Results 261-280 of 12,487 for speaker:John O'Donoghue
- Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (10 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: It is widely agreed that sport can make an important contribution to reducing anti-social behaviour. A number of initiatives and programmes are funded out of the annual provision for sport in the Estimates for my Department which in 2005 amount to â¬131 million. The sports capital programme, administered by my Department, provides funding towards the development of sports facilities with a...
- Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (15 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Issues relating to visa requirements for foreign visitors to Ireland are a matter in the first instance for my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell. From a tourism perspective, the impact of separate British visa requirements on tourists wishing to travel across the Border with Northern Ireland is negligible given that the level of tourism business to...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (15 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery-funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the newspapers on 5 and 6 December last. The...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (15 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery-funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the newspapers on 5 and 6 December last. The...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (15 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery-funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the newspapers on 5 and 6 December last. The...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery-funded sports capital programme, administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 5 and 6 December 2004. The closing date...
- Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (16 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The most critical element of the Government's strategy for the attraction to Ireland of film-makers has been the extension to 2008 of the section 481 incentive for investment in film production, and the increase in the amount that can be raised from â¬10.48 million to â¬15 million from 1 January 2005. This incentive is of critical importance to international film-makers. The certainty that...
- Written Answers — Community Games: Community Games (16 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I have not received any submissions from the National Community Games relating to the 2005 national games. During 2004, I and officials of my Department had a number of meetings and contacts with representatives of the National Community Games to discuss issues relating to the costing of the annual community games finals in Mosney. Those discussions led to a situation where my Department, the...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (16 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery-funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 5 and 6 December last. The...
- Written Answers — Seachtain na Gaeilge: Seachtain na Gaeilge (16 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: NÃl aon phlean ar leith ag mo Roinn chun seachtain na Gaeilge a chomóradh. Tá mo Roinn, áfach, ag ullmhú dréacht-scéim faoi réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003.Léireoidh an scéim, a bheidh in éifeacht ar feadh tréimhse trà bliana, conas a dhéanfaidh mo Roinn forbairt ar a cuid seirbhÃsà Gaeilge. Tá sé i gceist go mbeidh sonraà na scéime ar fáil go poiblà thart ar...
- National Conference Centre. (17 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The detailed tender documentation for the procurement of a national conference centre in the Dublin area was approved by the NCC steering group on 7 December 2004 and was subsequently issued by the Office of Public Works to each of the three previously short-listed consortia on 10 December 2004. As I indicated to the House on a number of occasions, the preparation of this documentation has...
- National Conference Centre. (17 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I am informed that the Office of Public Works is currently engaging with the three short-listed consortia, although it is true that one of the candidates short-listed has indicated that it will not, in all probability, proceed.
- National Conference Centre. (17 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: That proposal is also being brought forward by the Irish Hotels Federation. I confirm to Deputy Deenihan that it is his one which I will be pursuing with the Minister for Finance.
- Film Industry Development. (17 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: International film production is now very big business. A Review of Film Production in Ireland, published recently by the audiovisual federation of IBEC, shows that in 2003, total funding for 179 productions in Ireland, comprising feature films and major TV dramas, independent TV production and animation, came to â¬320.2 million. The United States was the largest source of non-Irish funding...
- Film Industry Development. (17 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: When I was in the United States it was indicated to me by people in charge of major production studios that the absence of a person on the ground in Hollywood was a negative factor in terms of bringing film to Ireland. The major studios like to have somebody whom they can contact relatively quickly. They indicated to me that when locations outside the United States are considered, Ireland is...
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: As I have previously informed the House, I was authorised by Government to invite expressions of interest, by way of public invitation, from the private sector in participating on the basis of a public private partnership in the capital redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre in or around the vicinity of the site of the existing theatre. The accommodation brief for the new theatre specified the...
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: When I stated that we hoped to identify and announce a site in the centenary year, I was confident that the Parnell Square site would be acquired in its entirety by the Office of Public Works. The OPW was also confident in this regard. However, as the Deputy is aware, the OPW was unable to acquire the site at what it regarded as a fair price. The owners of a portion of the site, 1 Granby Row,...
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Coláiste Mhuire is in public ownership. The difficulty is that this is not the position in respect of 1 Granby Row. If the latter were to come back into the equation at market value, we would reconsider it. However, this appears to be unlikely. The Carlton site on O'Connell Street is, prima facie, ideal for a new theatre. The difficulty is, however, that there are legal difficulties...
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Achieving as wide as possible a distribution of visitor numbers across the different regions with an associated spread of tourism revenue, has long been recognised as a major objective and challenge for tourism policy. In more recent times there has been an increasing international trend towards shorter more frequent breaks, which clearly favours easily accessible urban destinations. That has...
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Deputy Wall has hit the nail on the head. Access is crucially important as regards bringing people to the regions. A number of developments late in 2004 will help considerably in that respect. Ryanair announced that it would utilise Shannon as a European hub. That is of enormous importance because it means people from Europe will be brought directly into the mid-west and the west in...