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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: No. That painting dates back to the War of Independence. The Bank of Ireland donated pieces to IMMA in 2010. We have received a large number of pieces from those three banks. Various artists benefited from the purchase of their work. When the banks were profitable and properly run, they were great supporters of Irish artists. I am trying to encourage other companies and businesses to do...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the members for the range of questions they have asked, all of which are relevant. I will start with Deputy Ó Fearghaíl's questions. As regards the Arts Council funding, the reduction in Arts Council funding was not commensurate with funding in other areas. I deliberately protected the Arts Council funding because of its important contribution to the rest of the country....

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Tá áthas orm Meastacháin 2013 do Vóta 33, don Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta, a chur i láthair. Members of the committee will be aware that my Department oversees the conservation, preservation, protection, development and presentation of Ireland’s heritage and culture. My Department also promotes the Irish language, supports the Gaeltacht...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The three main collecting institutions under the auspices of my Department are the National Gallery of Ireland, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Art Gallery. Whilst my Department provides funding to the National Cultural Institutions, the Board of each institution is responsible for all operational matters, including acquisitions of artworks, and I do not have a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Artwork (9 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The three main collecting institutions under the auspices of my Department are the National Gallery of Ireland, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Art Gallery. Whilst my Department provides funding to the National Cultural Institutions, the Board of each institution is responsible for all operational matters, including storage of artworks, and I do not have a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The land referred to by the Deputy is located in a natural heritage area designated in 2004. In 2010, the then Government decided that turf-cutting should come to an end on raised bog natural heritage areas at the end of 2013. However, the current Programme for Government contains an undertaking to review the situation with regard to turf cutting on natural heritage areas. On 15 April...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Procurement Regulations (4 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 160 together. Two projects were approved funding by the Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder. Details of these projects are included in the table below: The number of projects that were approved funding by the Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder The amount of the default by builders where such...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (4 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together. My Department recently received a request for a further instalment of the capital grant for the Solas project. That application is currently being examined, and a payment will issue once all of the usual conditions for a grant payment have been satisfied. The decision as to when approval will be given for permission to sign a contract...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Natura 2000 Issues (4 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Compensation, or financial incentives, may be payable in respect of land within Natura 2000 sites in a number of ways. Significant amounts of EU and Exchequer funding is provided through the rural development programme, operated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which provides for a range of supports for farmers, including specific payments in respect of areas selected...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: International Bodies Membership (4 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department participates in a number of committees and working groups arising from Ireland's membership of treaty based international organisations such as the European Union, the United Nations and the Council of Europe. In addition, Ireland is a member of the International Whaling Commission which is the global intergovernmental body charged with the conservation of whales and the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Rehiring (2 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2 June 2011. No temporary clerical officers were employed by my Department in 2011. I am advised that one temporary clerical officer commenced work in Oifig an Chomisinéir Teanga in late 2012 and that three temporary clerical officers are due to commence work in my Department during the current month. None of these temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (2 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The individual referred to in the Deputy's Question has applied for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, administered by my Department. I am advised that a payment has been made to the applicant in respect of 2011. However, issues in relation to legal title over the land in question are being investigated by my Department. My Department expects to be in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (2 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 472 and 473 together. The Arts Council is a Statutory Agency set up under the Arts Act, 2003. Under the Arts Act, 2003, the provision of funding is a matter in the sole remit of the Arts Council. I am precluded by statute from intervening in the Arts Council's decisions on funding. Details of the Council's successful applicants and the grants...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (2 Jul 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department issued a licence to the Irish Coursing Club to capture live hares under the Wildlife Acts for the 2012-13 season. The licence states that it does not authorise any person to enter any land without the permission of the owner or occupier of the land. The licence also provides that the Licensee and its members must comply with Section 44 of the Wildlife Acts which relates to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (27 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The individual referred to in the Deputy's Question has applied for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, administered by my Department. I am advised that issues in relation to legal title over the land in question have been investigated and payments have been made to the applicant in respect of 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Numbers (27 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: In 2012, a total of 29 members of staff in my Department availed of unpaid leave under the terms of the Shorter Working Year, formerly referred to as Term Time. The average duration of leave taken was 5.34 weeks, and a total of 155 weeks were taken. 35 members of staff have applied to take leave under this scheme in 2013 for a sum total of 192 weeks’ leave, with an average duration...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Agencies Staff Numbers (27 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will appreciate that the matters referred to are a day-to-day matter for the management of the organisations concerned in which neither I nor my Department have any role or function. The Deputy may wish to contact the bodies concerned directly.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Training (27 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the granting of study leave in my Department in accordance with Civil Service guidelines as set out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is set out in the table below. Year Number of paid leave days Number of staff Average Duration 2012 117 17 7 days 2013 (to date) 70 11 6.5 days Additional unpaid study leave of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Training (27 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will appreciate that the matters referred to are a day-to-day matter for the management of the organisations concerned in which neither I nor my Department have any role or function. The Deputy may wish to contact the bodies concerned directly.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (27 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The building referred in the question is not included on the statutory record or register maintained under the National Monuments Acts 1930-2004. However, I understand that it is on the Record of Protected Structures for County Cork. Part IV of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2012 provides for the protection of architectural heritage. The Act gives primary responsibility to planning...