Written Answers Nos. 620-622
620. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhféadfadh sí cur leis an bhfreagra a fuair mé ón Aire Oideachas agus Scileanna ar an gceist a chuir mé air (sonraí tugtha). [4052/19]
View answerTá a bhfuil ráite i bhfreagra an Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna ar cheist an Teachta nótáilte.
Mar is eol don Teachta, is í mo Roinnse atá freagrach as comhordú a dhéanamh ar fhorfheidhmiú na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030. Déantar é sin i gcomhar leis na páirtithe leasmhara éagsúla a bhfuil baint acu leis an scéal, lena n-áirítear ach go háirithe na Ranna Rialtais ábhartha - ina measc, an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna.
I gcomhthéacs an chúraim atá sannta do mo Roinnse mar a bhaineann sé comhordú ar chur chun feidhme na Straitéise, chuaigh an Roinn i ndáil comhairle leis na Ranna agus na forais ábhartha eile sular foilsíodh an Plean Gníomhaíochta 2018-2022 i mí Meithimh 2018.
Sa phlean sin ina ndéantar rianú beacht ar cad atá déanta, ar bun agus beartaithe chun tuilleadh cúraim agus dlús a chur le forfheidhmiú na Straitéise, leagtar amach cad go baileach a dhéanfar go ceann cúig bliana ar leas na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta.
Faoi réimse gnímh 1 den phlean, eadhon an tOideachas, leagtar amach ann cad atá beartaithe ag an Roinn Oideachais augs Scileanna a dhéanamh go sonrach (i gcomhar le páirtithe eile de réir mar a bhaineann) chun cúram a dhéanamh de ghnóthaí Gaeilge i gcomhthéacs na freagrachta atá uirthi ina leith, ní amháin mar chuid den chóras oideachais trí chéile ach i gcomhthéacs an dualgais atá uirthi mar a bhaineann sé le forfheidhmiú na Straitéise - a bhfuil freagracht thras-Rannach bainteach léi agus beannacht thras-Rialtais aici.
Ach an oiread le gach Roinn Stáit agus páirtí leasmhar ábhartha eile, tá mo Roinn ag súil go mór le bheith ag leanúint ag obair ar bhonn comhpháirtíochta leis an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna ar mhaithe le tuilleadh dul chun cinn a chinntiú maidir le cur chun feidhme na mbearta atá sannta sa phlean agus a bhaineann leis an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna.
621. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the procedure for applying for national lottery arts grants. [4062/19]
View answerUnder section 8 of the National Lottery Act 1986, the proceeds of the National Lottery are paid into the Central Fund of the Exchequer and therefore National Lottery funding is one of the constituents of Exchequer funding. The apportionment of National Lottery funding to various lines of voted expenditure is the responsibility of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
The components of my Department’s Vote, which are part-funded by proceeds of the National Lottery, are:
- Subhead A.9 An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Arts Council);
- Subhead B.3 Grant for An Chomhairle Oidhreachta (Heritage Council);
- Subhead C.4 Irish Language Support Schemes.
Allocations in respect of these subheads for each year are set out in the Revised Estimates Volumes for the years in question and published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on its website at: www.per.ie.
In relation to the application process for Arts Council and Heritage Council Grants, which are part funded by the National Lottery, such applications are managed by the Arts Council and the Heritage Council respectively. The Department administers grant applications under Irish Language Support Schemes and details can be found at the following: www.chg.gov.ie/gaeltacht/the-irish-language/language-support-schemes/.
622. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legislative measures, including heads of Bills, from her Department which have been sent to EU institutions before their publication for the period of the Thirty-second Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4245/19]
View answerI am advised that, during the period of the Thirty-second Dáil, my Department has not had cause to send any items of primary legislation, including heads of Bills, to EU institutions before publication.
For completeness, I would advise that my Department has recently sent two Draft Statutory Instruments to the European Commission. These are drafted under the European Communities Act 1972 and are respectively designed to give effect to relevant provisions of:
- Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on compliance measures for users from the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the Union; and
- Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species.
