Written answers

Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

 
  • Post Office Network
    413. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if further consideration will be given to the proposals to enable post offices provide additional services; and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Funding
    414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale for the allocation of €2.175 million for the building of a centre (details supplied); her views on whether the...
  • Scéimeanna Teanga
    416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil plean teanga aontaithe ag a Roinn leis an Údarás Rialála Carthanas; mura bhfuil, cén fáth nach...
  • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
    417. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application for funding by a person (details supplied) under the turf cutting compensation scheme; and if she will...
  • Commemorative Events
    418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that have been put in place to commemorate the centenary of the death of John Redmond in 2018; and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    419. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff from her Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010...
  • World Heritage Sites
    423. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Government’s plan to pursue more applications for UNESCO world heritage status for more of Ireland's national landmarks...
  • Irish Language
    424. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way she will work with her colleague the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that parents can access second level...
  • Gaeltacht Policy
    425. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government will provide extra funding to Irish speaking gaeltacht areas to encourage greater use of the language and better...
  • Arts Promotion
    426. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the Government plans to ensure arts funding is used to ensure minority and new Irish voices are heard as part of...
  • Arts Funding
    427. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the development of the creative industries sector; if she has reviewed the report from the previous Joint...
  • Rural Development Programme Projects
    428. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has contacted the Irish League of Credit Unions and the Credit Union Development Association regarding the...
  • Cultural Policy
    429. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any engagement with stakeholders in the music industry in terms of the establishment of a music industry task force,...
  • Arts in Education Charter
    430. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has liaised with the Minister for Education and Skills on the development of contemporary art education at primary and...
  • Cultural Policy
    431. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a national cultural strategy up to 2025. [37075/16]
  • Arts Council
    432. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop musical education and make instruments available to young persons and the general population through...
  • Artworks Sales
    433. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has examined any proposals to facilitate on a national basis the use of vacant retail premises by exhibiting artists, based on...
  • Planning Issues
    434. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future...
  • Arts in Education Charter
    438. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place to ensure the better integration of the arts into education and broadening the focus on science, technology,...
  • Cultural Policy
    439. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will urgently begin preparation of a global arts forum for Ireland, similar to the structure of the global Irish economic...
  • Arts Funding
    441. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase the amount of capital funding available for arts institutions and projects in view of the challenges facing...
  • Artists' Remuneration
    443. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she will take to address the issues of very low incomes among arts practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Film Industry
    444. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the support she provides for the indigenous film and television production sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Arts Council Funding
    445. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the targets and key performance indicators included within the Arts Council funding process to ensure that funds are distributed...
  • Cultural Policy
    446. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she explored other methods of incentivising investment into the cultural sector apart from direct State funding; and if so, the...
  • Land Reclassification
    447. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is her policy to inform landholders if their land is to be designated a special protection area, special area of conservation...
  • National Monuments
    448. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria used for the tender that was put out with regard to the conservation of 14-17 Moore Street; the terms and conditions; if...
  • Culture Ireland Grant Scheme
    449. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assessment process used to judge the grant applications by Culture Ireland for the supporting Irish culture on the world stage...
  • Cultural Policy
    450. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she plans to create an environment in which the cultural sector can be supported through multiannual budgeting to...
  • Digital Archiving
    451. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider creating an enabling environment for digitisation of archives and records across all levels in the State,...
  • Budget 2017
    452. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects her Department is prioritising in budget 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37097/16]
  • Arts Funding
    456. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline her plans to increase funding in the arts over the lifetime of the Government; and her views on whether funding...
  • National Gallery
    457. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a group of new magnolia trees will be planted in the west corner of the lawn to complete the garden composition as per her...
  • Hare Coursing Regulation
    458. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to two incidents in which a hare was mauled and suffered severe injuries at Ballinagar coursing,...
  • Architectural Heritage
    459. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will establish a heritage buildings commission with responsibility for the listing of buildings of special architectural or...
  • Legislative Measures
    460. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her role and procedure in making a preservation order on a historical site and area; and if she will consider the need for...
  • Departmental Functions
    461. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the reorganisation of her Department to include regional and rural affairs has been completed (details supplied); if so, the...
  • Record of Protected Structures
    462. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if protection will be provided to a heritage feature (details supplied) in the Laimbe area of the Rath Cairn Gaeltacht, County Meath;...
  • Arts Promotion
    463. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a process whereby artists and sculptors here can be facilitated in having their work exhibited in places such as the UN...
  • Commemorative Events
    464. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to re-establish the decades of centenaries all-party consultative committee; and her further plans regarding future...
  • Departmental Funding
    465. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years, 2014 to 2016, by project name, location and funding...
  • Waterways Issues
    471. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the potential of canals, not just for walking and cycling alongside the canals, but for boats and moving boats; if she...
  • Post Office Network
    472. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to safeguard the position and operation of the post office network and especially rural post offices; and if she will make...
  • National Archives
    473. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons that have visited the National Archives in each of the past five years. [37420/16]
  • Hare Coursing
    474. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the footage of a coursing meeting (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hare Coursing Regulation
    475. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm the presence of NPWS officers at the hare coursing meeting in Ardpatrick, County Limerick on 19 November 2016;...
  • Heritage Sites
    476. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will take to ensure that Westport House and its contents remain open to the public; the discussions that have taken...
  • Arts Funding
    478. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of Ireland's growing jazz music scene, she has considered setting up a funding allocation which would be dedicated to...
  • Departmental Reports
    479. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reports commissioned by her Department since 2006 which, while completed or in final draft form, have not been published; the...
  • Commemorative Events
    480. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 965 of 16 September 2016, if she will confirm that the 2016 event was the ninth annual famine...
  • Non-Disclosure Agreements
    481. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department, or the agencies that report to her Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with...
  • Departmental Legal Cases
    482. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the elements of the High Court ruling in a case (details supplied) which she is in agreement with, in view of her claim that she had...
  • Arts Funding
    483. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which, directly or through the statutory agencies under her control, applications for funding have been made by groups...
  • Film Industry Promotion
    484. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to encourage internationally the use of Ireland as a film location with obvious...
  • Heritage Sites
    485. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which various at risk heritage sites and buildings continue to be protected; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Arts Funding
    488. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of applications received from various amateur societies involved in the promotion of the arts throughout County...
  • Arts in Education Charter
    489. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has had discussions with other Departments or interest groups with a view to creating greater awareness of...
  • Rural Development Plan
    490. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department have identified the primary issues of concern amongst community groups in rural or urban...
  • Cultural Policy
    491. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage nature...
  • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
    492. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by her and Ministers of State in her department. [37883/16]

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