Results 841-860 of 12,487 for speaker:John O'Donoghue
- Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (13 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I do not need to commission a study in relation to regional tourism statistics. Regional tourism statistics are routinely available through information already captured by the Central Statistics Office in conjunction with Fáilte Ireland. The Fáilte Ireland survey of overseas travellers, SOT, involves interviewing 10,000 overseas visitors annually, on departure. A question in that survey...
- Written Answers — National Museum: National Museum (13 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I have provided the following funding to the National Museum of Ireland: National Museum of Ireland /Year Amount Current Amount Capital Total â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ 2002 4,370,000 2,527,000 6,897,000 2003 4,086,000 589,000 4,675,000 2004 3,565,000 1,673,000 5,238,000 2005 5,059,000 3,450,000 8,509,000 The apportionment of this funding between the various constituent...
- Written Answers — National Museum: National Museum (13 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The national collecting cultural institutions â the National Archives, National Gallery of Ireland, National Library of Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Chester Beatty Library â are charged with conserving and displaying the national collections. As collecting institutions these bodies will always have some material in storage. Indeed as the national...
- Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (13 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: One of the key features of the report of the Tourism Policy Review Group, New Horizons for Irish Tourism An Agenda for Action, is that it clearly highlights the different stakeholders that affect tourism development, and the need for co-ordinated and integrated action to influence the wider agenda that impacts on Irish tourism. At the time of its launch, in September 2003, I undertook to...
- Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (13 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I refer the Deputy to my response to today's Question No. 11 which explains the position in this context.
- Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (13 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: State support for the Irish film industry is directed through two principal channels, namely, the section 481 tax-based incentive scheme for investment in film production and the Irish Film Board. The section 481 scheme will now operate until at least the end of 2008. The amount that can be raised has increased from â¬10.48 million to â¬15 million with effect from 1 January 2005. This was a...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (13 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The only consultancy work commissioned by the Department in relation to the Campus Stadium Ireland project was in 2001. Consultants High Point Rendel were engaged by the Department to conduct an overview study of the costs of national stadium project. The cost of the consultancy contract was â¬391,338. Details of consultancy work commissioned by Campus and Stadium Ireland Development Ltd,...
- Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (13 Oct 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. A total of 1,362 applications were received under the 2005 sports capital programme. All were evaluated by my Department in accordance with the assessment criteria published in the...
- Leaders' Questions. (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Let the Taoiseach speak.
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The organisation in question was provisionally allocated â¬90,000 under the national lottery-funded 2003 sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department. Under the terms of the sport capital programme, a deed of covenant and charge must be executed by my Department's legal advisers, the Chief State Solicitor's office, CSSO, before grant payments can be made. The requirement...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 and 491 together. My Department has not awarded a contract nor paid any consultancy fees to Gartner since its establishment in June 2002.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 480 and 492 together. My Department has not awarded a contract nor paid any consultancy fees to Accenture since its establishment in June 2002.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 481 and 482 together. The press officer in my Department is in receipt of four hours overtime at Sunday rates per week. This is not paid in respect of periods of annual leave of duration of one week or more.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: My Department, in accordance with established procedures in the Civil Service, permits time off in lieu to grades which are entitled to paid overtime, generally staff up to the level of higher executive officer, where overtime is necessary and agreed in advance by management. This permits staff to avail of extra time off rather than pay for extra attendance consistent with work demands. As...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Personnel files of staff in my Department have not been copied or given to external parties with the exception of a small number of cases where files were referred to the Chief Medical Officer for advice or where litigation was involved. In the case of the latter, papers have been furnished in response to discovery orders by the legal representatives of either the individuals concerned or of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Since my Department was established in June 2002, no member of staff was granted leave in excess of two months for educational purposes.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 486 and 487 together. In the academic year 2004 to 2005, 25 applications for refunds of fees were made by staff in my Department in respect of courses being undertaken at night or evenings, of which, 24 were approved. Of the 24, one applicant did not pursue the course. The value of refunds to be made by my Department in 2005 is estimated at approximately...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Since my Department was established in June 2002, it has purchased one briefcase at a cost of â¬90. No staff received refunds in respect of briefcases they purchased themselves.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Seven personal digital assistants are presently available to officials in my Department. These digital assistants are issued only on the basis of a sound business case, the final decision on which is made by the Department's head of information technology services. The overall cost of these devices, purchased between 2002 and this year, is â¬2,439.30. The cost of the most expensive was â¬500.00.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)
John O'Donoghue: No staff in my Department are exempt from the duties described by the Deputy by virtue of a medical certificate.