Results 341-360 of 12,487 for speaker:John O'Donoghue
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (23 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 annually. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 5 and 6 December last. The closing date...
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (23 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Under the terms of the local authority swimming pool programme, any privately owned swimming pool project seeking funding must have the full support of the relevant local authority and is expected to provide a high level of public access at reasonable hours and prices. Responsibility for the programme rested with the then Department of the Environment until 1998 when it was transferred to my...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (23 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take QuestionsNos. 167 to 169, inclusive, together. 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 annually. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through...
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (24 Feb 2005)
John O'Donoghue: There is no set date for an announcement on the approval of projects under the local authority swimming pool programme. There are four principal stages in the grant process â preliminary report, contract documents, tender approval and construction and specific ministerial approval are required before a project can move from one stage to the next stage. Approval for projects in 2005 will...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 Mar 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 2004. The...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 Mar 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 2004. The...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 Mar 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 2004. The...
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (1 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The proposal to replace the existing outdoor swimming pool in Askeaton is one of a number of swimming pool projects within the local authority swimming pool programme under consideration in my Department. There are four stages in the swimming pool approval process namely, preliminary report, contract document, tender approval and construction. The Askeaton project is at contract document...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: A grant of â¬25,000 was provisionally allocated to the club in question under the 2002 national lottery funded sports capital programme operated by my Department. The grant was subject to the terms and conditions of the programme and all of the documentation required should have been submitted to my Department and the grant drawn down by 27 June 2003. The club was advised of these conditions...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (1 Mar 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 — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (2 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table: County 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 £ £ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ Carlow 369,494 1,168,159 489,000 440,000 782,000 Cavan 452,027 591,698 691,200 580,000 925,000 Clare 1,170,699 898,975 1,123,000 1,125,000 1,727,000 Cork 3,850,481 4,769,132 7,257,000 5,545,400...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (2 Mar 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. The following schedule contains the information requested by the Deputy for each year from 2000 to 2004: County 2004 2003 2002...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (2 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table. Grantee 2002 2003 2004 Total Grant Paid Grant Paid Grant Paid Grant Paid â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ Aghamore GAA Club 0 0 96,000 96,000 0 0 96,000 96,000 Balla GAA Club 0 0 0 0 90,000 0 90,000 0 Ballina Rugby Football Club 150,000 150,000 0 0 0 0...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (2 Mar 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...
- Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I thank Senators Cummins and Brian Hayes for their interest in this matter and for providing me with an opportunity to discuss issues relating to two of Ireland's oldest cultural and sporting activities, horse and greyhound racing. The special place both sports hold in the lives of many Irish people is evident in the numbers following racing and attending race meetings in every corner of the...
- Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The view has also been expressed that modern society is, in many ways, becoming overly regulated. The key facts are that children should not be admitted without an adult in company and effective control can be maintained by parents by restricting the funds available for wagering. The Internet has opened the gateway to gambling and the controls on Internet gaming are only as strict as those...
- Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The key is control and balance of parental guidance as opposed to another set of restrictive legal impositions. Persons under 18 years attending horse race meetings do so under the accompaniment and control of their parents and, as such, would also invest with the tote in a controlled social environment. The normal investment in the tote by persons under 18 years is of the order of â¬1 on...
- Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Depending on one's perspective, one could describe such an application as a major gamble, merely a flutter or a racing certainty. It is certain, however, that a â¬1 bet on the tote is of far less import than the decision by two people to get married.
- Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: At any given time in horseracing, approximately 25% of the operating terminals on track are of the self-vending type, which are unmanned by tote staff and located in all areas throughout the racecourse. Consequently, the proposed amendment to the Totalisator Act 1929 would render the policing of this amendment to the Act unworkable. I thank Senator Cummins and his colleagues for raising this...
- Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I am opposing the Senator's amending Bill. However, I will pursue my consultations with the statutory bodies responsible for the organisation and management of both horse and greyhound racing, asking them to explore whether further measures within the provisions of the existing legislation are required to meet the Senator's concerns.