Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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107. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under the category of office premises expenses, if he will list the individual offices operated by his Department in the State alongside the expenses that they will incur in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24865/13]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I presume the Deputy is referring to the provision of €693,000 for Office Premises Expenses in my Department's Administration Budget as set out in the 2013 Revised Estimates for Public Services. This funding will be used to meet expenses such as heating, lighting, waste disposal, cleaning and water charges. These costs relate largely to my Department's main offices which are listed on my Department's website at . It is too soon to anticipate the precise breakout of where precisely all such costs will be incurred in 2013 but it is unlikely that there will be any significant savings in 2013.

Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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108. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of the heritage spend by category of the €1.2 million estimated for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24866/13]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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An amount of €1.2m in capital funding on subhead B.5 Natural Heritage –National Parks and Wildlife Service was carried over into 2013 in accordance with the procedures governing unspent capital. The State has a particular responsibility to preserve active raised bog habitat under European Council Directive 92/43/EEC (the Habitats Directive) which requires Ireland to protect various species and habitats which are of European importance. In 2012, an allocation of €1.2m was set aside to fund surveys of raised bog Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs) within the context of the development of a National Raised Bog SAC Management Plan and a Review of raised bog Natural Heritage Areas. These funds were not utilised in 2012 due to unforeseen delays in commencing the procurement process for the surveys. However, these surveys will have to be undertaken during 2013.

Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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109. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of the heritage by product, programme, expenditure spend estimated for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24867/13]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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A breakout of my Department's provisions for expenditure under the Heritage Programme is published in the 2013 Revised Estimates Volume, which is available on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform website via the following link: