Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Areas of Conservation Designation

Thomas Pringle

36. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to his announcement last December of his intention to designate the area around Rockabill to Dalkey Island as a special area of conservation, if he has discussed the implications of this with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of their recent granting of foreshore and exploration licences to a company (details supplied) to drill an oil well just 6 km from Dublin coastline. [4518/13]

Thatching Grants Expenditure

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

37. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants available to renovate thatched cottages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4501/13]

National Monuments

Mick Wallace

38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received the environmental impact assessment of numbers 14 to 17 Moore Street, Dublin; the result of this assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4511/13]

Commemorative Events

Jonathan O'Brien

39. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has made a decision regarding a grant application to restore the former Richmond Barracks gymnasium as a local museum and centre for focus on commemorations in 1916; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4499/13]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

John Browne

40. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Browne den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta faoin Straitéis 20 Bliain. [4458/13]

Special Areas of Conservation Designation

Joe Higgins

41. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to his announcement last December of his intention to designate the area around Rockabill to Dalkey Island as a special area of conservation, if he has discussed the implications of this with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of their recent granting of foreshore and exploration licences to a company (details supplied) to drill an oil well just 6 km from Dublin coastline. [4516/13]

EU Presidency Agenda

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

42. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to utilize the EU Presidency to promote Arts, Heritage and the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4504/13]

Abbey Theatre

Clare Daly

43. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will explain the relationship between the Abbey Theatre and the State in terms of ownership structures and status and financial oversight. [4509/13]

Film Industry Development

Bernard Durkan

47. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he continues to have discussions with film-makers at home and abroad with a view to facilitating the development of this country as a major world-wide filming location and thereby promoting the national image and economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4495/13]

State Properties

Seán Crowe

48. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to his effort to secure Bank of Ireland on College Green, Dublin, for the purpose of the Arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4503/13]

National Archives

Michael Colreavy

49. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the 1926 census will be published in view of the work that has been done to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4497/13]

Acht na Gaeltachta

John Browne

50. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Browne den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis na Pleananna Teanga a luaitear in Acht na Gaeltachta, cén méid airgid a leithroinnfidh a Roinn i gcomhair Pleanáil Teanga sa Ghaeltacht [4457/13]

Irish Language Issues

Seán Crowe

51. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a step-by-step plan in place to ensure that the current derogation on the Irish language as a working language of the European Union is abolished, particularly in view of Ireland holding the Presidency of the European Parliament at the beginning of 2013, in view of statements from Martin Schultz (details supplied), President of the European Parliament, that the decision to remove the aforementioned derogation is entirely at his discretion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1662/13]

Special Areas of Conservation Designation

Joan Collins

53. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to his announcement last December of his intention to designate the area around Rockabill to Dalkey Island as a special area of conservation, if he has discussed the implications of this with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of their recent granting of foreshore and exploration licences to a company (details supplied) to drill an oil well just 6 km from the Dublin coastline. [4517/13]

Consular Services Availability

Dan Neville

54. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding receiving a copy of a will (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4711/13]

Colombian Peace Process

Finian McGrath

55. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to support the peace process in Colombia and not allow some elements wreck the efforts being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4660/13]

Foreign Conflicts

Thomas P. Broughan

56. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU or the UN are considering additional sanctions against Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4771/13]

Emigrant Support Services

Brendan Smith

57. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total funding allocated in the Estimates for 2012 for the emigrant support programme; the amount spent under this programme for 2012; if he will list the recipient organisations in each country; the level of funding provided to each organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4799/13]

Emigrant Support Services

Brendan Smith

58. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding allocated in the Estimates for 2013 for the emigrant support programme; if he will list the organisations in each country that will receive funding under this programme; the amount per organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4800/13]

National Debt

Pearse Doherty

59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the Exchequer borrowing level per year for the next three years and the promissory note-banking component of this borrowing. [4564/13]