Parliamentary questions

Heritage Projects

Sean Conlan

1194. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that need to be taken by Monaghan County Council to obtain funding from her Department to enable restoration works to be carried out to the court house in Casteblayney and to ensure that the works are in compliance with the planning and development Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37893/15]

Census of Population Data

Joan Collins

1195. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way a person (details supplied) can access the 1926 census; and if it is possible to access one page only, under supervision. [37917/15]

Wildlife Regulations

Áine Collins

1196. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why it is necessary to confine the period for bush burning to such a limited time span. [38333/15]

Wildlife Regulations

Denis Naughten

1197. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht which Government Department has overall responsibility for the entry into the State of invasive species, and the control of such species once found here; her views that this is a matter for the North-South Ministerial Council to ensure uniformity across the island of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38372/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

1198. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated expenditure of her Department in 2015, in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of the year for 2015; the extra expenditure or savings in this budget during the year to date; when and under what process this expenditure and these savings were approved; and her Department's budget for expenditure in 2016. [37256/15]

Departmental Budgets

Pearse Doherty

1199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation for her Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary pressures. [37272/15]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Murphy

1200. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will indicate, in respect of State boards under her Department's remit, the name of each appointee from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which currently exist on State boards under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37356/15]

Heritage Fund

Joe Carey

1201. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grant assistance towards renovation and restoration available from her Department to owners of houses and homes that are listed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37382/15]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Pearse Doherty

1202. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of jobs that were supported in the Dungloe area of County Donegal by Údarás Na Gaeltachta in each year from 2005 to 2014, and in 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37586/15]

Island Communities

Éamon Ó Cuív

1203. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for details of all subsidised passenger and cargo services to offshore islands, by island served; by frequency of the service in return journeys per week; by the number of passengers carried on each service; by the annual cost of each service, stating in each case whether it is a passenger service, a cargo service or a dual service, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37779/15]

Calafoirt agus Céanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

1204. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén fáth ar thug an tAire Stáit sa Roinn le fios i bhfreagra ar Cheist Dála Uimhir 118 an 14 Deireadh Fómhair nach raibh iarratas faighte aige ó phobal Inis Meáin ar chruinniú le ceist fhorbairt na Cé ag an gCaladh Mór a phlé nuair a bhí iarratas curtha chuige an 6 Lúnasa 2015 ar tugadh freagra air an 29 agus an 30 Meán Fómhair; an bhfuil sé i gceist aige anois géilleadh don iarratas seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [37785/15]

Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

1205. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén méid airgid a íocadh faoi scéim na bhfoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge gach bliain ó 2009 i leith, briste síos de réir contae; cén líon scoláirí ar íocadh deontais ina leith, briste síos ar an mbealach céanna; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [37950/15]

Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments

Denis Naughten

1206. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) will receive compensation under the turf cessation scheme for 2014 and 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37968/15]

Island Communities

Éamon Ó Cuív

1207. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of days that the contracted passenger ferry services did not sail from each island to the mainland, by island, since January 2011; the dates of these instances, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38172/15]

Air Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

1208. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of days that the contracted air service did not fly to each of Oileáin Árann, by island, since January 2011; the dates of these instances, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38173/15]

Wildlife Regulations

Denis Naughten

1209. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for details of the assessment, if any, performed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service on the implications of the Asian clam infestation in the Lough Ree special protection area at Lanesborough in County Longford; the conclusions drawn from this assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38374/15]

Burial Grounds

Seán Kyne

1210. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the investigations concerning the possible use of lands within the Annaghdown Abbey complex for the expansion of the Annaghdown cemetery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38382/15]

Departmental Staff Career Breaks

Finian McGrath

1211. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil servants under her remit who have been reinstated in recent years after taking a career break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38720/15]