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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The information requested by the Deputy is available on my Department's website at http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/Arts/GrantsandFunding/CulturalDevel opmentExpenditure/Expenditure2012/PDF%20English%20version%20 of%20website%20figures%20for%202012.pdf For the Deputy's convenience, the relevant information is also reproduced in the table. Philanthropy Scheme Payments from Cultural Infrastructure and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Mill referred to by the Deputy is included on the Record of Monuments and Places established under Section 12 of the National Monuments Acts 1930, as amended. Any proposal to carry works at or in relation to such a monument or place is required to be notified to me, as Minister, not less than 2 months in advance of the commencement of such works. There are no proposals at present for...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Government policy on the arts is set out in the Programme for Government. Government policy is to promote and strengthen the arts in all its forms, increase access to and participation in the arts, to make the arts an integral and valued part of our national life, and to maximise the potential for cultural tourism. Primary responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Of the 2,651 applications for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme received and acknowledged by my Department, 781 applicants have expressed an interest in relocation to non-designated bogs. A total of 2,161 payments and 195 deliveries of turf have been made in respect of the applications received. Arrangements for the relocation of turf cutters to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The whole area of the development of the Irish audiovisual industry was examined during the preparation of the Creative Capital Report – Building Ireland's Audiovisual Creative Economy. The Report was published in July 2011 and an implementation committee to pursue the execution of its recommendations has been established. One of the main recommendations in the Report is the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 135 and 136 of 7 March 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 to 119, inclusive, and 121 together. My Department, through its Culture Ireland Programme, promotes Irish arts and culture worldwide through regular grant rounds and through special initiatives. For the first six months of 2013, to mark Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU, my Department has put in place an extensive programme –...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: The Gathering Initiatives (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, The Gathering initiative undertaken by my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, has the strong support of my Department and the agencies under my Department's remit. A range of actions being taken to support The Gathering were outlined in my replies to Question No 13 of 30 January 2013 and Question No 16 of 28 November 2012. The national...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Properties (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Since its establishment in June 2011, my Department has acquired ownership of a complex of five archaeological monuments at Lough Gur, Co Limerick, from the local authority. For the sake of completeness, I should refer to the Voluntary Bog Purchase Scheme operated by my Department under which domestic turf cutters can sell designated bog plots to the State at agreed rates. In May 2010, the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 127 together. The table below sets out is a list of sites which have been afforded protection under European law through notification of an intention to designate the site as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), further to obligations under the Habitats Directive; notification of an intention to designate the site as a Special Protection Area (SPA),...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 150, 153, 154, 155, 158 and 159 on 28 November 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 126 together. Government policy on the arts is set out in the Programme for Government . As Minister responsible for the arts and culture sectors, I am committed to securing the best possible funding provision for them during my term of office. Government policy is to promote and strengthen the arts in all its forms, increase access to and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (12 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The board members who gifted their fees back to the State are Ms. Pat Moylan, Mr. John O'Donnell and Mr. John Fanning. They are all members of the board of the Arts Council.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department has not deployed any such computer hardware or software and thus associated costs do not arise.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 355 to 358, inclusive, together. It has not been possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the time-frame permitted for a Parliamentary Question but it will be sent directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011, following substantial Departmental reconfigurations. The total amount spent by my Department on drivers and Ministerial transport since that date, in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidance on such matters, is € 415,253.44.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011. The number of cards issued to staff in my Department since that date is two. The value of payments made to date using those credit cards is €19,329.33. No credit cards have been issued to Ministers during the period referred to.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (12 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: In August 2001, an amount of €2.9 million was allocated to Sligo County Council from the Arts and Culture Capital Enhancement Support Scheme (ACCESS I), as a contribution towards the construction costs of a proposed new purpose-built county museum. For a number of reasons the project did not go ahead. The grant was withdrawn in December 2008, following a meeting between Sligo...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (12 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department has informed the applicant for consent under the National Monuments Acts for works on the site of the Moore Street national monument that the newspaper notice published on 18 January 2013 in relation to the submission of the related environmental impact statement was not compliant with the requirements of section 14D of the National Monuments Act 1930 in that it did not state...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seal Deaths (12 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 379 of 28 February 2013, where I detailed my Department’s response to the recent reports of seal deaths around our coast, including co-operation with the Irish Seal Sanctuary. I will arrange for officials of my Department to meet with the Irish Seal Sanctuary in order to discuss further options for co-operation in this matter.