Vol. 457 No. 6
8 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht the grants which have been approved and paid by the Heritage Council in each of the years 1992 to 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15592/95]
The Heritage Council, which I appointed on 10 July 1995 under the Heritage Act, 1995, is an autonomous body whose general functions are to propose policies and priorities for the identification, protection, preservation and enhancement of the physical heritage. The council has powers to provide assistance, including financial assistance, and advice to persons and bodies in matters relating to its functions. The council is funded by way of a grant-in-aid from my Department's Vote. This grant-in-aid is funded from national lottery moneys. In the current year the grant-in-aid to the council is £1,550,000. This includes £500,000 for the discovery programme, which is an archaeological research programme. A detailed list of any grants made by the statutory Heritage Council in 1995 will be published in its annual report for that year.
The predecessor of the Heritage Council was the non-statutory National Heritage Council. Details of projects which benefited from national lottery funding from the National Heritage Council in the years 1993-94 are contained in the Appropriation Accounts for those years. Prior to 1993 moneys for projects in the heritage area were disbursed through the Vote of the Department of the Taoiseach. Details of heritage projects for which national lottery funding was sanctioned and-or paid by the National Heritage Council in the period 1 January 1995 to 9 July 1995, following approval by me, are listed in the following table.
National Heritage Council
Schedule of Grants sanctioned/paid in period 1 January 1995 to 9 July 1995
|
Project |
Amount Sanctioned |
Amount Paid to Date |
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Irish Conservation Directory |
2,457.54 |
2,457.54 |
|
Lismore Castle, County Waterford |
4,000.00 |
|
|
St. Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe, County Clare |
5,000.00 |
|
|
Bronze Age Burial Mound, Grange, County Roscommon |
660.00 |
660.00 |
|
Radio Carbon Dating of Wooden Artefacts found in bogs |
2,500.00 |
|
|
Stone Axe Project |
35,000.00 |
16,356.04 |
|
The Impact of alien species |
5,000.00 |
|
|
King John's Castle, Limerick |
44,000.00 |
|
|
Ryan's Hall, Roscrea, County Tipperary |
25,000.00 |
25,000.00 |
|
Conservation of threatened Irish Plant Life |
18,500.00 |
|
|
County Museum, Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan |
20,000.00 |
2,000.00 |
|
County Museum, Dundalk |
8,000.00 |
|
|
SHEER Educational Project |
1,700.00 |
|
|
Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan |
29,000.00 |
|
|
Trinity College (first Irish Book Printed in Dublin) |
12,000.00 |
12,000.00 |
|
St. Patrick's Church, Carnalway, County Kildare |
1,000.00 |
|
|
Survey on computer graphics in museums |
27,500.00 |
2,000.00 |
|
Dandy Lodge, Bridge Road, Listowel, County Kerry |
5,000.00 |
|
|
Drishane House, Castletownshend, County Cork |
16,000.00 |
|
|
National Maritime Museum, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin |
3,000.00 |
|
|
Our Lady's Bower, Killashee, County Kildare |
7,500.00 |
|
|
Old Market Square, Craft Centre, Clonmellon, County Westmeath |
10,000.00 |
|
|
SHEER Educational Project |
25,000.00 |
20,000.00 |
|
Sligo Methodist Church, Wine Street |
10,000.00 |
|
|
St. Sinian's Church, Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath |
16,000.00 |
|
|
Aer Lingus Young Scientist Exhibition — plaques and scholarships |
2,000.00 |
630.00 |
|
Health Status of cetaceans |
45,000.00 |
|
|
Ballindaggin Parish Church Enniscorthy |
30,000.00 |
|
|
17 Eustace Street, Dublin 2 |
50,000.00 |
|
|
Dundalk, Tipperary, Limerick, Monaghan Museums —Computerisation of these local authority museums |
16,000.00 |
|
|
Medieval defended town house, Fethard, County Tipperary |
47,000.00 |
|
|
Cork UCC Geological Museum |
27,000.00 |
|
|
Rockwell Lake, Cashel, County Tipperary — dredging and silt disposal |
40,000.00 |
Were the criteria for the assessment of projects set by the Minister's Department or the Heritage Council and are there any proposals to change them?
The Heritage Council is an autonomous statutory body and I understand it is discussing its approach to applications.
Does the Minister propose to have discussions with the heritage division of the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland or the Historic Buildings Council in Belfast with a view to promoting projects which are of importance to the province of Ulster?
That is a different question.
The question asks if the Minister will make a statement on the matter.
The Deputy is broadening the scope of the question and he should table a specific question on that issue.
I have had discussions on the issue of co-operation in regard to heritage matters and these will continue.
