Results 101-120 of 222 for 2016 heather inclusive
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (3 Oct 2017)
Heather Humphreys: ...was greatly scaled back in 2010 during the financial crisis and now is largely replaced by GLAS. The following table presents the number of contractual commitments with farmers in the years 2010 to 2016 inclusive. In addition, the budget allocated in each of these years to payment to farmers, to farm planners, for the delivery of farm audits and associated payments is also presented....
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (28 Sep 2017)
Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138 to 140, inclusive, together. I am happy to confirm that I was able to support the National Library of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland in acquiring a number of items in advance of the auction in London yesterday. In July this year I agreed to provide funding of up to €500,000 to the National Library of...
- Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)
Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I know she has a keen interest in this programme. On 8 December 2016 the Creative Ireland programme was launched as the Government's legacy programme arising out of the Ireland 2016 centenary programme as the main implementation vehicle for the priorities identified in Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach. The Creative Ireland programme is a...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (27 Sep 2017)
Heather Humphreys: ...heritage. The Act gives primary responsibility to planning authorities to identify and protect the architectural heritage by including relevant structures on the Record of Protected Structures. Inclusion on the Record of Protected Structures places a duty of care on the owners and occupiers of protected structures and also gives planning authorities powers to deal with...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)
Heather Humphreys: On 8 December 2016, the Creative Ireland Programme was launched as the Government's Legacy Programme arising out of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme and as the main implementation vehicle for the priorities identified in Culture 2025/Éire Ildánach. The Creative Ireland Programme is a high level, high ambition, 5-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022 (building up to the centenary of...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Promotion (27 Sep 2017)
Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128, 130 to 132, inclusive, and 134 together. My Department oversees the protection, preservation, conservation and presentation of our heritage assets. The archaeological and built heritage goals of my Department's National Monuments Service and Built Heritage and Architectural Policy Section working with key stakeholder agencies, are to conserve and manage...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)
Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 725 to 727, inclusive, together. The allocations for the National Cultural Institutions, referred to by the Deputy, together with the Irish Film Board and the Arts Council for the years 2011 to 2017, and that spent to date in 2017 are as set out in the following tables. Year National Museum of Ireland Current Capital Total 2011 €12,240,000...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (13 Jul 2017)
Heather Humphreys: The CLÁR programme (Ceantair Laga Árd-Riachtanais) was originally launched in October 2001 to provide for targeted investment in disadvantaged rural areas. The areas originally selected for inclusion in the programme were those which suffered the greatest population decline from 1926 to 1996 (with the exception of the Cooley Peninsula which was included on the basis of the serious...
- Seanad: Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)
Heather Humphreys: ...arrangements to reconstitute that group very shortly. The work of that group is complementary to the work of the expert advisory group on commemorations and is significant in ensuring we will be able to reflect in an inclusive, appropriate and respectful manner on all the major historical events to be commemorated over the remainder of the decade. I assure the House that the Government...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (5 Jul 2017) See 1 other result from this answer
Heather Humphreys: ...Maynooth University was engaged at that time to carry out an analysis of population census data at District Electoral Division (DED) level for the years 1926 and 1996. The areas originally selected for inclusion in the CLÁR programme on the basis of this analysis were those which suffered the greatest population decline from 1926 to 1996 (with the exception of the Cooley Peninsula...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (29 Jun 2017)
Heather Humphreys: ...of my Department’s Revised Estimate in 2016, and this has been retained in 2017, giving Údarás na Gaeltachta a new capital baseline of €6.687 million. An additional once-off allocation of €2.4m was also secured for Údarás for capital projects in 2016. The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) referred to in the Deputy's...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (27 Jun 2017)
Heather Humphreys: The CLÁR programme (Ceantair Laga Árd-Riachtanais) was originally launched in October 2001 to provide for targeted investment in disadvantaged rural areas. The areas originally selected for inclusion in the CLÁR programme were those which suffered the greatest population decline from 1926 to 1996, with the exception of the Cooley Peninsula which was included on the basis of...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (20 Jun 2017)
Heather Humphreys: The Taoiseach and I launched the Creative Ireland Programme 2017–2022 in December 2016 as the Government Legacy Programme for Ireland 2016 and as the main implementation vehicle for the priorities identified in Culture 2025/Éire Ildánach, the draft cultural policy which I published in July 2016. As noted in my response to the Deputy on the 7 March last, this is a...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (9 May 2017)
Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339 to 341, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, the National Museum of Ireland was established under the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 (the 1997 Act). Section 11 (1) of the 1997 Act sets out the principal functions of the Board of the Museum. Section 11(2) deals with the powers of the Board of the Museum. The Act also specifies...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Arts Council (2 May 2017)
Heather Humphreys: ...the country is devolved to the Arts Council. The council is independent in both its funding and executive decisions. In 2013 the Arts Council published its arts and disability policy 2012 to 2016 to address issues of equity, access and participation for artists and audiences with disabilities. The policy is available on the council's website. It was developed in consultation with a...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Programme Funding (2 May 2017)
Heather Humphreys: ...Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and is coordinated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. My Department operates the LEADER programme, which supports rural economic development, social inclusion and the environment. The agreement for delivery of the new LEADER 2014-2020 Programme in the Tipperary LEADER sub-regional area was signed on 8 July 2016, with approved...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (2 May 2017)
Heather Humphreys: ...is devolved to the Arts Council. The Arts Council is independent in relation to its funding and executive decisions. In 2013, the Arts Council published its Arts and Disability Policy 2012 -2016 to address issues of equity, access and participation for artists and audiences with disabilities and this is available on the Council's website. The policy was developed in consultation with a...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (2 May 2017)
Heather Humphreys: ...heritage. The Act gives primary responsibility to planning authorities to identify and protect the architectural heritage by including relevant structures on the Record of Protected Structures. Inclusion on the Record of Protected Structures places a duty of care on the owners and occupiers of protected structures and also gives planning authorities powers to deal with development...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: ...takes 15 years for a whitethorn to recover having been flailed and cut. The correspondence reads:Even now, around the country, farmers are cutting hedges and ditches all over their farms, setting heather on fire on the hills outside the permitted time, totally against the law but there isonly one case I know where the local farmer was fined 3500 euro for doing so, but if this bill goes...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Apr 2017)
Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 to 214, inclusive, together The Exchequer Capital Investment Framework published in 2015 Building on Recovery Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021provides for a capital envelope for my Department in its then configuration of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht of €302 million. This envelope includes provision of €178 million on...