Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

We have a small Department which works hard. There is a staff of only 108, which breaks down into three parts. There is an assistant secretary in charge of sport, another for culture and a third for tourism. Each of them is backed up by a small team that does tremendous work.

The National Concert Hall is one of the major capital projects we would like to progress. All capital projects have gone back for review to see if we can get better value. I do not have a go-ahead on it yet, but it is something I would like to see proceeding.

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