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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The sums are clear and they are quantified. The Senator referred to cost benefit analyses on numerous occasions but these are the sums and they are very credible. Further savings could be achieved in the future. Once all the arrangements are in place, the savings we make from the rationalisations in 2013 will endure into 2014.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Some of Deputy McLellan’s questions were directed to my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley. Heritage tourism is very important and I accept that funding for heritage decreased significantly from €97 million in 2008 to €22 million in 2012. That is a major reduction in funding. That is putting funding for our built heritage and other aspects of our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: We have had no casualties to date. We are trying to manage these projects with the county councils and organising committees and are doing so successfully.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I was not aware of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: That is understandable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: That was just a once-off allocation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I have outlined where the saving of €1 million will come from. In terms of the three galleries, there will be a cost saving of at least €150,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: These savings are not factored into next year's Estimates. Also, the savings will be made when the rationalisation takes place, which will depend on the introduction of legislation. The saving I can make immediately, and I contacted the chairmen of the institutions on this, is that all directors and board members will act on a pro bono basis. They will not pay fees to members of boards....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: With regard to looking for alternative sources of funding, we are considering all options. I have established a philanthropy initiative and I am encouraging the national cultural institutions to take part in it. The National Archives have been successful in getting a philanthropic contribution of €250,000 from the Wellcome Trust, which proves this can be done. I see the director of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Tá áthas orm bheith i láthair chun réamhphlé a dhéanamh leis an gcomhchoiste maidir le Meastacháin mo Roinne don bhliain seo chugainn. I thank the Chairman for giving me an opportunity to discuss the pre-budget position for my Department in 2013 with the joint committee. He is aware that engagement with the committee and the opening up of the Estimates and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: In the coming year, the Centenary commemorative programme will seek to present a comprehensive reflection of the key issues in Ireland in 2013. The national social and economic conditions will be addressed, alongside the continuing narrative of developments in the campaign for Home Rule. The founding of Óglaigh na hÉireann on 25 November 1913 will be commemorated as an official...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will appreciate that the matter of budgeted and actual expenditure by the bodies funded from my Department’s Vote group in the areas referred to in the Deputy’s question are part of the day-to-day operational responsibilities of the bodies in question. Details of the expenditure allocations made available to the bodies in question are published each year in the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Lottery Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy may be aware, an overall allocation is provided from the National Lottery each year for expenditure through the Votes of various Departments. Details of this allocation are published in Appendix 1 of the annual Revised Estimates Volume and I understand that a total provision of €220m is being made available in 2012. Three subheads in my Department’s Vote are...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Government policy in the area of support for the arts and artists 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 provisions for these sectors for the period of 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: Turbary Rights (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The land referred to by the Deputy is located in a natural heritage area designated in 2002. 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, in accordance with the Programme for Government, the situation regarding the 75 raised bog natural heritage areas will be reviewed, in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As I have previously advised the House, there are no commercial semi-State companies under the remit of my Department. I am advised that none of the State bodies/agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group operate pensions schemes of the kind referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (8 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Deputy will be aware that, as part of a range of reforms recently agreed by Government under the Public Service Reform Plan, it was decided that the existing National Archives of Ireland (NAI) governance model will be applied to the National Library of Ireland (NLI) and the National Museum of Ireland (NMI). The National Archives Advisory Council will be retained, with a reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Regulations (8 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy is aware, the use of traps, snares and nets in relation to wildlife is governed by the Wildlife Act 1976 (Approved Traps, Snares and Nets) Regulations 2003. Regulation 3 of those Regulations approves certain types of traps, including, at 3(a)(ii), a spring trap. Such a spring trap must be designed to secure either the immediate death, or the immediate unconsciousness and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will appreciate, consideration of the financial allocations for my Department for 2013 has not yet concluded and the consequential gross and net expenditure savings will be decided within the context of the forthcoming Budget. However, it may be noted that in order to conform to the 2013 indicative expenditure ceilings of €218m current and €38m capital as set out...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (8 Nov 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The following table sets out the bodies and agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group, the year in they were established, and the number of employees in each body as of end-September 2012. I can advise the Deputy that no organisations or agencies of this nature have been abolished since March 2011 and none are scheduled to be abolished at this time. However, as the Deputy will be...