Results 81-100 of 139 for 5 million speaker:Josepha Madigan

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Funding (3 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: ...Europe is the EU’s framework programme to support the cultural and audiovisual sectors. The current programme runs from 2014 to 2020 with an overall budget of €1.46 billion (funding to MEDIA 54%; Culture 31%; Cross-sectoral 31%). Support to the culture sector includes funding for projects across all genres, such as literature, dance, theatre, music and the visual arts. It...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (13 May 2020)

Josepha Madigan: Primary support for the Arts is delivered through the Arts Council. Funding for the Arts Council has increased in recent years and now stands at €80.5 million in 2020, and increase of some €5.5m or 7.3% over 2019. Although there is no funding for choirs available from my Department, the Arts Council funds Sing Ireland (formally known as the Association of Irish Choirs).The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Raised Bog Management Plan (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...raised bogs within three cycles, with the first cycle operating for the duration of the management plan. This programme can now be accelerated due to the announcement in budget 2020 of €5 million for peatlands restoration. This funding will allow for restoration measures to be undertaken on approximately 1,800 ha in 2020 on up to nine raised bog designated sites across seven...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...Dr. Kevin Rafter, has welcomed the increase, particularly given the difficult budget we had in the context of Brexit. That should be acknowledged. The budget for the Arts Council increased by €5 million to €80 million, or 6.7%, in the budget and has increased by 23% since 2017. On Culture Ireland, we are still finalising figures for the Revised Estimates but I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Primary support for the arts in Ireland is delivered by the Arts Council. Funding for the Arts Council has been increasing steadily in recent years and will reach €80 million in 2020. The increase in 2020 is €5 million or 6.7% on 2019. The Arts Council, which is independent in its funding decisions under the Arts Act 2003, operates within a published ten-year strategic...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Performing Arts (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Primary support for the arts is delivered by the Arts Council, funding for which has increased steadily in recent years and will reach €80 million in 2020. The figure for 2020 will be €5 million, or an increase of 6.7% on that of 2019. The Arts Council, which is independent in its funding decisions under the Arts Act 2003, operates within a published ten-year strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I refer the Deputy to my replies to his recent questions, PQs 37724/19 and 45449/19. My Department is responsible for implementing the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2018, the primary legislation underpinning the protection of biodiversity and nature in Ireland. The Wildlife Acts afford protection to a range of habitats and species and provide for regulation and control of activities that impinge on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Budgets (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Under Project Ireland 2040 - the National Development Plan €1.188 million in capital expenditure has been allocated to my Department for the period 2018 to 2027.  Annual capital allocations were provided for the first five years of the plan covering the period 2018 to 2022.  For my Department, the annual  capital allocation under Project Ireland 2020 for the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...by over 2% from €189m to almost €193m.  Primary support for the Arts is delivered through the Arts Council. Funding for the Arts Council has increased in recent years and will reach €80 million in 2020.  This is an increase of €5m or 6.7% over 2019.  The Arts Council, which is independent in its funding decisions under the Arts Act...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 381 and 385 together. Primary support for the Arts including theatre, stage productions, drama and music is delivered through the Arts Council.  Funding for the Arts Council has increased in recent years and now stands at €80 million in 2020, and increase of some €5m or 6. 7% over 2019.   The Arts Council is independent in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...by over 2% from €189m to almost €193m.  Primary support for the arts is delivered through the Arts Council. Funding for the Arts Council has increased in recent years and will reach €80 million in 2020.  This is an increase of €5m or 6.7% over 2019.  The Arts Council, which is independent in its funding decisions under the Arts Act...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Raised Bog Management Plan (5 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ..., with the first cycle operating for the duration of the Management Plan. The raised bog designated sites restoration programme can now be accelerated due to the announcement in Budget 2020 of €5 million for peatlands restoration. Restoration plans for each of the 53 raised bog special areas of conservation have been drafted, to be developed further in partnership with...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (12 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...detailed in the following table. Organisation Number of additional staff appointed in 2019 Estimated annualised payroll cost of additional staff appointed in 2019 €million Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht 33 1.22 Arts Council 5 0.244 Crawford Art...

Report on the Arts: Motion (7 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...and educational institutions. The Government's recognition of the importance of the arts is underlined by its commitment to double spending on culture, heritage and the Gaeltacht by 2025. Total funding in the Department for the arts and culture sector will increase by 2% in 2020 from €189 million to almost €193 million. Primary support for the arts is delivered through...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artists' Remuneration (6 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: I remind both Deputies of the Arts Council's press release on the budget. Deputy Boyd Barrett said the increase was a miserable one. The Arts Council stated that it welcomes the increase of €5 million. The Taoiseach has committed to doubling funding for the arts by 2025. We still intend to do that and we are on a trajectory to achieve it but we are all aware that this was not a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Promotion (6 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...the Bord na Móna workers. Some 100 jobs will be created. This issue has prompted the biggest increase in funding that the heritage side of my Department has had for many years, an increase of 15.5%. Some €5 million of that will come from the carbon fund and will specifically tackle peatlands and bogs in the midlands. That will be significant. We are putting significant...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artists' Remuneration (6 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...will make a significant difference over time to the income of people working in the performing arts. Total funding for the arts and culture sector in 2020 will increase by more than 2%, from €189 million to almost €193 million, an increase of €4 million.  This funding will comprise €153 million in current expenditure and €39.7 million in capital...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Council (6 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The funding breakdown remains a matter for discussion with the council and we are in ongoing discussion with it. The precise breakdown of the €5 million remains under consideration but we have stated it includes €1.25 million in additional funding to enhance the work of the council to support performing artists, art festivals, street arts and family events. This funding also...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (6 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...Member States to take measures to maintain or restore natural habitats and wild species listed on the Directive. They have been listed because they are considered vulnerable at a Union level. Ireland has 59 habitats and 68 species listed on the Directive. Ireland’s 3rd assessment on the status of listed habitats and species was submitted by my Department to the European Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2020 (6 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The total funding for my Department allocated in Budget 2020 is €354m – an increase of 5% on 2019 – which represents a cumulative increase of 17% for our culture, language and heritage over the last 2 years. The total funding increase for 2020 is €7.2m in capital expenditure (an increase of 10% on 2019) and over €8m in current expenditure (an increase of 3%...