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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (11 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 492 to 495, inclusive, together. The Deputy should note that while there are a number of retail outlets operating in many of the National Cultural Institutions which are funded from my Department's Vote Group, their operations and management fall outside my direct remit and I have no statutory function in relation to these outlets. Similarly, while there...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The individual, referred to in correspondence from the Deputy in February last, applied for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, administered by my Department. The qualifying criteria for this scheme are that: - The claimant must have a legal interest in one of the 53 raised bog special areas of conservation - ownership or turbary right; - The claimant must...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (11 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 4 on 30 May 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The individuals referred to in the Deputy's Question previously sold their interest in land in a raised bog special area of conservation under the voluntary bog purchase scheme, administered by my Department. An incentive bonus of €6,000, available under the scheme, was also paid to the applicants at the time of purchase, on the condition that they were selling all plots of bog land...

Other Questions: Inland Waterways Development (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I have seen for myself the provision the provision of moorings at Killaloe and Ballina. Those have made a major difference to both towns in different counties on either side of the Shannon. The result of that investment is obvious and local people would accept that. As regards involvement from Fáilte Ireland, Waterways Ireland is augmenting Fáilte Ireland's promotion of the...

Other Questions: Inland Waterways Development (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: We have no plans to extend the present 1,000 kilometres of navigable waterways. The focus of our investment in capital development will be from Clones to Lough Erne to the value of €35 million. As regards the green way, I do not have direct responsibility but any way I can help through Waterways Ireland, I will do so. As a keen cyclist and walker, I am all for encouraging green...

Other Questions: Inland Waterways Development (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Waterways Ireland is the largest of the six North-South Implementation Bodies established under the British-Irish Agreement of December 1999. It is responsible for the management, maintenance, development and restoration of the inland navigable waterway system throughout the island, principally for recreational purposes. Waterways Ireland has responsibility for approximately 1,000 km of...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The programme for Government included the following commitment in the area of philanthropy and the arts:We will work with stakeholders in the Arts community to develop new proposals aimed at building private support of the Arts in Ireland exploring philanthropic, sponsorship or endowment fund opportunities.Since taking office two years ago, I have introduced a number of initiatives to address...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: First, obviously not all the funding from Atlantic Philanthropies or the other organisation mentioned by the Deputy was going towards the arts.

Other Questions: Arts Funding (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I acknowledge the arts benefited to some extent, perhaps in the university sector. Basically, in this country approximately half a billion euro is available through philanthropic means on an annual basis, of which the arts generally get just 0.6%. As for total funding for the arts, approximately 3% comes from philanthropic sources. I am trying to create a culture here of philanthropic...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I have made that quite clear. As a result of the programme framework, all the organisations know precisely by how much their funding will be reduced next year. I have deliberately tried to keep Arts Council funding at as high a level as possible and the decrease in its funding was not commensurate with the decrease in the funding of other national cultural organisations because of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: No, I have not. The contact I had with Chartered Land was through the all-party committee to which it made a presentation. I have had no direct contact with the company since. I understand that the Moore Street committee is very anxious to visit the monument. I received a letter from Deputy McLellan requesting such a visit in which she outlined that problems had arisen in that regard. I...

Other Questions: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Aggregate expenditure in this area by my Department in 2012 was less than €14, 000. There were two projects in my Department on consultancy services in culture and film in the 2012 calendar year and in 2013, to date, that incurred expenditure. In 2012, €3,000 was expended on the international promotional works of the culture Ireland division in respect of a web development...

Other Questions: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Deputy. My policy is that we should have the competency in any Department to be able to review projects. In my Department we have experienced staff who have served under a number of Governments in various capacities and I rely on them for their judgment at all times. They are very energetic and they have always fulfilled any task I have asked them to complete in terms of...

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: A total of 75 raised bogs have been formally designated as natural heritage areas - NHAs - under the Wildlife Acts. The Wildlife Acts provide protection to NHAs through a requirement for certain activities to require ministerial consent before being undertaken. As with the case of special areas of conservation, a ten-year derogation was applied to allow domestic turf cutting to continue on...

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Under Irish law there are 75 designated bogs that are referred to as natural heritage areas, NHAs. Under EU law, there are 53 special areas of conservation, SAC, and that law has been transposed into Irish law. We have more flexibility on the NHAs. The previous Government decided in a Cabinet decision in May 2010 that turf cutting would cease in all 53 SAC bogs and all 75 NHA bogs. Turf...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Initiatives (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I acknowledge Deputy McLellan's support for this initiative. She was present in a supportive capacity at the public occasions at which we launched the programme, including the occasion in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government's heritage section. The town of Youghal has embraced this opportunity and is making something special out of it. The project's future is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Initiatives (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I have seen it working in Listowel and Westport.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Initiatives (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: One of the criteria for choosing Youghal, for example, was the presence of an architectural conservation officer in the county. I am sure that every county with a heritage town has such an officer. This is an essential criterion. The changing format of local government will not affect the scheme. Actually, it might help. In some cases, a county may have more resources than an urban...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Initiatives (30 May 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I would normally read out the question.