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Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 53 and 174 together. The rationale for the amalgamation of the National Archives with the Irish Manuscripts Commission and the National Library stems from the need to arrange the resources available to the national cultural institutions in the most cost effective structure possible. The continuing need to reduce public expenditure means that we cannot remain...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 54, 57 and 59 together. I recently met with representatives of the Irish Rugby Football Union who briefed me on the organisation's opposition to the proposals by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to make a number of additions to the current list of designated events of major importance to society, thus making them free-to-air for...

Written Answers — Women's Participation in Sport: Women's Participation in Sport (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy will be aware that the Irish Sports Council, which is funded by my Department, has a statutory role in the promotion, development and coordination of sport which includes responsibility for increasing participation in sport by all, including women and girls. The ISC was established on a statutory basis on 1st July, 1999, and the functions of the Council are outlined in Section 6 of...

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Now that there is a specific EU competence for sport under the Lisbon Treaty, the cooperation and coordination between Member States will be formalised, and the Commission has indicated its intention to adopt a new Communication setting out its suggested plans and priorities for European Union action to promote European sporting issues, as well as a possible proposal for a spending programme...

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Parliamentary Questions Nos. 58 and 184 together. One of my Department's high-level goals – as set out in its current Statement of Strategy - is to promote close co-operation between the arts and culture, sport and tourism sectors in order to enhance their shared contribution to the social and economic well being of the country. Significant progress has been made in...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The Government's policy is to promote and strengthen the arts in all its forms, including drama, to increase access to and participation in the arts, and to make the arts an integral and valued part of our national life. More specific commitments are set out in the Renewed Programme for Government. My policy on the arts is to promote and strengthen the arts in all its forms, including...

Written Answers — Abbey Theatre: Abbey Theatre (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The Office of Public Works, my Department and the Abbey Theatre, with relevant external technical input, has commenced an assessment of the GPO complex to ascertain if it is a feasible location for the redeveloped national theatre. The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and An Post are also engaged in this process. The development of a new national theatre project is...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Since my appointment last March as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport I have not had the opportunity to personally meet with other Departments to specifically discuss access to broadband facilities. The matter has however, been raised on a number of occasions at official level since the publication of the Tourism Renewal Group's report in September 2009. Government policy relating to...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, tourism was specifically identified in the Good Friday Agreement as a one of the key areas for North/South cooperation, and consequently it is one of the sectors on which the North/South Ministerial Council meets in Sectoral format. The Council meets in this format in order to make decisions on common policies and approaches in the area of tourism. It also takes...

Written Answers — National Concert Hall: National Concert Hall (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: I would like to confirm my Departments support for the redevelopment of the National Concert Hall. The procurement stage of the redevelopment of the National Concert Hall is currently being progressed by the National Development Finance Agency. In accordance with the Government Decision, the project was tendered, on a design, build, finance and maintain PPP project basis. Two participating...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Responsibility for the horse and greyhound industries was transferred from the Department to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the making of a transfer of departmental administration and ministerial functions order which came into effect on 1 May. The function has been transferred back to the section in the Department of Agriculture from which it had transferred in 2002,...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: The following table sets out the grants paid by my Department on each project under the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Capital Development Programme in each of the last five years. County Paid in 2006 € Paid in 2007 € Paid in 2008 € Paid in 2009 € Cois na hAbhna, Ennis Clare 86,701 509,167 1,140,440 162,588 St Senan's, Kilrush Clare 34,248 156,673 578,951 46,332 Ennistymon...

Written Answers — Sports Sponsorship: Sports Sponsorship (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Unprecedented levels of Government funding for sport over the last number of years reflect the huge social and economic benefits of sport. As result of investments by the Department in sporting facilities in the last 10 years through the Sports Capital Programme and the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme, people now have more opportunities to play and compete in a vast array of sports...

Written Answers — Video Games Sector: Video Games Sector (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Primary responsibility for the support and promotion of film-making in Ireland in respect of both the indigenous sector and inward productions is a matter for the Irish Film Board (IFB). The Irish Film Board is funded by my Department but it is independent of the Department in its operations. My Department's primary operational role in supporting the film sector relates to the...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: It is widely recognised that one of the contributions made by the sectors under the aegis of my Department to the Irish economy, in particular the Tourism and Culture sectors, is in the area of job creation, with the CSO showing employment in the accommodation and food sectors alone accounting for 119,500 jobs in 2009. The Report of the Tourism Renewal Group, which was published in October...

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: On 25 May 2009 my Department informed Galway County Council that a grant capped at €1.7m had been allocated under the Department's Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme towards the construction of a pool at Loughrea. I understand that Galway County Council has had further discussions with the Developer in preparation for the commencement of the project. I also understand that the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by my Department, and part funded from the proceeds of the National Lottery, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations for the capital costs of providing sports facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment at local, regional and national level throughout the country. My Department does not provide...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 to 181, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, the allocation of the proceeds of the National Lottery is a matter for the Minister for Finance. The elements of my Department's Vote which are part-funded by proceeds of the National Lottery are as follows: Subhead C.1 – Grants for sporting bodies and for the provision of sports and recreational...

Written Answers — Arts Plan: Arts Plan (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question 72 of 31 March 2010 in respect of the matter raised here.

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (19 May 2010)

Mary Hanafin: Fiscal policy and taxation, including the impact of specific taxes on particular sectors of the economy, are matters for my colleague the Minister for Finance, Mr Brian Lenihan TD, in the first instance. In line with the Programme for Government commitment, my colleague Mr Brian Lenihan, TD, Minister for Finance, announced in Budget 2010 that a carbon tax at a rate equivalent to €15 per...