Heritage (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Heritage - Commemorative events - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...her plans in the lead up to the 95th anniversary of the execution of Liam Mellows by the Free State in Mountjoy Jail to issue a State apology to the families of the at least 77 persons executed in this period (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q....

Heritage - Commemorative events - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Government will continue to mark the significant historical events that took place on the road to the foundation of the State and will be advised and supported in its plans by the guidance of the Expert Advisory Group on Centenary Commemorations and in consultation with the Oir...

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 to 255, inclusive, and 262 together. My Department has issued no such licence. The Minister for Health has addressed the matter of the study in response to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 271 and 272 today.

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers] My Department issued no such licence.

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers] My Department issued no such licence.

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has previously taken action to scare gulls off treated water reservoirs for Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 249 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the NPWS has previously taken action to scare and or remove gulls off rooftops at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 250 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the NPWS has previously taken action to scare and or remove gulls off a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 251 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the NPWS has previously acted to scare gulls away from treated water reservoirs in Dublin city, Our Lady of Lourdes hospital, Drogheda and at a location (details supplied). [Q. No(s) 265 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 to 251, inclusive, and 265 together. My Department has previously issued licenses under section 42 of the Wildlife Acts to scare (birds) or remove eggs or nests of various gull species in respect of the locations referred to by the Deputies. ...

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the attention of NPWS has been drawn to the frequent closure of beaches by the Environmental Protection Agency and local authorities in the past two years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 595 to Minister for Housing, Planning and Loc...

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a key statutory body for investigating complaints of pollution and for the enforcement, both directly and through oversight of local authorities, of environmental legislation in Ireland, including compliance in relation to licensed urban...

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the NPWS issued a licence authorising a scientific study of species (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 252 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the person or organisation that applied for the licence for a scientific study of species (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 253 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the NPWS received a copy of the report of a study of species (details supplied) from the team that conducted it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 254 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the action in line with her department’s role and function, the NPWS has taken or plans to take in relation to a study of species (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 255 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the NPWS issued a licence authorising a scientific study of species (details supplied) to investigate the presence of anti microbial resistance in the species certain types of which if present would have potentially serious implications for public health; the organisation whic...

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the NPWS issued a licence authorising a scientific study (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 256 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]

Heritage - National Parks and Wildlife Service - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the NPWS issued a licence authorising a scientific study in Galway of the brent geese species to investigate the presence of anti microbial resistance in the species certain types of which if present would have potentially serious implications for public health; the organisati...

Heritage - Sites - issues relating to

Sitting date: 11/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the Skellig Michael island season will be extended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 90 to Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform ]

Heritage - Sites - issues relating to

Sitting date: 11/10/2017
[Written Answers] As I have indicated in response to the Deputy’s previous PQ on this subject on 11th September, I have requested the Office of Public Works to review the position with regard to the opening season at Skellig Michael. This process is underway at present and I would expect that it wi...

Heritage - National monuments - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Sean Mac Dhiarmada Cottage is a National Monument in State care and is managed and maintained by the Office of Public Works. Visitor access to the Cottage is currently feasible on a pre-arranged basis only. The OPW made arrangements in 2016 for a local Heritage Centre in Kil...

Heritage - National monuments - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the arrangements in place for visitors to the homestead of the 1916 signatory Seán Mac Diarmada; the months, days of the week and opening hours of the monument; his plans to extend these hours; the amount of publicity dedicated to the homestead by the Office of Public Works; and ...

Heritage - Projects - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if a number of items from both the WB Yeats collection on display in Dublin and artefacts recently raised from the Spanish Armada off the coast of County Sligo and which are not currently on display can be returned to be displayed to the public in County Sligo with special consid...

Heritage - Projects - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers] The matters to which the Deputy refers are a day-to-day matter for both the National Library and the National Museum. I have however referred the Deputy's question to both the National Library and the National Museum for their separate consideration and direct reply.

Heritage - Sites - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of complaints received from the unions and safety representatives based at a location (details supplied); the nature of the complaints; his plans to deal with the matters raised; if there is a basic maintenance plan in operation at the site; if the staff toilets and pu...

Heritage - Sites - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers] Kilkenny Castle, one of our nation’s most celebrated historic properties, attracts circa 308,000 paying visitors annually and many multiples of this number visit the parkland. As with all busy visitor attractions, a wide variety of issues can arise which require ongoing dialogue...

Heritage - Special areas of conservation - management

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a clubhouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 248 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]

Heritage - Special areas of conservation - management

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy is aware, the location in question is within a National Park, a Biosphere Reserve, Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area. The identification and development of an alternative site in the proximity of the lake would thus be extremely challenging and ...

Heritage - Waterways Ireland - staff

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no civil engineer working on the north and mid Shannon for Waterways Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 249 to Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ]