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
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Amount Sanctioned
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Amount Paid to Date
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£
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£
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Irish Conservation Directory
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2,457.54
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2,457.54
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Lismore Castle, County Waterford
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4,000.00
|
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St. Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe, County Clare
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5,000.00
|
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Bronze Age Burial Mound, Grange, County Roscommon
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660.00
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660.00
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Radio Carbon Dating of Wooden Artefacts found in bogs
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2,500.00
|
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Stone Axe Project
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35,000.00
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16,356.04
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The Impact of alien species
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5,000.00
|
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King John's Castle, Limerick
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44,000.00
|
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Ryan's Hall, Roscrea, County Tipperary
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25,000.00
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25,000.00
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Conservation of threatened Irish Plant Life
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18,500.00
|
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County Museum, Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan
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20,000.00
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2,000.00
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County Museum, Dundalk
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8,000.00
|
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SHEER Educational Project
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1,700.00
|
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Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan
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29,000.00
|
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Trinity College (first Irish Book Printed in Dublin)
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12,000.00
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12,000.00
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St. Patrick's Church, Carnalway, County Kildare
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1,000.00
|
|
Survey on computer graphics in museums
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27,500.00
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2,000.00
|
Dandy Lodge, Bridge Road, Listowel, County Kerry
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5,000.00
|
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Drishane House, Castletownshend, County Cork
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16,000.00
|
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National Maritime Museum, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin
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3,000.00
|
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Our Lady's Bower, Killashee, County Kildare
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7,500.00
|
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Old Market Square, Craft Centre, Clonmellon, County Westmeath
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10,000.00
|
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SHEER Educational Project
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25,000.00
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20,000.00
|
Sligo Methodist Church, Wine Street
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10,000.00
|
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St. Sinian's Church, Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath
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16,000.00
|
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Aer Lingus Young Scientist Exhibition — plaques and scholarships
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2,000.00
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630.00
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Health Status of cetaceans
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45,000.00
|
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Ballindaggin Parish Church Enniscorthy
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30,000.00
|
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17 Eustace Street, Dublin 2
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50,000.00
|
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Dundalk, Tipperary, Limerick, Monaghan Museums —Computerisation of these local authority museums
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16,000.00
|
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Medieval defended town house, Fethard, County Tipperary
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47,000.00
|
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Cork UCC Geological Museum
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27,000.00
|
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Rockwell Lake, Cashel, County Tipperary — dredging and silt disposal
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40,000.00
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