Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy mentioned the National Concert Hall. There will be world-class facilities under the redevelopment, with a newly refurbished and extended main auditorium, an increased capacity of 1,350 seats and improved musicians' facilities. There will be a reorganisation of public facilities such as a newly designed and enlarged main foyer with new access to the historic marble stairs, and a relocation of the restaurant, a new winter garden cafe, new guest facilities, new reception and booking offices, new lift access and upgraded mechanical and electrical services. There will be a refurbishment and restoration of the historic, and currently redundant, 1865 block which is adjacent to the main auditorium for musicians' facilities and there will be an extension of the John Field room. The refurbishment of the former medical library is also being looked at to serve as a RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra rehearsal studio.

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