Results 121-139 of 139 for 5 million speaker:Josepha Madigan

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ..., namely, to increase the statutory limit on the cumulative capital outlay, commitments and liabilities that can be advanced to Screen Ireland, formerly known as the Irish Film Board, from €300 million to €500 million. Section 1 of the Bill sets out to amend section 10 of the Irish Film Board Act 1980, as amended, by increasing the maximum amount of any investments, loans,...

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...in budget 2019. I also acknowledge Senator Warfield's welcome of the performance of Screen Ireland in general. Last June, I announced that the national development plan provides for €200 million in funding over 20 years for this sector, which is unprecedented. Senators also acknowledged the provision in budget 2019 of €20.4 million for Screen Ireland. I will try to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Voluntary Bog Purchase Scheme (18 Dec 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...of the voluntary bog purchase scheme to new applicants. At that time, the Government agreed that the applications on hand under the scheme would be completed, subject to contract. Over €4.48 million has been paid since 2010 under the voluntary bog purchase scheme in respect of bog plots or turbary rights in designated peatland areas purchased by my Department. The table below...

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...straightforward Bill. It is a simple Bill to increase, subject to the normal Estimates and budgetary process, the limit for the cumulative capital expenditure of Screen Ireland, Fís Éireann, from €300 million to €500 million. There is an increase of 14% in 2019 to Fís Éireann, increasing its allocation to €20.4 million and there was an increase of...

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...objective of increasing the statutory limit on the cumulative capital outlay, commitments and liabilities that can be advanced to Screen Ireland, formerly known as the Irish Film Board, from €300 million to €500 million. As in the case of some statutory bodies which receive public funding, a limit was set by statute on such outlays when the Irish Film Board Act 1980 was...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (15 Nov 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ..., production and distribution of film, television and animation projects. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that €20.04m is to be allocated to Fís Éireann under Budget 2019. This is an increase of €2 million on the 2018 figure . Fís Éireann also supports the Irish screen industries at major international markets and festivals, promotes inward...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (24 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The National Library of Ireland has over 10 million items in its collections, acquired since it was founded in 1877.  Of this number, the Library's book collection amounts to 500,000 individual volumes, acquired over 140 years.  My Department has been informed that a recent large scale stock check of the book collection in the West Wing of the Library (where the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...regard to the forthcoming budget so I cannot comment on my allocation for this year. I will give the Senator a flavour of what is happening. In 2017, the current allocation increased from €237 million to €249 million, a 5% increase, and the capital allocation increased from €51 million to €54 million, a 5.8% increase. I do not yet know the shape of this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...creativity in every community. Each local authority produced a culture and creativity plan last year. We have the breakdown of the spend on Cruinniú na Cásca, which, as I said, was €1.25 million. The local authority partnership last year was €1 million, and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government gave €1 million, so they got €64,000...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I greatly welcome the commitment given by the Taoiseach to increase Government spending in the next seven years in the arts and culture sector on a trajectory that will see funding doubled by 2025. My Department and I continue to work rigorously with the Taoiseach and all of my Government colleagues towards delivering on this commitment. A first and significant step in the delivery...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...doing all I can to achieve the best possible result with the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. Funding is allocated on a yearly basis. Current expenditure in 2017 was €237 million, which went up to €249 million in 2018, an increase of 5%. Capital expenditure in 2017 was €51 million, which went up to €54 million in 2018, an increase of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Ireland (9 May 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...Committee comprised of representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, IDA and Tourism Ireland as well as representatives of the sector. Culture Ireland supports Irish artists at 500 events in about 60 different countries every year and in 2017, Culture Ireland supported activities reached an audience of more than 3.5 million people and over 7 million online/radio/tv...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (26 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to advise you that my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has operated a farm plan scheme since 2006. Over 650 farm plans were approved under this voluntary scheme. Farmers have been incentivised to go above and beyond their statutory requirements in designated lands for particular habitats or species. One of the primary aims of the scheme is to trial...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...the issues arising across my Department's Vote on a programme by programme basis. In the first instance, I will provide a broad outline of the overall position. A gross provision of slightly less than €303 million is available to my Department in 2018. An additional €700,000 in funding has been carried over from the 2017 capital provision for expenditure on priority...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Mar 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...to invest in excess of €1 billion in our culture and heritage over the next 10 years. This investment will be made across four programme areas within the Department's remit, as follows: - €460 million will be spent on the National Cultural Institutions Investment Programme. The delivery of this programme will ensure the protection of our National Collections as well as...

Other Questions: Heritage Sites (28 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ..., employment and trade in many advanced economies. In 2010 it was estimated that the cultural and creative industries contributed around 2.6% of the total GDP of the European Union, providing around 5 million jobs across the 27 EU member states. In Ireland, in the same year, a report commissioned by the Arts Council estimated that the creative industries overall contributed more...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (1 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department has operated a farm plan scheme since 2006. Over 650 farm plans were approved under this voluntary scheme. Farmers have been incentivised to go above and beyond their statutory requirements in designated lands for particular habitats or species. One of the primary aims of the scheme is to trial bespoke measures for enhanced management...

Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jan 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...is justified, particularly in the first year of the programme. This is a communication platform across the board where we highlight the Creative Ireland programme. In the breakdown of the €5 million budget for 2017, while €900,000 went towards citizen engagement, Cruinniú na Cásca received €1.25 million and the local authority partnership received €1...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Dec 2017)

Josepha Madigan: ...over by my Department from 2016 into 2017 is €13,548,000.  Since the making of the relevant Order by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the 6thof March 2017, expenditure totalling €9.038 million has been incurred against the total carryover as follows: - Subhead Amount carried over €000 Expenditure to date €000 A.7 Cultural Infrastructure...