Results 441-460 of 12,487 for speaker:John O'Donoghue
- Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Old McDonald is speaking again.
- Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: A bit like the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (24 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The importance of tourism as an instrument of national and regional development has long been recognised by this Government and, in that context, 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. Various factors have conspired...
- Estimates for Public Services 2005. (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I move the following Revised Estimate:
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Kilkenny County Council applied for funding under the local authority swimming pool programme in respect of a proposed replacement swimming pool for Kilkenny. I am pleased to say I have recently approved the preliminary report for this project and this approval allows the council to have the contract documents prepared. Under the local authority swimming pool programme, there are four stages...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I travelled to London for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations from Saturday 12 March 2005 to Sunday 13 March 2005. I was accompanied on this trip by my special adviser, my private secretary and my wife. The full cost of the trip is not yet available in my Department.
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (12 Apr 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 (12 Apr 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 (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 465 and 475 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 on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through...
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Thurles Town Council applied for grant aid under the local authority swimming pool programme for the provision of a replacement swimming pool in Thurles. The project is under consideration in my Department at contract document stage of the programme. There are four stages in the swimming pool development process: preliminary report, contract document, tender approval and construction. My...
- Written Answers — National Aquatic Centre: National Aquatic Centre (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Campus and Stadium Ireland Development Ltd. has informed me that its structural engineers have received from the contractors, Rohcon Ltd. information that the repairs to the National Aquatic Centre, which commenced on Monday 21 March 2005, are expected to be completed by 20 May 2005. Campus and Stadium Ireland Development Ltd. has asked Rohcon to use all necessary resources to ensure that...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Apart from the Museum of Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar County Mayo and a temporary storage facility in Daingean, County Offaly, neither of which is scheduled for relocation, there is no section of my Department currently based outside Dublin.
- Written Answers — Fairtrade Products: Fairtrade Products (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I am aware of the fairtrade campaign for securing fair deals for small producers of tea, coffee, fruit etc. in Third World countries through raising consumer awareness and I support the objectives behind the campaign to alleviate poverty and support marginalised producers in a manner that promotes dignity and self-sufficiency. My Department has no canteen facilities of its own and the...
- Written Answers — All-Ireland Soccer Team: All-Ireland Soccer Team (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: This is a matter entirely within the competence of the associations and one in which I have no function. If it were the wish of the associations to proceed along these lines, I would support the idea.
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (12 Apr 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 — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council applied for funding under the local authority swimming pool programme in 2000 in respect of a proposed replacement swimming pool for Dundrum. A revised proposal has recently been received from the council and is being considered in my Department at the preliminary report stage in the process. There are four stages in the swimming pool development...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 473 and 474 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 demand led and allocation of funding is based on a set of criteria aimed at the provision of sport and...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery funded sports capital programme is advertised on an annual basis and applications are invited from sport and voluntary organisations in respect of sport developments that are of a capital nature. The programme applies to clubs and organisations within the State and applications from outside the State are not accepted. Accordingly any funds allocated are to clubs and...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (12 Apr 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 and last. The...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The annual fees paid to each chairperson and director in each statutory board under the remit of my Department are: Statutory Body Fee Paid to Chairperson Fee Paid to Board Member/Director â'¬ â'¬ Arts Council 7,618.43 5,078.95 Irish Film Board 7,618.43 5,078.95 Irish Sports Council 7,260 Nil Horse Racing Ireland(1) 15,236.86 10,158.00 Bord na gCon(1), (2)...