and protecting Ireland's heritage, my Department has an interest in seeing the rejuvenation of Dublin’s Georgian Squares: Parnell and Mountjoy on the northside, and Merrion, Fitzwilliam and St Stephen’s Green on the southside. In this capacity, officials from my Department participated in a recent conference on the Georgian Squares run by the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 31, 51, 730 and 754 together. Some 2,798 applications for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme have been received and acknowledged by my Department. 791 applicants have expressed an interest in relocation to non-designated bogs. To date, 1,753 payments have been made in respect of Year 1 of 15, 1,468 payments have been made in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Ireland is making significant progress in ensuring that the Birds and Habitats Directives are correctly implemented. Since coming into office, I have placed a high priority on addressing the implications of a number of findings against Ireland by the European Court of Justice regarding deficiencies in implementation. Ireland has been found against in four separate cases relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues (18 Sep 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: Food Promotion (18 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department has no statutory function in relation to the promotion of Irish produce. I can say, however, that a number of cafés and food outlets operate in the National Parks and across bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group. While many of these are franchised out to outside companies, they are encouraged to support Irish food producers and to...