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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Cessation Scheme (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 24, 35, 114 and 115 together. As the Deputies are aware, the payment of €1,500 per annum, index linked, or the delivery of cut turf, is now available, under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, to qualifying turf cutters while awaiting relocation to non-designated bogs. Of the 2,586 applications for compensation under the cessation of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Art Collection (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The national cultural institutions under the aegis of my Department own important collections of art and other artefacts on behalf of the State. Whilst my Department provides funding to those institutions, the board of each institution is responsible for all operational matters, including the quantification, registration and securing of artworks, and I do not have a statutory function in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 27, 36, 41 and 53 together. The Rockabill to Dalkey Island candidate Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is one of six additional marine sites proposed for designation to meet Ireland’s obligations under the Habitats Directive. The harbour porpoise is the principal conservation interest of the site, though it also contains small areas of geogenic reef,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: In July 2007, the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) agreed to proceed with the restoration of the section of the Ulster Canal between Clones and Upper Lough Erne. The then Government agreed to cover the full capital costs of the project, which were estimated at that time to be of the order of €35m. It was always the intention that the Ulster Canal project would be funded from the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: The Gathering Expenditure (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: While The Gathering event is primarily a matter for my colleague, Leo Varadkar, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I am conscious of the importance and potential of cultural tourism in attracting the diaspora to our shores. I welcome this initiative, which is expected to be one of the biggest tourism events ever to be undertaken in Ireland. It will be a year-long event when people at...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: At the outset I would like to take this opportunity to wish the City of Derry well for the year ahead. Indeed, I was honoured to be present in Derry, in the company of Carál Ní Chuilín, MLA, Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, at the Sons and Daughters concert on Sunday 20 January. Directly and through the arts and culture agencies under its aegis, my Department continues...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Thatching Grants Expenditure (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: A number of State financial supports provide for the conservation and restoration of heritage structures in general, or are specifically aimed at thatched structures. In 2012, my Department provided €500,000 in grant-aid assistance through a Structures at Risk Fund administered by local authorities to assist with works to safeguard structures protected under the Planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Census 1926 (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department is continuing to work with the National Archives of Ireland and the Central Statistics Office with a view to progressing the work preparatory to enabling the publication of the 1926 Census in line with prevailing legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Flood Risk Assessments (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I assume that the Deputy is referring to Mouds Bog Special Area of Conservation (SAC) in Co Kildare. The approach which my Department is taking to the restoration of Raised Bogs in SACs is set out in the document National Raised Bog SAC Management Plan – Proposed Approach, which is available on my Department’s website at . As has been identified in that document, the impacts of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121 and 125 together. The Government's policy on the arts is to promote and strengthen the arts in all its forms, to increase access to and participation in the arts and to make the arts an integral and valued part of our national life. I am continuing to work towards this goal with my Department and the agencies in its remit. The Programme for Government...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: Last May I announced the introduction of a new philanthropic initiative on a pilot basis for arts and culture organisations. The initiative - the Philanthropic Leverage Initiative - was designed to encourage philanthropic sponsorship and endowment of the arts from private sources. The initiative, established with funding of €230,000 for 2012, has provided an incentive to arts...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 124 together. I refer to the replies to Question No. 486 on 6 June 2012, Nos. 201, 202 and 203 on 18 July, 2012 and Nos. 150, 151, 155 and 159 on 28 November 2012 and to the supplementary material sent to the Deputy in recent days in support of the reply to Question No. 151 of 28th November 2012. All communications received by my Department in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I have just appointed an Expert Advisory Committee for my Department's Culture Ireland Programme with representation from the arts and culture community, as well as representation from a range of bodies with a shared interest in Ireland’s international reach, including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tourism Ireland, the IDA and the Ireland Funds. This expanded new...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: From the Government’s point of view, the EU Presidency is seen as an important opportunity to make a very direct and positive contribution to developments within the EU and to demonstrate our capabilities on the European stage. The Presidency provides the opportunity to fully engage with the EU agenda and to rebuild Ireland’s reputation, both in Europe and internationally....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Funding (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The EU Culture Programme 2007–2013 is the EU funding programme administered by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) for the European Commission. It was established to enhance the cultural area shared by Europeans, which is based on a common cultural heritage through the development of cooperation activities among cultural operators from 37 eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Government's policy on the arts is to promote and strengthen the arts in all its forms, to increase access to and participation in the arts, and to make the arts an integral and valued part of our national life. As the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels throughout the country is primarily devolved to the Arts Council. Under the Arts Act...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Aid (30 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The tables below set out the number of applications for grant aid or other forms of financial support submitted from applicants in County Kildare to my Department and to the bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group during 2012; and also the extent to which it has been found possible to respond positively to those applications. For the sake of completeness, I must advise the Deputy that...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Policy (29 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 482 to 484, inclusive, together. I refer the Deputies to my previous reply to Questions Nos. 157, 158, 160 and 161 of 23 January 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU-IMF Programme of Support (29 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: I would like to advise the Deputy that no such policies arise in relation to my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Impact Statements (29 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Environmental Impact Statement was submitted to my Department on 25 January 2013. It is available for public examination and interested parties have five weeks from the submission date to provide their comments to me, as Minister, for consideration as part of my assessment of it.