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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I can have a further conversation with Deputy O'Sullivan on this issue. We have had conversations in the past on issues she has raised with me. Approximately 95% of hares captured at coursing meetings are returned to the wild. We have a thriving hare population in the country. Where there is coursing, there will be a thriving hare population. Without hares there is no coursing, so it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Merger of Cultural Institutions (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Government announced a series of rationalisation measures in the public service reform plan published on 17 November 2011. A number of the measures announced related to certain national cultural institutions, funded from my Department's Vote group, and these are currently being progressed as required under the reform plan. These measures included a decision to merge the National...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Merger of Cultural Institutions (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I welcome Deputy Ó Fearghaíl and I look forward to positive engagement with him. On the basis of his record, I am confident we will have that engagement, as I had with his predecessor. I am aware of the Fianna Fáil Party's position on the proposal, as I am aware of the Fianna Fáil proposal in 2008, when it was in government, for exactly the rationalisation we are looking...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cultural Policy (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The World Cities Culture Report 2012, to which the Deputy refers, examines the cultural offering of 12 of the world’s greatest cities, selected by the application of a set of objective criteria such as economic wealth and population figures, and all of which differ significantly from Dublin in terms of size, scale and population. However, a number of the key messages emanating from the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: The Gathering Initiatives (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Gathering is an initiative of my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, and it has my and my Department's full support. Indeed only yesterday, I met Jim Miley, the Project Director of The Gathering to explore ways in which we could work together on this initiative. The National Cultural Institutions are promoting a number of initiatives...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Culture Night 2012 took place on Friday 21 September last across 34 locations throughout the island of Ireland, making it the largest and most diverse Culture Night to date. Culture Night has grown from a relatively small-scale cultural event staged only in Dublin in 2006 to the significant national cultural event it now is, with more than 300,000 people visiting museums, galleries,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Genealogical Services (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: While my Department is aware of a proposal for a potential digitisation project for access to large numbers of records, it has not, however, been involved in any feasibility study. As the Deputy will appreciate, any project covering the records referred to in her Question would fall within the remits of a number of Government Departments. Turning to the particular area of genealogical...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Expenditure (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18, 29 and 31 together. This year my Department is providing a total of €4,811,000 of Exchequer funding to the Heritage Council, together with €1,500,000 from my Department’s share of the Environment Fund, to support the work of the Council in its role of improving heritage infrastructure, awareness raising, and promoting best practice...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cruthú Fostaíochta (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Is é an sprioc fostaíochta atá ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ná 400 post a chruthú in 2012. Tuigtear ón Údarás go bhfuiltear dóchasach go mbainfear an sprioc sin amach. Is ar bhonn suirbhé bliantúil a dhéanann Údarás na Gaeltachta tuairisciú ar phoist a chruthaítear agus a chailltear. Foilseofar na...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The national cultural institutions will make significant contributions, both to the commemorative programme for the Decade of Centenaries and The Gathering. Among the initiatives by the cultural institutions, the centenaries commemorative programme has already included special events such as the restoration and presentation of the Asgard at the National Museum, the introduction of online...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The development of the commemorative programme for the Decade of Centenaries has been following two priority considerations. First, it has sought to reflect the timeline of historic events that commenced in April 1912 with the introduction to parliament at Westminster of the third Home Rule Bill. The campaign on this Bill, and particularly the Unionist response in the expectation that it...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regional Aid (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The long-term location of the Abbey Theatre is now settled. The Abbey Street location is now, and will be for the future, the home of the National Theatre. I welcome the acquisition of property beside the existing theatre building as a clear road map for the future and believe that the fundraising focus of the Abbey must now be on delivering the maximum amount of private support possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 23 agus 40 le chéile. Is é €268.451 milliún oll-leithdháileadh mo Roinne chun a réimse leathan clár agus beart a chur i gcrích in 2012. Is laghdú 9% é sin i gcomparáid leis an táirgeacht shealadach do 2011. Mar eolas do na Teachtaí, ar an 30 Meán Fómhair 2012, ba é...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: The identification, monitoring and support of High Nature Value (HNV) farmland is primarily a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and I understand that there are ongoing commitments in the Common Agricultural Policy and Rural Development Programme in this regard. However, the Heritage Council, which is under the aegis of my Department, has been...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: My Department’s gross allocation to deliver its wide range of programmes and measures in 2012 is €268.451m. For the Deputy’s information, on 30 September 2012, my Department’s gross expenditure totalled some €186m. This represented approximately 96% of the published profile and 69% of the REV allocation. I expect expenditure to remain on profile and that...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Wild mink are not protected species under the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2010 and they can be controlled by farmers, landowners and others. A study commissioned by my Department, and published in 2009, estimated the population of wild mink in the State could reach a total of between 20,500 and 33,500 individuals, and identified ground-nesting birds as the species most vulnerable to mink...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Earlier this year, Mr Conor Skehan, Chair of the Peatlands Council, convened a Peatlands Forum, under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice John Quirke, and involving my Department, the IFA, the Turf Cutters and Contractors Association (TCCA), Bord na Móna, and representatives of turf-cutting and environmental groups. This Forum allowed each community affected by the cessation of turf-cutting...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimhreacha 30 agus 38 le chéile. Faoi Acht na Gaeltachta 2012, ceapfaidh an tAire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta seachtar comhalta, an cathaoirleach san áireamh, ar bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta agus ainmneoidh Comhairlí Contae a bhfuil ceantar Gaeltachta ina ndlínse, cúigear comhalta eile le bheith ceaptha ag an...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: ICCROM Membership (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: ICCROM, the International Centre for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property was created by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) to promote conservation of monuments and sites of historical, artistic and archaeological interest. The benefits of ICCROM membership extend well beyond my Department, with staff of the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: Tá 108 céad scéim teanga san iomlán aontaithe ón uair gur tháinig an tAcht i bhfeidhm agus tá 97 de na scéimeanna sin i bhfeidhm le níos mó ná trí bliana. Anuas air sin, tá 23 dara scéim teanga aontaithe agus tá 5 cinn dóibhsean i bhfeidhm le níos mó ná trí bliana. Ní miste a...