Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
9:30 am
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I have three issues. The second issue is the Cork event centre, which is included in the national development plan. Is that matter on the Minister's desk? There is a request for additional funding. There is a good deal of frustration locally and a real lack of clarity as to the status of this project, which is being brought forward by Live Nation and BAM. Significant public funding has been committed but additional funding is required to make this happen. The Minister will be aware of an infamous sod-turning on the eve of the general election two years ago and nothing happened subsequently. People want to know if the event centre in Cork will happen, if the Government is committed to it and whether the Minister is about to make a decision to sanction the extra funding to make that project happen.
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