Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Galway Art House Cinema
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
9:00 am
Ms Katherine Licken:
Cork City Council is the project promoter, and the proposal is to build a big event centre in the city centre, which would be a huge addition to Cork city. It is included in the national development plan as a commitment. The Department had a commitment for €12 million. Cork City Council is the lead developer in the project. We had given a commitment to fund it to the tune of €12 million. A tender process was undertaken-----