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- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: I would ask a brief question if I could remember it. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle has put it out of my head. If bad hotels are to go the wall, the Bacon report suggested that the clawback be dropped. However, I am against that suggestion. We gave people money to get into the business and now we are giving them money to get out of it. Bad hotels should fail if good hotels are to survive....
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Exactly.
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Minister.
- Tax Code. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received new guidelines from the Arts Council relating to the assessment of the artistic merits of works submitted for qualification under the artists tax exemption scheme; his views on those guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8344/10]
- Tax Code. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: I am sure the Minister knows that what motivated me to table this question was the recent securing of tax exemption status by the Minister's former leader and our former Taoiseach for his autobiography. When I raised this issue almost two years ago, on foot of a sports celebrity having secured tax exemption status, the Minister told me that new guidelines were being drawn up. It is now...
- Tax Code. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: By no stretch of the imagination could this work be considered a work that is cultural and certainly it could not be considered artistic, where the bar is even higher. I am aware that the tax exemption legislation has changed and a cap on income in that respect has been introduced. The granting of tax exemption status in this case undermines this measure for people who genuinely deserve it....
- Tax Code. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: No.
- Tax Code. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Is the Arts Council not about getting as close to perfection as possible? I take the point that young lads want to read about sports but neither Ronaldo nor Packie Bonner needs a tax incentive to write a book. That is not the purpose of the tax incentive, which is to help emerging and young artists. Deputy Bertie Ahern is not one of those and neither is Ronaldo. Does the Minister see the...
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: They do not make the charge.
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister is wrong.
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: The emerging markets do as a whole.
- Irish Horse and Greyhound Racing Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: We just got it today. The last time we raised this issue, the Minister stated that he wanted to bring in what he called a gambling architecture for the State. That sounds great, but it is a tall order, given the different players in the market from the small bookies to the big on-line players. We are at it for a couple of years, so is there any point in looking at an interim solution...
- Irish Horse and Greyhound Racing Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: It was ever thus.
- Film Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the positive approach the Minister is taking to this issue. The boundary between ordinary digital animation film and gaming is gradually disappearing. While gaming is a complete mystery to me, the marriage of creativity and high technology involved in it makes it a perfect outlet for young Irish people. I have been informed that the education side of the gaming sector needs to be...
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress that has been made in the assessment of the General Post Office complex as a feasible location for the redeveloped national theatre; the timescale that is envisaged for the assessment of this alternative site; when a report will be submitted to him on the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: I raised this matter relatively recently but it was the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, who responded to the question and I wanted to discuss it with the Minister again. I have no problem with relocating the Abbey Theatre to the GPO. It is probably a very good location but why is it moving from Abbey Street? We are losing the eponymous value of having the Abbey Theatre in Abbey Street....
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Is there any property available in any area?
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: It was â¬220,000.
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Is An Post open to the idea of moving out of that site? Also, a site like that in the middle of O'Connell Street should not be used just for night time events. It must have a day time purpose-----
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: -----such as matinees and so on but it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that we could have a post office on the site as well.