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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2002</strong><br />
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Mesage from <strong>Council</strong><br />
Chief Executive's <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Plan 2001-2005<br />
Summary List of Achievements <strong>2002</strong> - Key Achievements of <strong>Council</strong><br />
1. <strong>Heritage</strong> Information - Collection and Dissemination<br />
2. Advice to the Minister<br />
3. Placing <strong>Heritage</strong> at the Heart of Public Life<br />
4. Local Authorities and <strong>Heritage</strong> Management<br />
5. Raising Awareness and Appreciation of our <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
6. Best Practice in <strong>Heritage</strong> Conservation and Management<br />
Financial Statements <strong>2002</strong><br />
Appendix A: Committee Members<br />
Appendix B: Grant Payments <strong>2002</strong><br />
Appendix C: Links<br />
Appendix D: <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> Publications
Message from <strong>Council</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> second full year in my term as Chairperson of <strong>Council</strong> has been eventful,<br />
rewarding and above all productive.<br />
Our annual report for <strong>2002</strong> acknowledges at the very outset the significance of<br />
<strong>Council</strong>'s first meeting outside the jurisdiction, held in Armagh in June.<br />
Holding the meeting in Armagh allowed us to build on the Ministerial initiative in<br />
appointing Primrose Wilson as the first member of <strong>Council</strong> from Northern Ireland.<br />
<strong>The</strong> time in Armagh extended our contacts and friendship in many areas of our<br />
common heritage and included visits to both of the city's cathedrals. <strong>The</strong> co-operation<br />
of <strong>Council</strong> with partners north and south of the border has been strengthened as a<br />
result. This is highlighted particularly in work in the areas of architectural heritage,<br />
landscape policy and the annual museum of the year award.<br />
Contacts such as these are very rewarding and bring another dimension to the work of<br />
<strong>Council</strong>. <strong>Heritage</strong>, both natural and cultural aspects can be made to have relevance<br />
across frontiers whether real or imaginary. In its own work and structures <strong>Council</strong><br />
seeks to remove these 'frontiers', some of which can apply to the professions. Our own<br />
committee structure, without the strategic and policy direction provided in the Plan<br />
2001-2005 could operate in a professional vacuum. However the focus provided by<br />
the Plan ensures a most productive contribution to the work of <strong>Council</strong> from its<br />
Committees.<br />
During the year a strategic review of staff resources and work programmes was<br />
completed as part of the ongoing evaluation of the Plan2001-2005. This was<br />
complemented by external review of a number of areas of <strong>Council</strong>'s activities all of<br />
which will help <strong>Council</strong> to ensure it operates in a most effective, efficient and<br />
appropriate manner. I look forward in 2003 to reporting on the revision and<br />
improvements in working practice which will result.<br />
<strong>Council</strong> maintained its commitment to its work on policy development, seeking to<br />
inform this work through enhancing its overall allocation to the grants programme in<br />
a number of specific areas. This progress can only be maintained through the<br />
commitment from Government to provide <strong>Council</strong> with the resources required to<br />
deliver its agreed programme. <strong>Council</strong>'s financial allocation for <strong>2002</strong> allowed<br />
momentum to be maintained.<br />
In concluding this message from <strong>Council</strong> for <strong>2002</strong>, I must acknowledge how<br />
positively <strong>Council</strong> views the changes in Departmental structure which followed the<br />
general election in July. <strong>The</strong>se saw <strong>Council</strong> come under the aegis of the Minister for<br />
Environment and Local Government. So much of our work on natural and cultural<br />
heritage is intrinsically linked with environment and <strong>Council</strong> itself identifies Local<br />
Authorities as its key partners. We look forward to an eventful, rewarding and<br />
productive 2003.
Tom O’Dwyer<br />
Chairperson.
Chief Executive’s <strong>Report</strong><br />
An examination of <strong>Council</strong>’s achievements in <strong>2002</strong> clearly illustrates how core<br />
activities have remained focused on key functions. In policy the proposals on Thatch<br />
have resulted in a wide range of actions being followed through by those with<br />
executive responsibility, encouraging further co-operation north and south of the<br />
border. Similarly the policy proposals on landscape have served to raise awareness of<br />
the significance and value of this important aspect of our national heritage to our<br />
quality of life.<br />
Partnership and co-operation with Local Authorities has seen the number of <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Officers in post jump to 17 with further appointments pending. This network is a<br />
fundamental part of <strong>Council</strong>’s work with its key partners, the Local Authorities. <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong>’s clearly targeted grants programme saw support for over 260 initiatives<br />
nationwide with an allocation of €3.3M in total. <strong>The</strong> benefits of having a full time<br />
grants administrator in post were clearly evident in <strong>2002</strong> both through the service<br />
provided to recipients and the quality of applications as a whole.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Museum sector continued to benefit from the emerging policy on Standards and<br />
Accreditation whilst the recently established Marine and Coastal Committee is<br />
ensuring heritage aspects in this area are effectively considered in <strong>Council</strong>’s work. In<br />
co-operation with the Inland Waterways committee the Marine and Coastal committee<br />
is considering, on <strong>Council</strong>’s behalf heritage aspects on water management and the<br />
water framework directive.<br />
Biological records, and in particular the establishment of a Biological Records Centre,<br />
provided focus for the Wildlife Committee whilst in Archaeology the thorny problem<br />
of how best to propose policy for Human remains was dealt with in a sensitive and<br />
positive manner.<br />
All of <strong>Council</strong>s work aims to raise awareness of the significance and importance of<br />
national heritage to everyday life. This work is targeted at all sectors of society. In<br />
particular the <strong>Heritage</strong> in Schools programme continues to grow in partnership with<br />
teaching organisations with some 460 schools visited in the first full year since the<br />
programme was initiated.<br />
As we approach the "Mid-Term" in the life of <strong>Council</strong>’s current Plan firm foundations<br />
for our work have been laid allowing us to move forward with confidence into 2003<br />
and beyond. To assist us a number of independent reviews have been commissioned<br />
on performance in key areas. <strong>The</strong> results of these are eagerly awaited as they will help<br />
shape and guide our work in the future.<br />
Michael Starrett<br />
Chief Executive.
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> was established in July 1995, under the <strong>Heritage</strong> Act, 1995, to<br />
propose policies and priorities for the identification, protection, preservation and<br />
enhancement of the national heritage. National heritage is defined in the Act as<br />
including:<br />
· monuments<br />
· landscapes<br />
· archaeological objects<br />
· seascapes<br />
· heritage objects<br />
· wrecks<br />
· architectural heritage<br />
· geology<br />
· flora<br />
· heritage gardens and parks<br />
· fauna<br />
· inland waterways<br />
· wildlife habitats<br />
In particular, the <strong>Heritage</strong> Act, 1995, charges the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> with the<br />
responsibility to:<br />
· promote interest, education, knowledge and pride in, and facilitate the<br />
appreciation and enjoyment of the national heritage;<br />
· co-operate with other bodies in the promotion of its functions; and<br />
· promote the co-ordination of all activities relating to its functions.<br />
<strong>Council</strong> Members<br />
Tom O’Dwyer, Chairperson, Simon Berrow, Mary Bryan, Con Costello, Ruth Delany,<br />
Nessa Dunlea, Maurice Hurley, Michael MacMahon, Michael McNamara, Tomás Ó<br />
Caoimh, Nioclás Ó Conchubhair, William J. Smyth, Virginia Teehan, Primrose<br />
Wilson,<br />
Mary Moylan (from November <strong>2002</strong>), Patricia Donlon (up to June <strong>2002</strong>),<br />
Bride Rosney (up to July <strong>2002</strong>), Clare O’Grady Walshe (up to October <strong>2002</strong>)<br />
<strong>Council</strong> Meeting in Armagh<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> held its first meeting outside the jurisdiction during a visit to the<br />
ecclesiastical city of Armagh in June <strong>2002</strong>. <strong>The</strong> aim of the visit was to further<br />
strengthen North-South links established since the formation of the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
in 1995 and to recognise the important step taken by the Minister in appointing<br />
Primrose Wilson, a resident of County Armagh. <strong>The</strong> meeting was hosted by Armagh<br />
City and District <strong>Council</strong> in their offices, the former Archbishop’s Palace. <strong>The</strong><br />
delegation enjoyed a guided tour of the main building, chapel and stables and a tour to<br />
Emain Marcha, the Cardinal Tomas O’Fiaich Memorial Library and Archive, the
Armagh Club and St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral. A civic reception was<br />
hosted by the Mayor and followed by dinner with members of the heritage<br />
community, public representatives and officials in the new Marketplace <strong>The</strong>atre. <strong>The</strong><br />
guest speaker was conservation architect, Dawson Stelfox.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> welcomed the opportunity to promote heritage co-operation<br />
throughout the island of Ireland and appreciated the hospitality shown by the Armagh<br />
City and District <strong>Council</strong>.<br />
Picture of Historic meeting in Armagh in June <strong>2002</strong> (L to R) David McCammick,<br />
Armagh City and District <strong>Council</strong>; Primrose Wilson, <strong>Council</strong> Member; Fr. Tomás<br />
O’Caoimh, <strong>Council</strong> Member; Michael Starrett, Chief Executive <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>;<br />
Cllr Mrs Sylvia McRoberts, Mayor of Armagh City and District <strong>Council</strong>; Tom<br />
O’Dwyer, Chairperson of <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>; and Lucinda Blackiston-Houston,<br />
Chairsperson of CNCC.
<strong>The</strong> Plan 2001-2005<br />
Over the period of the Plan, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> will seek to protect and enhance the<br />
richness, quality and diversity of our national heritage for everyone. It will work with<br />
its partners, particularly at local level, to increase awareness of our national heritage<br />
and to highlight its importance to public policy and everyday life.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Plan 2001-2005 contains 83 specific actions or action areas to be undertaken by<br />
<strong>Council</strong>. <strong>The</strong>se actions are grouped under the following six Key Performance Areas:<br />
1. <strong>Heritage</strong> information: Collection and dissemination<br />
2. Advice to the Minister<br />
3. Placing heritage at the heart of public life<br />
4. Local Authorities and heritage management<br />
5. Raising awareness and appreciation of our heritage<br />
6. Best practice in heritage conservation and management<br />
Implementing the Plan in <strong>2002</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> chart on next page illustrates the Committee structure which <strong>Council</strong> put in place<br />
to implement the Plan in <strong>2002</strong>. <strong>The</strong> four standing Committees are a statutory<br />
requirement and the establishment of a Finance and Audit Committee represents best<br />
practice in the governance of State Bodies. Working groups are appointed from time<br />
to time to oversee or co-ordinate an aspect of <strong>Council</strong>’s work. Such groups are<br />
established for a fixed period of time and may include representatives from outside<br />
<strong>Council</strong>.<br />
During the year, Michael Conroy, Department of Arts, <strong>Heritage</strong>, Gaeltacht and the<br />
Islands, attended <strong>Council</strong> meetings in February, April, June and July in the capacity of<br />
Departmental Observer. Liam O’Connell, Department of Environment and Local<br />
Government replaced him as observer in October and December.<br />
Staff – Training and Development<br />
<strong>The</strong> qualifications and skills of the staff reflect the broad brief of the <strong>Council</strong>,<br />
stretching across the cultural and natural aspects of the national heritage, allowing an<br />
integrated approach to its activities. <strong>The</strong> comprehensive training and continuing
professional development programme continues to allow both professional and<br />
administrative staff to develop their skills and further their knowledge. In addition to<br />
individual development, training for all staff was provided through:<br />
· Two Day Team Building Seminar– Mount Juliet, Kilkenny February 18<br />
& 19, <strong>2002</strong><br />
· Performance Management Training in Butler House, Kilkenny on<br />
March 8th <strong>2002</strong><br />
· Practical Training Seminar on Ecology in the Burren, Co. Clare 31st<br />
August and 1St September<br />
· Marine Ecology Presentation on December 17th <strong>2002</strong><br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> members and staff pictured at a practical training seminar on<br />
Ecology in the Burren, Co Clare on 1st September <strong>2002</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> full list of staff is as follows:<br />
Michael<br />
Starrett<br />
Jackie Roberts<br />
Anne Barcoe<br />
Mary Hanna<br />
Beatrice Kelly<br />
Fionnuala<br />
Lynch<br />
Liam Lysaght<br />
Hugh Maguire<br />
Martina<br />
Chief Executive<br />
(Up to 31st Jan <strong>2002</strong>) Personal Assistant to Chairperson and Chief<br />
Executive<br />
(From 1st March <strong>2002</strong>) Personal Assistant to Chairperson and Chief<br />
Executive<br />
Architect<br />
Education / Inland Waterways<br />
Grants Officer<br />
Ecologist<br />
Museums and Archives Officer (p/t)<br />
Secretarial Support
Malone<br />
Paddy<br />
Mathews<br />
Planning Officer<br />
Charles Mount Archaeologist<br />
Linda O’Brien<br />
Financial Controller (p/t)<br />
Gerard O’Hara Financial Controller (p/t)<br />
Amanda Ryan<br />
Liam Scott<br />
Viney Shine<br />
Secretarial Support<br />
Human Resources Officer<br />
Secretarial Support (p/t)<br />
Elizabeth Sides Marine Ecologist<br />
Eithne Verling Museums and Archives Officer (p/t)<br />
Noreen Walsh<br />
Secretarial Support (p/t)
Summary of Achievements<br />
Over the period of the Plan, the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> seeks to protect and enhance the<br />
richness, quality and diverstiy of our national heritage for everyone. It works with its<br />
partners, particularly at local level, to increase awareness of our national heritage and<br />
to highlight its importance to public policy and everyday life.<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Information – Collection and Dissemination<br />
· Inventory of Historic Gardens<br />
· External review of <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> grants for architecture<br />
· Review of Funding for Architectural <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
· Stained glass window survey<br />
· Production of a Habitat Mapping Methodology<br />
· Proposals for a National Biological Records Centre<br />
Best practice in heritage conservation and<br />
management<br />
· Completed restoration of Mayglass Farmstead, Co. Wexford<br />
· Completed Conservation Plan for Bere Island, Leamonaghan, St.<br />
Mary’s Church Kilkenny,<br />
Kilkenny City Walls<br />
· Produced guidelines for the developing and Marking of Waymarked<br />
Ways<br />
· Opened Cosan na Naomh Pilgrim Path<br />
· Initiated Waterway Corridor Study in partnership with Galway County<br />
<strong>Council</strong>, Offaly County <strong>Council</strong>, Waterways Ireland and Offaly and<br />
Kildare Waterways.<br />
· Continued work on St. Brendan’s Cathedral, Clonfert, Co. Galway<br />
· Carried our survey on Dromore Bat Roost<br />
· Commissioned 28 Conservation <strong>Report</strong>s in 15 different counties<br />
· Promotion of Best Practice by Staff<br />
Placing heritage at the heart of public life<br />
· Submitted comments on 13 appeals to An Bord Pleanála<br />
· Assess impact on the natural heritage of Ireland’s CAP Rural<br />
Development Plan 2000-2006<br />
· Proposals for the establishment of an agri-environment scheme<br />
for the more intensively managed farmland<br />
· European Environmental Advisory <strong>Council</strong> Conference held in Kilkenny<br />
Advice to the Minister
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> provided advice to the Minister on the following areas in<br />
particular:<br />
· Policy paper on Irish Thatched Roofs<br />
· Policy paper on Ireland’s Landscape<br />
· Unpublished Excavations in the Republic of Ireland 1930 - 1997<br />
· A Policy Framework for the Museum Sector<br />
· <strong>Report</strong> on Human Remains in Irish Archaeology<br />
Raising awareness and appreciation of our heritage<br />
· Awarded 260 Grants in the areas of Local <strong>Heritage</strong>, Publications,<br />
Archaeology, Wildlife, Museums & Archives and Buildings at Risk<br />
· Organised Museum of the Year Award<br />
· Sponsored Tidy Towns Award<br />
· Coordinated 66 heritage specialists on the <strong>Heritage</strong> in Schools panel,<br />
in partnership with the INTO. <strong>Heritage</strong> specialists made 460 visits to<br />
schools in <strong>2002</strong><br />
· Supported development of web-based project on "<strong>The</strong> Big House" in<br />
association with the Library <strong>Council</strong><br />
· Secured promotion of heritage in TV Series<br />
· Sponsored National Planning Awards and Planning Achievement in<br />
Conservation Award<br />
Local authorities and heritage management<br />
· 2 new <strong>Heritage</strong> Officers posts in Local Authorities<br />
· Continued the <strong>Heritage</strong> Training and Development Programme for<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Officers<br />
· Carried out 13 <strong>Heritage</strong> Appraisals of Local Authority Development<br />
Plans<br />
· Contributed €218,651 to the implementation of four County/City<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Plans (Dublin City, Counties Offaly, Laois and Sligo)<br />
· Carried out a Natural <strong>Heritage</strong> Parish Survey jointly with Carlow County<br />
<strong>Council</strong><br />
· Promote habitat mapping as part of Local Area Plans with Galway<br />
County council
1. <strong>Heritage</strong> Information - Collection and<br />
Dissemination<br />
Inventory of Historic Gardens<br />
Facilitated meetings which led to the establishment by Dúchas of a pilot survey of<br />
historic gardens in County Louth.<br />
External review of <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> grants for<br />
architecture<br />
<strong>The</strong> external independent review commissioned by the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> on the<br />
administration of its architectural grants scheme was completed in <strong>2002</strong>. As well as<br />
making useful recommendations, the consultants stated that the <strong>Council</strong>’s grants are<br />
to be "commended in the highest terms"<br />
Funding study<br />
<strong>The</strong> review of financial supports for the architectural heritage commissioned by the<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> was completed in <strong>2002</strong>. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> will publish its<br />
recommendations on the findings in 2003.<br />
Stained glass window survey<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> continued to fund the survey of stained glass in Church of Ireland<br />
churches in a further two dioceses. This brings to eight the number of dioceses<br />
surveyed by Dr. David Lawrence and jointly funded by the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> and the<br />
Representative Church Body.<br />
Habitat Mapping Methodology<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> commissioned the development of a Habitat Mapping<br />
Methodology that it is hoped will standardise initial habitat mapping in Ireland. This<br />
methodology will form a companion volume to the Guide to Habitats in Ireland,<br />
which was published by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> in 2000.<br />
Proposals for the Establishment of a National<br />
Biological Records Centre<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> has agreed a series of recommendations for the establishment of<br />
a National Biological Records Centre, proposals that have received support from at<br />
least 20 state agencies, third level institutions and non-governmental organisations.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se proposals were developed by a Working Group which was tasked with building<br />
on a commissioned study that outlined a framework for a biological data management
system in Ireland. <strong>The</strong> proposals also examined the financial implications of the<br />
establishment of a records centre, and estimated that a fully staffed records centre<br />
would cost approximately €600,000 annually.
2. ADVICE TO THE MINISTER<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> provided advice to the Minister on the following six areas<br />
Thatch Policy<br />
On the 24th June, the <strong>Council</strong> launched its thatch policy document at Johnstown<br />
Castle, Wexford. Following this publication, the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>, Dúchas and the<br />
DOENI have been actively engaged in the implementation of a number of the<br />
recommendations of the report relating to training, accreditation, insurance, materials<br />
and an inventory of thatched buildings in Ireland.<br />
Unpublished Excavations in the Republic of Ireland<br />
1930 – 1997<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> submitted a copy of its report on Unpublished Excavations in the<br />
Republic of Ireland 1930 – 1997 to the Minister. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Report</strong> demonstrates that in<br />
1997 the backlog of unpublished excavations was 1,358. <strong>Council</strong> now estimates from<br />
data published by the Department of Environment and Local Government that the<br />
backlog has reached 4,753 excavations and may exceed 10,000 by 2006. Much of this<br />
increase is being driven by the requirements of the National Development Plan. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
unpublished excavations’ archives represent a substantial national investment,<br />
estimated by the National Roads Authority to amount to 5% of the total cost of the<br />
national roads programme alone. <strong>The</strong>y have millions of associated artifacts and<br />
human and animal remains as well as environmental samples, which require<br />
conservation, study and curation. For the state to realise its investment in this area it is<br />
important that this information be made available in an accessible manner to the<br />
public. This report makes a number of recommendations for developing structures and<br />
procedures for bringing this situation under control.
Pictured at the launch of the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> Landscape policy document are<br />
Michael Starrett, Chief Executive, Ruth Delany, <strong>Council</strong> Member and Professor<br />
Willie Smyth, <strong>Council</strong> Member. <strong>The</strong> launch took place in the Harbour Master<br />
Restaurant in Dublin’s IFSC district.<br />
Policy Paper on Ireland’s Landscape<br />
On July 9th <strong>2002</strong> <strong>Council</strong> launched its Policy Paper on Ireland’s Landscape entitled<br />
‘Towards Integrated policies for Ireland’s Landscape’ in the Harbour Master Bar,<br />
Dublin.<br />
<strong>The</strong> report emphasises the need to look at landscape in its entirety, not at pockets of it<br />
and likewise, the need to change from the compartmentalised way we treat our<br />
landscape. <strong>The</strong>re is a need to bring all interests together in an integrated approach that<br />
considers all elements of the landscape.<br />
<strong>The</strong> report calls for a different way of looking at protecting our landscapes. <strong>The</strong><br />
traditional way has been to designate certain areas within a landscape – those of<br />
particular beauty or archaeological significance, but this is seen as too restrictive. <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong> points out there is legislation to protect our landscapes, but the report warns<br />
that lack of resources is making this legislation ineffective.<br />
A Policy Framework for the Museum Sector<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> submitted a prepublication copy of its policy document for the Museum<br />
Sector to the Minister in November <strong>2002</strong>. <strong>The</strong> essence of the Framework is the<br />
establishment of a Standard and Accreditation Scheme and a Training Strategy for the<br />
sector. In line with Action 59 in the National <strong>Heritage</strong> Plan the proposal seeks<br />
examination "of the feasibility of establishing an independent Museum <strong>Council</strong> to<br />
provide support for museums not centrally funded by the state". <strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>
efers in its document to a Museums Agency with clear articulation of its role vis a vis<br />
the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> itself. <strong>The</strong> Policy document will be published in 2003.<br />
<strong>The</strong> importance of this proposal to the Local Authority museums is paramount in<br />
establishing vision and purpose to guide development in to the future. <strong>The</strong> definition<br />
of museum used in the policy framework allows however the widest possible<br />
participation in the process.<br />
<strong>Report</strong> on Human Remains in Irish Archaeology<br />
<strong>The</strong> 1990s witnessed a three-fold increase in the number of excavations on burial sites<br />
in Ireland, resulting from conservation works to historic churches, urban renewal<br />
works in the form of housing or retail developments, and infrastructure developments<br />
in the form of road-building and main drainage schemes. In addition, disused<br />
churches and their burial grounds – especially Church of Ireland buildings – are being<br />
re-developed for other purposes in increasing numbers. In order to assess the<br />
implications of this a study on all aspects of human remains in Irish Archaeology was<br />
commissioned by the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> in March 1999. This was conducted by<br />
Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) with the Law<br />
Department, University College Cork. <strong>The</strong> study was wide-ranging and consultative,<br />
taking full account of the law, planning and development issues, public feeling and<br />
the aspirations of the archaeological community. A first full draft was completed early<br />
in 2000 and was subsequently widely reviewed. <strong>The</strong> results and recommendations of<br />
this report should be considered in drafting future policy recommendations in this<br />
area.<br />
Overall, where the archaeology of human remains is concerned, a sea change in<br />
attitude, practice and policy is needed. A wide range of measures would be required to<br />
bring this in to being. <strong>The</strong>se would address planning procedures and public<br />
consultations, site identification and testing, and design solutions for avoidance or<br />
mitigation. <strong>The</strong>se measures are wholly justified by the special consideration due to<br />
human remains, by the unusual degree of public feeling which can be aroused by the<br />
excavation and disposal of human remains, and by the unusually high costs and delays<br />
to development which can often arise.
Dealing with human remains: a sensitive matter
3. Placing <strong>Heritage</strong> at the Heart of<br />
Public Life<br />
Submitted comments on 13 appeals to An Bord<br />
Pleanála<br />
An Bord Pleanála forwarded a number of appeals to the <strong>Council</strong> for its comment. <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong> also made a number of appeals to the Board during the year on various cases.<br />
13 submissions were made to the Board in <strong>2002</strong>.<br />
In working with other State Bodies <strong>Council</strong> seeks to increase the significance and<br />
value attached to the national heritage. <strong>Council</strong> has worked closely with the ESB on a<br />
feasibility study on cooling towers and an inventory of the ESB property portfolio.<br />
Review of Ireland’s CAP Rural Development Plan<br />
2000-2006<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> commissioned the European Forum on Nature Conservation &<br />
Pastoralism to review the treatment of the natural heritage in the Rural Development<br />
Plan 2000-2006. <strong>The</strong> report examines the relationship between agriculture and the<br />
management of the natural heritage under four measures: Early Retirement,<br />
Compensatory Allowances, Agri-environment and Forestry. <strong>The</strong> report also<br />
comments on the likely impact of the proposed mid-term review on links between<br />
agriculture and the natural heritage in Ireland. This work will be applied in <strong>Council</strong>’s<br />
review of its policy paper on Agriculture.<br />
Agri-environment scheme for more intensively<br />
managed land<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> commissioned a study of heritage interest of the more<br />
intensively managed farmland, and developed costed proposals for the establishment<br />
of an agri-environment scheme which could be introduced to complement REPS. <strong>The</strong><br />
agri-environment scheme would target those aspects of the farm that were of heritage<br />
value, such as hedgerows, and would provide incentives for farmers to undertake<br />
measures of direct benefit to wildlife, such as the creation of conservation headlands<br />
and rough grassland margins.<br />
European Environmental Advisory <strong>Council</strong><br />
Conference<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> hosted the <strong>Annual</strong> meeting of the European Environmental<br />
Advisory <strong>Council</strong>s in Kilkenny from 16 to 19 October. <strong>The</strong> EEAC is a European wide<br />
network of Advisory <strong>Council</strong> from across the European Union and from Accession<br />
Countries. <strong>The</strong> EEAC co-ordinates the co-operation of the advisory councils in
developing policy advice on pan-European environmental issues. <strong>The</strong> conference held<br />
as part of this year’s annual meeting examined the links between nature and<br />
agricultural policy, and examined ways in which the Common Agricultural Policy<br />
could be further reformed to expand the rural development aspects of agricultural<br />
policy to incorporate heritage protection.<br />
Water management/Water Framework Directive<br />
In its strategic plan 2001-05, the <strong>Council</strong> identified water quality as one of its main<br />
areas for policy development. As part of the process of drafting this policy, the<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> will canvass opinion on current water quality and current and future<br />
water management proposals and is bringing out a consultation document for<br />
widespread distribution. To assist in this work a working group was set up in January<br />
<strong>2002</strong> with representatives of the scientific, agricultural, NGO and user communities.<br />
<strong>The</strong> consultation covers the following areas:<br />
- <strong>The</strong> water cycle and main causes of pollution<br />
- Current status of waters<br />
- <strong>The</strong> Water Framework Directive (WFD) - its aims and implications<br />
- <strong>The</strong> role of public participation in the WFD<br />
- Where to get more information.<br />
While intended to stimulate response, the document seeks to pass on information on<br />
water quality and management issues, and on the WFD.<br />
(L to R) Michael Starrett, Chief Executive <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>; Mike Hamell, Head of<br />
Agriculture and Forestry Unit, DG Environment, Brussels; and Franc Lobnic,<br />
Chairman of the EEAC and President of the <strong>Council</strong> for Environmental Protection of
the Republic of Slovenia, at the EEAC annual conference hosted by the <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong> in Kilkenny.
4. Local Authorities and <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Management<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> Officer Programme<br />
County <strong>Heritage</strong> Officers are employed by Local Authorities in partnership with the<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> through the <strong>Heritage</strong> Officer Programme. <strong>The</strong> Programme has<br />
developed from an initial intake of three County <strong>Heritage</strong> Officers in 1999 to<br />
seventeen officers at the end of <strong>2002</strong> with further appointments pending.<br />
<strong>The</strong> success of the programme is illustrated through its continuing expansion and by<br />
the posts being filled on a permanent basis in several authorities. Under the provisions<br />
of the Government’s National <strong>Heritage</strong> Plan each local authority should employ a<br />
heritage officer. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> and Local Authorities acknowledge the<br />
propriety of employing <strong>Heritage</strong> Officers and consider the only obstacle to be<br />
financial.<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Officers manage the heritage function within a county in a strategic and coordinated<br />
manner. <strong>The</strong>y adopt an integrated approach to heritage, which envelopes all<br />
aspects of heritage within the overall heritage service. <strong>The</strong>y aim to promote enhanced<br />
levels of understanding, conservation and preservation by improving the status and<br />
perception of heritage in their local area. <strong>Heritage</strong> objectives are identified and<br />
prioritised in Local <strong>Heritage</strong> Plans that are formally adopted by Local Authorities.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> Officer Function is determined in co-operation and consultation with<br />
individual local authority preferences. Some of the principal areas addressed by<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Officers include:<br />
• Local <strong>Heritage</strong> Plans<br />
• Advice and Information for Local Authority Staff<br />
• <strong>Heritage</strong> Appraisal of Development Plans<br />
• Data Collection<br />
• Liaison<br />
• Public Relations<br />
• Public Consultations<br />
• Strategies, Policies and Projects<br />
• Promoting pride and raising awareness in heritage<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> provides comprehensive training and networking opportunities<br />
for <strong>Heritage</strong> Officers through the <strong>Heritage</strong> Training and Development Programme.<br />
<strong>The</strong> HTDP is an essential support for <strong>Heritage</strong> Officers considering that <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Officers have to date been stand-alone operators within their local authority. It is also<br />
a major element in the incentive package for local authorities.<br />
Local Authority <strong>Heritage</strong> Officers <strong>2002</strong>
County / City <strong>Heritage</strong> Plans
During <strong>2002</strong>, the first four County / City <strong>Heritage</strong> Plans were prepared. <strong>The</strong> plans<br />
were prepared by the <strong>Heritage</strong> Forum in each county / city and facilitated by the Local<br />
Authority <strong>Heritage</strong> Officer.<br />
In <strong>2002</strong>, the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> contributed a total of €218,651 towards the<br />
implementation of four County / City <strong>Heritage</strong> Plans. <strong>The</strong> four plans were awarded<br />
the following amounts:<br />
Sligo County <strong>Heritage</strong> Plan: €55,234<br />
Offaly County <strong>Heritage</strong> Plan: €38,966<br />
Laois County <strong>Heritage</strong> Plan: €34,618<br />
Dublin City <strong>Heritage</strong> Plan: €89,833<br />
Carried out 13 <strong>Heritage</strong> Appraisals of Local<br />
Authority Development Plans<br />
During <strong>2002</strong>, the <strong>Council</strong> carried out 14 <strong>Heritage</strong> Appraisals of Development Plans<br />
and Local Area Plans, a number of which were jointly funded by the relevant Local<br />
Authority. <strong>The</strong> purpose of the appraisal is to assess systematically, comprehensively<br />
and impartially, the likely effects on the heritage of implementing the policies in the<br />
Development Plan. A <strong>Heritage</strong> Appraisal also helps to ensure that the full range of<br />
heritage considerations is dealt with through the preparation of the Development Plan.<br />
Support for Local Authority Projects<br />
In addition to the heritage appraisals <strong>Council</strong> has also supported Sligo County <strong>Council</strong><br />
in the Development of a Conservation Plan for the Old Gaol, Sligo and held<br />
discussion with Kilkenny County <strong>Council</strong> regarding support for the restoration of<br />
Woodstock Gardens, Co. Kilkenny.
Restoration of Woodstock Gardens: an initiative of Kilkenny County <strong>Council</strong>.<br />
Parish Natural <strong>Heritage</strong> Survey<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> in partnership with Carlow County <strong>Council</strong> has initiated a novel<br />
approach to raising awareness of the natural heritage within the local authority area. A<br />
botanist has been appointed to the local authority to produce a natural heritage map of<br />
the resource within the different parishes of Carlow. This project is carried out in<br />
liaison with the local community and landowners. It is hoped that the information<br />
collected would be presented in a number of different formats so that the local<br />
community could benefit from the natural heritage resource of their area.<br />
Local Area Plans and Habitat Mapping<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> has promoted the use of habitat mapping as an integral part of<br />
the Local Area Plan process. <strong>The</strong> use of habitat mapping as part of the Kinvara Local<br />
Area Plan has been piloted in association with Galway County <strong>Council</strong>, and structures<br />
are being developed to ensure that the natural heritage becomes a more integral part of<br />
the local area planning.
5. Raising Awareness and Appreciation<br />
of our <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Grants <strong>2002</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> grants programme is fundamental to it’s work in this area. In<br />
<strong>2002</strong> the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> offered grants through its programme to 260 grantees. This<br />
work was facilitated through new material provided by <strong>Council</strong>’s grants<br />
administrator.<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>/Ford Ireland Local <strong>Heritage</strong> Grants<br />
<strong>2002</strong><br />
On July 31st <strong>2002</strong>, local projects from around the country were awarded grant aid<br />
totalling almost €385,000 in recognition of their contribution to 'promoting pride in<br />
Ireland's heritage'. Under the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>/Ford Ireland Local <strong>Heritage</strong> Grants, 95<br />
projects from 24 different counties received up to a maximum of €9,000 for their<br />
work. Dr. Tom O’Dwyer, Chairperson of the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> and Eddie Murphy,<br />
Chairman and Managing Director of Ford Ireland presented the awards at a ceremony<br />
in Kilkenny.<br />
Photograph of Grants Day July 31st, Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny
Together with <strong>Council</strong> Chairperson Dr. Tom O’Dwyer and representatives of Ford<br />
Ireland (<strong>2002</strong> Local <strong>Heritage</strong> Grants Recipients from Galway) (<strong>2002</strong> Local <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Grants Recipients from Kilkenny)<br />
A full list of the grants is provided in Appendix B<br />
Local <strong>Heritage</strong> Grants <strong>2002</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> purpose of these grants is to encourage local groups to take an interest in the<br />
heritage that surrounds them, and to enable them to undertake projects which raise<br />
awareness of that rich and diverse resource. 244 applications were received from all<br />
26 counties.<br />
Applications received under the Local <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Grants <strong>2002</strong><br />
Of these, 95 projects shared a total of €385,000. A list of payments to projects during<br />
<strong>2002</strong> is included in the Financial Statements.<br />
Publications Grant Scheme <strong>2002</strong>
<strong>The</strong> Publications Grant Scheme aims to assist the production of high quality<br />
publications on aspects of Ireland’s heritage.<br />
139 applications were received. A total of €103,207.22 was offered to 38 publications.<br />
A list of payments to projects is included in the Financial Statements.<br />
Archaeology Grants Scheme <strong>2002</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> also repeated its Archaeology Grants Scheme in <strong>2002</strong>. Under the scheme<br />
€109,780.75 was awarded to 6 projects. A list of payments to projects during <strong>2002</strong> is<br />
included in Financial Statements.<br />
Wildlife Grants Scheme <strong>2002</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> aim of the Wildlife Grants Scheme is to contribute to the collection of data on<br />
flora, fauna and wildlife habitats, landscapes and seascapes. In <strong>2002</strong>, €181,816.84 was<br />
awarded to 27 projects under the Wildlife Grants Scheme. A list of payments to<br />
projects during <strong>2002</strong> is included in the Financial Statements.<br />
Buildings at Risk Grants Scheme <strong>2002</strong>
<strong>The</strong> aim of the Buildings At Risk Grants Scheme is to enable the <strong>Council</strong> to identify<br />
the scale and extent of risk to the architectural heritage and to assist it in proposing<br />
policies and priorities to address the issue. <strong>The</strong> list also assists <strong>Council</strong> in prioritising<br />
projects for grant-aid.<br />
In <strong>2002</strong>, €1,861,851.85 was awarded to 72 projects. A list of payments to projects<br />
during <strong>2002</strong> is included in the Financial Statements.<br />
Repairs to the stonework at Castlegarde, Co. Limerick<br />
Repairs to the roof of Rath House, Co. Kildare
Museum and Archives Grant Scheme <strong>2002</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> aim of the Museum and Archive Grant Scheme is to contribute to the collection<br />
of data, raising awareness and development of policy in the following areas:<br />
collections management, museum/archival management, education and interpretation,<br />
and public services. In <strong>2002</strong>, €146,490.92 was awarded to 34 projects under the<br />
Museum and Archives Grants Scheme. A list of payments to projects during <strong>2002</strong> is<br />
included in the Financial Statements.<br />
Museum of the Year Awards (L to R) <strong>Council</strong>lor Martin Brett, Deputy Mayor of<br />
Kilkenny; Raymond Keaveney, Director of National Gallery; winner of the Museum<br />
of the Year Award <strong>2002</strong> and <strong>Council</strong>lor Teresa Mullen, Mayor of Kilkenny, pictured<br />
at the Awards Ceremony in Kilkenny on November 28th <strong>2002</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>2002</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> Museum of the Year in<br />
Association with Northern Ireland Museums <strong>Council</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>2002</strong> Museum of the Year Award organised by the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> in<br />
partnership with the Northern Ireland Museums <strong>Council</strong> was awarded to the National<br />
Gallery of Ireland. This was the Eleventh year of the award with 38 entries in total.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ceremony took place in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny. Teresa Mullen Chairperson<br />
of Kilkenny County <strong>Council</strong> and Dr. Maurna Crozier, Member of Northern Ireland
Museums <strong>Council</strong> presented the awards jointly. Each category received a cheque for<br />
£2,500.<br />
Museum of the Year Award:<br />
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin<br />
Best Collections Care Award<br />
<strong>The</strong> National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks, Dublin<br />
Best Access and Outreach Initiative Award<br />
<strong>The</strong> National Trust in Northern Ireland<br />
Best Publication for Visitors<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dungarvan Museum Society<br />
Commendations<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hunt Museum, Limerick<br />
Ulster Museum, Belfast<br />
Irish American Cultural Institute <strong>Heritage</strong> Award<br />
<strong>Council</strong> continues to support the Institute in it’s work in Ireland. <strong>The</strong> <strong>2002</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Award went to Cork City’s Vision Centre.<br />
President MacAleese with <strong>Council</strong> Members Maurice Hurley and Nessa Dunlea at the<br />
IACI ceremony in the State Apartments, Dublin Castle<br />
Museum of the Year Awards (L to R) <strong>Council</strong>lor Martin Brett, Deputy Mayor of<br />
Kilkenny; Raymond Keaveney, Director of National Gallery; winner of the Museum
of the Year Award <strong>2002</strong> and <strong>Council</strong>lor Teresa Mullen, Mayor of Kilkenny, pictured<br />
at the Awards Ceremony in Kilkenny on November 28th <strong>2002</strong>.<br />
Caring and Enhancing <strong>Heritage</strong> Award <strong>2002</strong><br />
Sneem, Tidy Towns Committee, Co. Kerry<br />
Access and Interpretation Award <strong>2002</strong><br />
Ballyreevagh Quarry, Newtown Cashel, Co Longford<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> in School Scheme:<br />
This project is a partnership with the INTO and has been running since 2000 on a<br />
nationwide basis. Approximately 460 visits to schools took place in <strong>2002</strong>. <strong>The</strong>re are<br />
66 heritage specialists on the panel. Details of the scheme are available on <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> and INTO websites.<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> in Schools training for specialists took place in Nenagh in January <strong>2002</strong><br />
Training for all specialists was held in Nenagh in January and the panel was addressed<br />
on classroom management, visits outside the school, age appropriate materials,<br />
working with other heritage specialists. Interviews with applicants for the panel are<br />
held annually in the autumn, and another 23 people were invited to join for<br />
2003.Historic houses in Ireland<br />
In support of the Library <strong>Council</strong> and the agenda of its Branching Out report the<br />
<strong>Council</strong> supported a detailed digitisation project covering historic houses in Ireland.<br />
<strong>The</strong> common theme of the project was '<strong>The</strong> Big House and Landed Estate Life in<br />
Ireland.' Although the pilot project was largely focused on the collections held by<br />
public libraries the support of the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> encouraged the participation in the<br />
project of Waterford Treasures Museum and Cork Archives Institute. A Cultural<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Panel, set up by the Branching Out Steering Committee, investigated<br />
potential methods for enhancing the digitisation of holdings and the possibilities for<br />
public access. <strong>The</strong> pilot project attempted to demonstrate the viability of a National<br />
Digitisation Strategy and allowed for a national profile of digitisation activities, in<br />
line with Ireland's commitments under the Lund Action Plan and its contribution to a<br />
European cultural digitisation profile. <strong>The</strong> project can be viewed at<br />
www.askaboutireland.com
National Planning Awards <strong>2002</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> sponsored the Planning Achievement in Conservation Award as part of<br />
the National Planning Awards, which are organised by the Irish Planning Institute and<br />
sponsored by Boots <strong>The</strong> Chemists. <strong>The</strong> <strong>2002</strong> Planning Achievement in Conservation<br />
Award went to Prosperous Community and Kildare County <strong>Council</strong> for Prosperous –<br />
Realising the Vision – A partnership scheme for community-led development.<br />
Kildare County <strong>Council</strong> and Prosperous Community <strong>Council</strong> won the Planning in<br />
Conservation Award, sponsored by the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> as part of the National<br />
Planning Awards, organised by the Irish Planning Institute. Pictured at the awards are<br />
( from left to right ): Rachel Kenny, President Irish Planning Institute; Paddy<br />
Mathews, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>; Mr Martin Cullen T.D. Minister for the Environment<br />
and Local Government; Christy Casey, Chairman, Prosperous Tidy Towns; and PJ<br />
Sheridan, Kildare County <strong>Council</strong>.<br />
TV Series "About the House"<br />
In Autumn <strong>2002</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> secured a five minute slot dealing with<br />
heritage matters in a 13 part television series of "About the House" which is produced<br />
and presented by Duncan Stewart. <strong>The</strong> purpose of the 5 minute 'slot' was to raise the<br />
levels of awareness and understanding of the significance and importance of aspects<br />
of our national heritage. This was achieved by highlighting particular aspects in each<br />
episode of the popular series.<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> seminars/workshops<br />
Seminars / workshops on the following topics were hosted by the <strong>Council</strong> during the<br />
year:<br />
- European Environmental Advisory <strong>Council</strong> Conference<br />
- Monument Monitoring & Grading<br />
- Aerial Archaeology
- Earthwork Management<br />
- Stone monument decay<br />
- Historic Landscape Characterisation<br />
Support given to lectures/exhibitions/seminars<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> supported the following lectures/exhibitions/seminars during <strong>2002</strong>:<br />
• Sponsored the annual ICOMOS Lecture<br />
• 12th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium<br />
• Archaeology Ireland Conference "Stones and Bones"<br />
• World Oceans Day<br />
• <strong>2002</strong> UN International Year of Mountains<br />
• Colloquium on archaeological excavation at Knowth
6. Best Practice in <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Conservation and Management<br />
Restoration of Mayglass Farmstead<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> has supported and financially assisted the conservation of a<br />
vernacular farmstead, its ancillary buildings and furniture at Mayglass, Co Wexford<br />
since 1998. <strong>The</strong> philosophy for the repair of the buildings has involved different<br />
disciplines and best conservation practice. Some of the techniques used were new to<br />
conservation in Ireland and the lessons learned need to be shared with the wider<br />
community. <strong>The</strong> house is privately owned, though the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> has a 10 year<br />
agreement with the owner to undertake conservation and education projects at<br />
Mayglass. <strong>The</strong> main house is very small and its contents are fragile, so large numbers<br />
of people cannot be accommodated for visits.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> wishes to establish a methodology for informing a wider constituency<br />
about the Mayglass project and disseminating the experience gained, while not putting<br />
undue pressure on the fabric of the building and respecting its current use as part of a<br />
working farm.<br />
Current activities include a publication on Mayglass containing a series of technical<br />
essays for the professional and the general public to be published later this year. In<br />
addition there is a project website www.Mayglass.2000.ie.<br />
At present, Mayglass is providing an invaluable educational tool for specialists in<br />
architectural conservation. However, to reach a wider audience, the <strong>Council</strong> is<br />
undertaking an educational/interpretative project at Mayglass, principally aimed at the<br />
non-specialist, interested general public, primary and secondary schools, and which<br />
includes all aspects of the heritage.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> wishes to examine how best to explore a number of themes, and to<br />
investigate the best ways to communicate:<br />
• On the buildings of Mayglass and its conservation<br />
• How life was lived in Mayglass –what the artifacts and furniture etc were used for?<br />
• Exploring the past through these objects<br />
• <strong>The</strong> relevance of these objects to the present, and to sustainable living<br />
• How Mayglass can be used to explore other aspects of our heritage (e.g. ecology,<br />
folklore, archaeology)<br />
<strong>Council</strong> is at present carrying out research on the range of educational opportunities<br />
offered by the Mayglass Project; identifying target groups and the potential demand<br />
and fitting the educational opportunities offered by Mayglass to the needs of these<br />
groups. Importantly they are examining how best to use the opportunities within the<br />
constraints of accessing the site – e.g., web-based; distance learning; virtual reality.
Conservation Plans<br />
Bere Island<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bere Island Conservation Plan was completed and agreed by all stakeholders in<br />
the summer of <strong>2002</strong>. This Plan was commissioned in partnership by the <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong>, the Bere Island Community, and Cork Co <strong>Council</strong>. It was researched and<br />
drawn together by MCOSullivan in consultation with stake holders on and off the<br />
island. <strong>The</strong> plan provided the backdrop to planning for a viable and vibrant island<br />
community on Bere and will be published in 2003.<br />
Leamonaghan<br />
In 2001 the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> and Offaly County <strong>Council</strong> commissioned a<br />
Conservation Plan for the historic complex at Leamonaghan in partnership with other<br />
stake holders including the local community and Dúchas the <strong>Heritage</strong> Service.<br />
<strong>The</strong> need for this plan had become clear from two other studies carried out in the<br />
1990s including a report for the Leamonaghan Development Association. A steering<br />
group was established which represented the various interest bodies including the<br />
local community. This group commissioned Margaret Quinlan and Associates to carry<br />
out the plan which has established that Leamonaghan is<br />
A sacred place of great antiquity<br />
A place containing buildings of architectural significance<br />
A place rich in documentary history and archaeological potential<br />
A place where there is a strong continuing tradition of devotional<br />
practice<br />
A place that possesses a strong sense of a place apart, untouched by the<br />
modern world.<br />
<strong>The</strong> plan was agreed and signed off in November <strong>2002</strong> and a management group<br />
established to oversee the management of the Conservation Plan. This group consists<br />
of 3 local representatives, 1 representative of the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>, 1 representative of<br />
the Offaly Co <strong>Council</strong>, 1 representative of Duchas <strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> Service.<br />
<strong>The</strong> City Walls of Kilkenny<br />
This plan was completed and agreed by all the stakeholders in September <strong>2002</strong>. <strong>The</strong><br />
plan was commissioned in partnership with Kilkenny City <strong>Council</strong>, An Taisce, <strong>The</strong><br />
Dept. of the Environment and Local Government, Kilkenny Archaeological Society<br />
and Kilkenny Co. <strong>Council</strong>.<br />
St. Mary’s Church, Kilkenny City<br />
This plan was completed and agreed by all the stakeholders in September <strong>2002</strong>. <strong>The</strong><br />
plan was commissioned in partnership with the Trustees of St Mary’s, and Kilkenny
City <strong>Council</strong>, the Gardai, An Taisce, <strong>The</strong> Dept. of the Environment and Local<br />
Government, and the Kilkenny Archaeological Society.<br />
Guidelines for the Developing and Marking of<br />
Waymarked Ways<br />
Written by Jean Boydell and produced jointly by the National Way-marked ways<br />
Committee of Sports <strong>Council</strong> and the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>, these guidelines are aimed at<br />
all groups who wish to develop way marked ways in Ireland. <strong>The</strong> publication covers<br />
all aspects of route development, from the initial idea, the setting up of route<br />
committees, access and insurance, to on-going maintenance and marketing.<br />
Guidelines on managing heritage along the routes are also included as well as<br />
information on safety, occupiers liablity and insurance. This book is an invaluable<br />
handbook for all involved in way-marked ways in Ireland.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> maintained its contacts with the European Greenways<br />
Association with the launch of the first European Greenways Prize during European<br />
Mobility week in September. This award scheme is intended to encourage best<br />
practise in the setting up and interpretation of greenways across Europe.<br />
Pilgrim Paths<br />
Cosan na Naomh was officially opened in June <strong>2002</strong> by John O Donoghue, TD,<br />
Minister for Arts, Culture and Sport, bringing to two the number of pilgrim paths<br />
developed under this project – St Kevin’s Way in Wicklow was opened in 2001. <strong>The</strong><br />
Tochar Phadraig and the Turas in Glencolmcille have also received support for<br />
interpretative materials and infrastructure. Two guidebooks have been published, on<br />
St Kevin’s Way and Cosan na Naomh, written by Peter Harbison and Joss Lynam.<br />
Official opening of Cosan na Naomh by <strong>The</strong> Minister for Arts, Culture and Sport, Mr<br />
John O’Donoghue T.D. Also in the photo is Beatrice Kelly, Education Officer with<br />
the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
Beara Breifne Greenway – Irish section of the<br />
REVER network
Work continued on the planning of the greenway following the march of O Sullivan<br />
Beare from the Beara peninsula, W Cork to Breifne in the Leitrim Cavan area. Over<br />
60 community groups were represented at a meeting in Portumna in May <strong>2002</strong> to<br />
discuss the detail of the project while a chain of festivals running along the route in<br />
summer 2003 was launched in October, to mark the 400 year anniversary of the 1603<br />
march.<br />
Waterway Corridor Study<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> initiated the waterway corridor study in partnership with<br />
Galway County <strong>Council</strong>, Offaly County <strong>Council</strong>, Waterways Ireland, and Offaly and<br />
Kildare Waterways. <strong>The</strong> study area covered the Grand Canal from Ballycommon<br />
westward to the Shannon, and the Shannon from Shannonbridge south to Meelick.<br />
<strong>The</strong> aim of the study was to identify how the waterway corridor could be managed for<br />
the benefit of all: heritage, land and water-based users.<br />
<strong>Council</strong> member Ruth Delany and other participants at the Water Corridor Study<br />
Launch in Tullamore in November <strong>2002</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> study concludes that:<br />
· the waterway corridor, and the corridor experience, include far more<br />
than just the navigation channel: they include the villages and towns,<br />
the landscape, the ecology and the built and cultural heritage<br />
· the canal and river can create a strong identity and positive images for<br />
their regions<br />
· management of canal and river must balance different objectives:<br />
ecology, landscape, economic development<br />
· economic, tourism, community and local development initiatives need<br />
to be integrated, to link environmental practice and the use of that<br />
environment for local gain<br />
· the best way of doing that is through properly resourced partnerships<br />
between stakeholder organisations, including farmers and landowners,<br />
local authorities and other public sector bodies, local community<br />
organisations and waterway users
· the Offaly & Kildare Waterways project provides a model for enabling<br />
local communities to engage in the planning required and for creating<br />
political will to support environmental protection.<br />
St. Brendan’s Cathedral, Clonfert, Co. Galway<br />
Work on Clonfert cathedral continued in <strong>2002</strong>, supported by funding from the<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>. Work carried out during the year included the stabilisation of the<br />
South Transept, lime mortar repairs to the Romanesque doorway, and improvements<br />
to the surface water drainage around the doorway.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Doorway of St. Brendan’s Cathedral, Clonfert, Co. Galway – Funded by the<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> in <strong>2002</strong><br />
Dromore Bat Roost<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> purchased a building in 1998 which supports the largest known<br />
colony of Lesser Horseshoe bats in Ireland. Following the commissioning of a<br />
management plan for the site, the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> has initiated a programme of<br />
ongoing monitoring and research into the habitat requirement of the bats. This project,<br />
undertaken by Ms Sinead Biggan and under the supervision of Dr. James Dunne of<br />
NUI Galway, uses radio-telemetry to track bat movements away from the roost at<br />
night. <strong>The</strong> results of the work will allow the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> to make<br />
recommendations for the favourable management of the entire feeding range of the<br />
bats using the roost.
Lesser Horseshoe Bat: <strong>Council</strong> owns Ireland’s largest roost<br />
Conservation <strong>Report</strong>s<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> continues to commission conservation reports on the buildings<br />
it considers for grant assistance. Over the years, <strong>Council</strong> has found that a good<br />
conservation report is one of the most effective tools used in safeguarding the<br />
architectural heritage. A report can be used by an owner to secure funding; it can<br />
establish the conservation philosophy to be adopted, and provide a framework for a<br />
programme of priority conservation work. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> commissioned 28 reports in<br />
15 different Counties.<br />
Energy Efficiency in Public Sector Buildings<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> is committed to Government Decision S18020/10/0269 on<br />
Energy Efficiency in Public Sector Buildings. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> undertakes to<br />
apply appropriate energy efficient measures where they are in compliance with best<br />
conservation practice. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> has consulted with heating, lighting,<br />
plumbing and carpentry contractors to ensure that its premises are as energy efficient<br />
as possible. It recently lime-washed the premises to maximise the amount of natural<br />
light. <strong>The</strong> provision of door curtains and draught screens has facilitated the reduction<br />
of heat temperature levels in the natural gas heating system. Every possible initiative<br />
is examined in the context of ensuring an energy efficient environment.
An Chomhairle Oidhreachta Ráitis Airgeadais <strong>2002</strong><br />
An tAcht um Prap-Íocaíochtaí Cuntas,<br />
1997<br />
Tá an Chomhairle Oidhreachta ar cheann de na soláthróirí atá liostáilte sa sceideal leis<br />
an Acht um Prap-Íocaíochtaí Cuntas 1997. Chloígh an Chomhairle Oidhreachta le<br />
forálacha an Achta ó dháta a thionscanta (2 Eanáir 1998) go 7 Lúnasa <strong>2002</strong>, tráth a<br />
tháinig forálacha Rialacháin <strong>2002</strong> de chuid na bPobal Eorpach (Íocaíochtaí Déanacha<br />
in Idirbhearta Tráchtála) (I.R. Uimh. 388 of <strong>2002</strong>) i bhfeidhm. Tá an Chomhairle<br />
Oidhreachta tar éis cloí le forálacha na rialachán seo ó 7 Lúnasa <strong>2002</strong> ar aghaidh.<br />
Cuirtear an t-eolas seo a leanas ar fáil de réir an Achta agus na dtreoirlínte a eisíonn<br />
an Roinn Fiontraíochta, Trádála agus Fostaíochta.<br />
Gnáis a tionscnaíodh chun a chinntiú go gcloítear leis<br />
an Acht<br />
Tá gnáis i bhfeidhm ag an gComhairle Oidhreachta chun a chinntiú go n-íoctar gach<br />
sonrasc a fhaightear taobh istigh de na teorainneacha ama a shonraítear ar na sonraisc<br />
nó, más rud é nach sonraítear tréimhse ama ar bith, taobh istigh den tréimhse<br />
reachtúil. Cé gur ceapadh na gnáis chun a chinntiú go gcloífear leis an Acht, ní féidir<br />
ach dearbhú réasúnta (seachas dearbhú iomlán) a thabhairt go gcloífear leis an Acht.<br />
Bhí na gnáis seo i bhfeidhm sa bhliain airgeadais atá á hathbhreithniú agus, i gcás<br />
íocaíochtaí déanacha, cuireadh na soláthróirí ar an eolas faoin mhoill agus íocadh ús<br />
leo.<br />
Soláthraítear an t-eolas seo mar gheall ar an tréimhse airgeadais dar críoch 31 Nollaig<br />
<strong>2002</strong> de réir an Acht um Prap-Íocaíochtaí Cuntas, 1997.<br />
(a) Gnáis íocaíochta<br />
Tugann an Chomhairle Oidhreachta íocaíochtaí do sholáthróirí de réir na dtéarmaí a<br />
shonraítear ar shonraisc nó de réir na dtéarmaí a shonraítear i gconarthaí indibhidiúla.<br />
Is iad na téarmaí caighdeánacha ná 45 lá (suas go 65 Lúnasa <strong>2002</strong>) agus 30 lá ó 7<br />
Lúnasa <strong>2002</strong>.<br />
(b) Íocaíochtaí déanacha thar £317.43 (£250)<br />
Líon sonrasc Gnáth-thréimhse mhoille Luach na sonrasc Ús íoctha<br />
35 60 days £76,362 £581<br />
(c) Céatadán foriomlán na n-íocaíochtaí déanacha i gcomhthéacs<br />
íocaíochtaí foriomlána agus an tsuim iomlán úis a íocadh
Ba é céatadán foriomlán na n-íocaíochtaí déanacha, i gcomhthéacs íocaíochtaí<br />
foriomlána, ná 1.5%. Ba é an tsuim iomlán úis a íocadh i leith íocaíochtaí déanacha ná<br />
£611.27.<br />
Michael Starrett<br />
Príomhfheidhmeannach<br />
RÁITIS AIRGEADAIS NA<br />
COMHAIRLE OIDHREACHTA DON<br />
BHLIAIN DAR CRÍOCH 31 NOLLAIG<br />
<strong>2002</strong><br />
Clár<br />
Ráiteas faoi Dhualgais na Comhairle<br />
Faisnéisiú Leasa Bhall na Comhairle<br />
Polasaithe Ginearálta agus Polasaithe Cuntasaíochta<br />
Cuntas Ioncaim agus Caiteachais<br />
Clár Comhardaithe<br />
Nótaí leis na Ráitis Airgeadais<br />
Ráiteas faoi dhualgais na comhairle<br />
Tá dualgas ar an gComhairle, faoi bhun Alt 21(1) den Acht Oidhreachta, 1995, ráitis<br />
airgeadais a ullmhú de réir cibé foirme a cheadaíonn an tAire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta,<br />
Gaeltachta agus na nOileán i ndiaidh dó/di dul i gcomhairle leis an Aire Airgeadais.<br />
Agus iad ag ullmhú na ráiteas airgeadais, bíonn iallach ar an gComhairle:<br />
· polasaithe oiriúnacha cuntasaíochta a roghnú agus iad a fheidhmiú go<br />
leanúnach.<br />
· reithiúnais agus meastacháin a dhéanamh atá réasúnta, stuama.
· ráitis airgeadais a ullmhú mar a dhéanfadh comhlacht leantach, ach<br />
amháin i gcás nach féidir glacadh leis go bhfanfaidh an Chomhairle i<br />
mbun oibre<br />
· ráiteas a thabhairt chun a dhearbhú gur úsáideadh cibé caighdeáin<br />
chuntasaíochta a bhaineann le hábhar, agus aon imeacht ábhartha ó<br />
na caighdeáin sin a fhaisnéisiú agus a mhíniú sna ráitis airgeadais.<br />
Tá dualgas ar an gComhairle leabhair chuntais a choimeád, a fhaisnéisíonn go<br />
réasúnta beacht staid airgeadais na Comhairle in aon am ar leith agus a chuireann ar<br />
chumas na Comhairle a chinntiú go gcomhlíonann na ráitis airgeadais Alt 21(1) den<br />
Acht. Tá dualgas ar an gComhairle freisin sócmhainní na Comhairle Oidhreachta a<br />
chaomhnú agus bearta réasúnta a dhéanamh chun calaois agus neamhrialtachtaí eile a<br />
sheachaint agus a bhrath.<br />
An Dr Tom O’Dwyer<br />
Cathaoirleach na Comhairle<br />
Nessa Dunlea<br />
Ball den Chomhairle<br />
Michael Starrett<br />
Príomhfheidhmeannach<br />
Faisnéisiú leasa Bhaill na Comhairle<br />
Oidhreachta<br />
Is ceadmhach don Chomhairle, i ngnáthchúrsaí gnó, cabhair airgeadais a cheadú<br />
d’fhiontair a fhostaíonn baill den Chomhairle nó a bhfuil leas de chineál eile ag na<br />
baill Chomhairle iontu.<br />
Thionscnaigh an Chomhairle cleachtais de réir na dtreoirlínte a d’eisigh an Roinn<br />
Airgeadais chun gur féidir le baill den Chomhairle a leas a fhaisnéisiú, agus cloíodh<br />
leis na cleachtais sin ar feadh na bliana.<br />
Rinne na baill seo a leanas leas a fhaisnéisiú in eagraíochtaí ar ceadaíodh cabhair<br />
airgeadais dóibh le linn na bliana.<br />
Maurice Hurley, Seandálaí Cathrach, Comhairle Chathair Chorcaí £5,000 faoi bhun<br />
Scéim na nDeontas Pobail<br />
Simon Berrow, Grúpa Faire Míolta Móra agus Deilfeanna na hÉireann £4,000 faoi<br />
bhun Scéim na nDeontas Foilseachán<br />
Simon Berrow, Fondúireacht Mhíolta Móra agus Deilfeanna na Sionainne £11,385<br />
faoi bhun Scéim na nDeontas Fiadhúlra
Simon Berrow, & Una Cosgrove £5,745 faoi bhun Scéim na nDeontas Fiadhúlra (ní<br />
dheacthas ar aghaidh leis an tionscadal seo)<br />
Níor ghlac na baill seo páirt i gcruinnithe inar pléadh na tionscadail seo agus ní raibh<br />
aon pháirt acu sa phróiseas cinnteoireachta maidir le deontais a cheadú.<br />
An Dr Tom O’Dwyer<br />
Cathaoirleach na Comhairle<br />
Nessa Dunlea<br />
Ball den Chomhairle<br />
Ginearálta<br />
Bunaíodh an Chomhairle Oidhreachta faoi bhun an Achta Oidhreachta, 1995. Is é<br />
feidhm ghinearálta na Comhairle Oidhreachta ná polasaithe agus tosaíochtaí a<br />
mholadh le haghaidh an oidhreacht náisiúnta a aithint, a chosaint, a chaomhnú agus a<br />
fheabhsú agus chun tuiscint i leith na hoidhreachta a chur chun cinn.<br />
Polasaithe Cuntasaíochta<br />
1. Bunús cuntasaíochta<br />
Modh cuntasaíochta bunaithe ar fhabhraithe a úsáidtear chun na ráitis airgeadais a<br />
ullmhú, mura dtugtar a mhalairt le fios thíos, agus comhlíontar prionsbail<br />
chuntasaíochta a nglactar leo go coitianta faoi bhun choinbhinsiún na gcostas stairiúil.<br />
Glactar leis na Caighdeáin um Thuairisciú Airgeadais a mholann na comhlachtaí<br />
aitheanta cuntasaíochta, de réir mar a thagann siad i bhfeidhm.<br />
Is in Euro a áirítear figiúirí na bliana <strong>2002</strong>.<br />
2. Deontais i gCabhair an Oireachtais<br />
Déantar Deontais i gCabhair an Oireachtais a chuntasú ar bhunús fáltas airgid.<br />
3. Sócmhainní Seasta Inláimhsithe<br />
Is é atá i gceist le sóchmhainní seasta foirgnimh, troscán oifige, trealamh oifige,<br />
ríomhairí agus saothair ealaíne na Comhairle Oidhreachta agus taispeántar iad sin de<br />
réir costais lúide dímheas carntha. Déantar an dímheas a áireamh i dtráthchodanna<br />
cothroma bliantúla chun costas na sócmhainní inláimhsithe thar a dtréimhse<br />
inúsáideachta mheasta a dhíscríobh.<br />
Is iad na rátaí dímheasa a úsáidtear:<br />
Foirgnimh 2.5% Troscán Oifige 10%
Trealamh Oifige 20% Ríomhairí 25%<br />
Saothair Ealaíne Nil<br />
4. Cuntas Caipitil<br />
Is é atá sa chuntas caipitil ná ioncam atá le húsáid chun sócmhainní seasta a<br />
cheannach. Déantar é a amúchadh ar aon dul le dímheas na sócmhainní gaolmhara.<br />
5. Stoc<br />
Is é is stoc ann ná stáiseánóireacht agus foilseacháin. Díscríobhtar i mbliain a<br />
cheannaithe é.<br />
6. Leasú<br />
Déantar sócmhainní a fhaightear de thoradh ar léas airgeadais a chaipitiliú agus a<br />
áireamh i measc na sócmhainní seasta inláimhsithe. Dímheastar iad de réir pholasaí na<br />
Comhairle. Maidir le sócmhainní a léasaítear faoi léas oibriúcháin, ní dhéantar iad a<br />
chaipitiliú agus cuirtear de mhuirear an Chuntais Ioncaim agus Chaiteachais iad de<br />
réir mar a thagann siad aníos.<br />
7. Aoisliúntas<br />
Bhí scéim ranníocaíochtaí sainmhínithe i bhfeidhm le Scottish Provident sa bhliain<br />
<strong>2002</strong>. Tá an Chomhairle, de réir Alt 20 den Acht Oidhreachta 1995, i mbun scéim<br />
aoisliúntais a chur ar bun don fhoireann bhuan go léir. Tá an scéim curtha faoi bhráid<br />
an Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gaeltachta agus na nOileán le haghaidh a cheadaithe.<br />
Tá téarmaí na scéime á gcleachtadh ar bhonn riaracháin go dtí gceadófar an scéim go<br />
foirmiúil. Bítear ag plé le híocaíochtaí agus le ranníocaíochtaí sa Chuntas Ioncaim<br />
agus Caiteachais, de réir mar a thagann siad aníos. Tugtar sonraí i leith na<br />
ranníocaíochtaí a rinneadh anuraidh i Nóta 7 leis na Ráitis Airgeadais.<br />
An Chomhairle Oidhreachta Ráitis<br />
Airgeadais <strong>2002</strong><br />
Cuntas Ioncaim agus Caiteachais don<br />
Bhliain dar críoch 31 Nollaig <strong>2002</strong>
Clár Comhardaithe mar a bhí ar 31<br />
Nollaig <strong>2002</strong>
Nótaí leis na Ráitis Airgeadais don<br />
bhliain dar críoch 31 Nollaig <strong>2002</strong>
PLEASE NOTE: <strong>The</strong> Grant Payments<br />
Schedule is currently being updated. We<br />
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may cause.
Aguisín A: Baill Choiste<br />
An Buanchoiste Seandálaíochta<br />
Baill an Chomhairle<br />
Michael MacMahon (Cathaoirleach), Maurice Hurley, Michael<br />
McNamara , Fr. Tomás Ó Caoimh, Con Costello<br />
Ceapacháin an Aire<br />
Ted Creedon, Michael Gibbons<br />
Ceapacháin na Comhairle<br />
Liam Downey, Margaret Gowen, Brian Lacey<br />
An Buanchoiste Ailtireachta<br />
Baill an Chomhairle<br />
Ruth Delany (Cathaoirleach), Con Costeirlappendixa.htmlllo, Mary<br />
Bryan, Primrose Wilson, Fr. Tomas Ó Caoimh<br />
Ceapacháin an Aire<br />
Fionnuala May, Christine Casey, Finola Reid<br />
Ceapacháin na Comhairle<br />
Paul Arnold, Loughlin Kealy<br />
An Buanchoiste Fiadhúlra<br />
Baill an Chomhairle<br />
Nioclás Ó Conchubhair (Cathaoirleach), Michael MacMahon, Michael<br />
McNamara, Simon Berrow<br />
Ceapacháin an Aire<br />
Seamus Kelly, John Murphy, Des Crofton<br />
Ceapacháin na Comhairle<br />
Rosaleen Dwyer
Buanchoiste na nUiscebhealaí Intíre<br />
Baill an Chomhairle<br />
Simon Berrow (Cathaoirleach), Clare O’Grady Walshe (go Deireadh<br />
Fómhair), Michael McNamara,<br />
Nioclas Ó Conchubhair, Ruth Delany<br />
Ceapacháin an Aire<br />
John Keane, Colin Becker, Daphne Levinge<br />
Ceapacháin na Comhairle<br />
Ian Bath<br />
An Coiste Músaem & Cartlann<br />
Baill an Chomhairle<br />
Fr. Tomás Ó Caoimh (Cathaoirleach go Meán Fómhair), Dr.Con<br />
Costello (Cathaoirleach ó Mheán Fómhair ar aghaidh), Virginia<br />
Teehan, Dr. Pat Donlon (go mí an Mheithimh), Bride Rosney (go mí<br />
Iúil)<br />
Ceapacháin na Comhairle<br />
Elizabeth Crooke, John Coll, Colum O’Riordan, Dr. Pat Wallace,<br />
Siobhan O’ Rafferty<br />
An Coiste Oideachais & Feasachta<br />
Baill an Chomhairle<br />
Pat Donlon (Cathaoirleach go mí an Mheithimh), Primrose Wilson<br />
(Cathaoirleach ó mhí an Mheithimh ar aghaidh), Prof. William Smyth,<br />
Bride Rosney (go mí Iúil), Nessa Dunlea<br />
Ceapacháin na Comhairle<br />
John Quinn, Catherine Gralton, Leo Hallissey<br />
An Coiste Muirí<br />
Baill an Chomhairle
William Smyth (Cathaoirleach), Ruth Delany, Clare O’Grady Walshe<br />
(go Deireadh Fómhair), Simon Berrow, Michael McMahon and<br />
Nioclás O’Conchubhair<br />
Ceapacháin na Comhairle<br />
Leo Hallissey, Cilian roden, Gillian Mills Ted Creedon Robert Devoy<br />
An Coiste Airgeadais/Iniúchóireachta<br />
Baill an Chomhairle<br />
Nessa Dunlea (Cathaoirleach), Dr. Tom O’Dwyer Virginia Teehan,<br />
Michael Mac Mahon
Appendix C: Links<br />
Representation on Task Forces, Steering Committees<br />
Etc.<br />
· <strong>Council</strong> of National Cultural Institutions<br />
· Advisory Committee on the National Inventory of Architectural <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
· Inter-Departmental Committee on Government Policy on Architecture<br />
· Government Task Force on Buildings in Public Ownership<br />
· Departmental Steering Group to prepare the outline draft heads of Bill<br />
to Consolidate, Revise and Extend the National Monuments Acts, 1930<br />
to 1994 and Related Acts<br />
· Inter-Departmental Advisory Group on the Local Authority Grants<br />
Scheme for the protection of the architectural heritage<br />
· Construction Industry Federation’s <strong>Heritage</strong> Contractors Registration<br />
Board<br />
· Irish Architectural Archive<br />
· National Planning Guidelines Committee<br />
· Environmental Protection Agency’s National Data Committee<br />
· Environmental Protection Agency’s Natural Resources Working Group<br />
· British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography<br />
· Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland’s Working Group on Building<br />
Regulations and Historic Buildings<br />
· Forestry Industry Forum of the Department of the Marine and Natural<br />
Resources<br />
· National Forestry Standards Working Group of the Forest Service<br />
· County Wexford <strong>Heritage</strong> Forum<br />
· Member on Construction Industry Federation Registration Board for<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Contractors<br />
· National Way-Marked Ways Committee of the Irish Sports <strong>Council</strong><br />
International Links<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> has a number of ongoing associations and contacts, both formal and<br />
informal, with advisory and professional bodies across Europe, and beyond, in an<br />
attempt to learn and develop through an observance of best practice abroad. In some<br />
instances, <strong>Council</strong> has officially subscribed to a number of these bodies and<br />
organisations and actively partakes in their proceedings.<br />
· Member of Europarc and currently President<br />
· Member of IUCN<br />
· Member of co-operative of European Environmental Advisory <strong>Council</strong>s<br />
· Member of European Association of Archaeologists<br />
· Member of Countryside Recreation Network<br />
· Member of Forest Stewardship <strong>Council</strong><br />
· Chair of REVER INTERREG IIC Project
· Ongoing contact with English <strong>Heritage</strong>, English Nature, Countryside<br />
Agency, Historic Scotland, Scottish Natural <strong>Heritage</strong>, Department of<br />
the Environment (N.I.), UAHS, ICOMOS<br />
· Working with UK Limestone Pavement Biodiversity Habitat Action Plan<br />
Working Group on the development of an action plan for conservation<br />
of limestone pavement in the UK<br />
· Member of European Greenways Association
Appendix D: Publications<br />
Our full range of publications can be purchased directly via the Wordwell Limited<br />
website at www.wordwellbooks.com, or by telephoning Wordwell at 01 2765221,<br />
Fax: 01 2765207, E-mail: sales.wordwell@indigo.ie. Publications can also be<br />
downloaded from the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>'s website at www.heritage council.ie.<br />
About the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
· <strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> – An Introduction and Service Standards<br />
· <strong>The</strong> Plan 1997-2000<br />
· <strong>The</strong> Plan 2001-2005<br />
· A Guide to Information held by the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
This Guide contains manuals prepared in accordance with Sections 15 & 16 of the<br />
Freedom of Information Act, 1997.<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>s<br />
· <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 1995-96<br />
· <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 1997<br />
· <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 1998<br />
· <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 1999<br />
· <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2000<br />
· <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2001<br />
Advice to the Minister for Arts, <strong>Heritage</strong>, Gaeltacht<br />
and the Islands<br />
· Policy Paper on State Sector Expenditure on <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
· Policy Paper on Agriculture and the National <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
· Policy Paper on Forestry and the National <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
· Policy Paper on the Role of the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> in the Planning<br />
Process 6808)<br />
· Policy Paper on the Future of Ireland’s Inland Waterways<br />
· Policy Paper on Urban Archaeology and the National <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
· Policy Paper on <strong>Heritage</strong> Awareness in Ireland<br />
· Policy Paper on Ireland’s Landscape and National <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
· Policy Paper on Ireland’s Thatched Roofs<br />
Conference Proceedings<br />
· Taking Stock of our Ecclesiastical <strong>Heritage</strong> – Kilkenny, February 1997<br />
· Policies and Priorities for Ireland’s Landscape – Tullamore, Co. Offaly,<br />
April 1999<br />
Consultative Documents
· Consultative Document on the Role of the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> in the<br />
Planning Process<br />
· Consultative Document on the Future of Ireland’s Inland Waterways<br />
· Irish Thatched Roofs – Is their future a thing of the past?<br />
<strong>Report</strong>s<br />
· Evaluation of Environmental Designations in Ireland<br />
· An Assessment of the Scientific Interest of the Dune System at White<br />
Strand,<br />
Doonbeg, Co. Clare<br />
· A <strong>Report</strong> on a Survey of Museums and their Collections in Counties<br />
Longford, Mayo and Tipperary South Riding<br />
· Archaeology and Forestry in Ireland<br />
· Impact of Agricultural Schemes and Payments on Aspects of Ireland’s<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong><br />
· Regulatory Environment for the Management and Repair of Historic<br />
Buildings<br />
· <strong>The</strong> Introduction of a Standard and Accreditation Scheme for Irish<br />
Museums<br />
· An Assessment of Farming Prescriptions under the Rural Environment<br />
Protection Scheme in the Uplands of the Burren Karstic Region, Co.<br />
Clare<br />
· Review of Urban Archaeology Research<br />
· Urban Archaeological Practice in Ireland<br />
· Review of Archaeological Assessment and Monitoring Procedures in<br />
Ireland<br />
· <strong>The</strong> Provision of Genealogical Services in Ireland<br />
· A Guide to Habitats in Ireland<br />
· Stone Monuments Decay Study<br />
· Archaeological Features at Risk <strong>Report</strong>: <strong>The</strong> recent destruction of<br />
Ireland’s archaeological heritage<br />
Joint Publications<br />
· <strong>The</strong> Irish <strong>Heritage</strong> and Environment Directory 1999 (with Archaeology<br />
Ireland)<br />
· Sligo Archaeological Guide<br />
· <strong>The</strong> Courthouses of Ireland (with the National Inventory of Architectural<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong>)<br />
· <strong>Heritage</strong> Appraisal of Development Plans – A Methodology for<br />
Planning Authorities (with Donegal County <strong>Council</strong> and the Irish<br />
Planning Institute)<br />
· Caring for Collections: A Manual of Preventative Conservation (with<br />
ICHAWI)<br />
· Archaeology and Development: Guidelines for Good Practice for<br />
Developers (with ICOMOS Ireland)<br />
· Dragonflies of Ireland (with the Sciences Division of the Ulster<br />
Museum)