Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes. It is a long way from Nenagh to the University Concert Hall in Limerick or the Lime Tree Theatre. North Tipperary should have a theatre that is capable of hosting events, the same as any other part of the country. The Irish National Opera is coming to Limerick in a couple of weeks. There is no reason that all these events should be all Dublin-centric. At the moment, by virtue of history and where the assets are, that is where they are centred. It is my ambition to be able to bring in a scheme that will ultimately be dependent on local authorities. Local authorities have to be in the driving seat for this, akin to the LSSIF, where it is either a local authority or a national governing body. I will make it the responsibility of the local authority. They will either have to have a site or matching funding. They will have to be the project manager and all of this will be predicated on the outcome of what we get from the national development plan, but it is a commitment in the programme for Government. We have work done on it.