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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: Details of the current and capital expenditure by my Department in each of the years since its establishment in 2002, broken down between the sectoral areas of arts/culture, sport and tourism and between key programmes and activities, are contained in the Annual Estimates Volumes for Public Services published by the Department of Finance and available in the Dáil Library. The major capital...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: The Government's priorities for the Arts are set out in the Programme for Government and are elaborated further in my Department's Statement of Strategy and the Arts Plan 2008, which has been placed in the Oireachtas Library. Responsibility for the promotion of the arts at all levels throughout the country is devolved primarily to the Arts Council. The Arts Council is the principal agency...

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: Letters have issued to each of this year's unsuccessful applicants under the Sports Capital Programme, including the one in question, setting out the reasons why they were not awarded a grant. As that letter pointed out, given the level of demand for funding and the amount of funding available under the Programme, it is not possible for my Department to allocate grants to every applicant. In...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 384 and 385 together. The Department of Arts Sport and Tourism was designated for relocation to Killarney, Co. Kerry, under the Government's Decentralisation Programme, which was announced in the 2004 Budget. The Department, which has a staff of 130, excluding the National Archives, was designated an "early mover" by the Decentralisation Implementation Group...

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: Under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme there are four principal stages in a swimming pool project which are: Feasibility Study/Preliminary Report; Contract Documents; Tender and Construction. Grant-aid is allocated only when tenders have been approved for the project and is capped at the time of allocation. My Department approved the Preliminary Report for the Ballybofey /...

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: The Government grant of €191 million towards the new stadium project at Lansdowne Road is unaffected by the 2009 Budget.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388, 389 and 394 together. Since the introduction of the Cost Neutral Early Retirement scheme in 2005 one staff member in my Department has availed of such a package. The Officer in question was at Staff Officer level and was aged 50 at retirement. There was no cost in replacing this Officer as prior to her retirement she was on a career break from the...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to parliamentary question No. 427 of 30 September 2008 and parliamentary question No. 1148 of 24 September 2008, both of which address this matter.

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. Since 1998 the Government has allocated over €725m in sports capital funding to over 7,400 sports projects across the country. The Deputy will appreciate that the scale of these investments...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: The average sick absences in the Department, including the National Archives, over the last two years are as follows. 6.75 days 9.88 days The calculations include a small number of long term sick absences that serve to inflate the figures somewhat. The data in respect of the previous three years is not readily available due to major restructuring of the Department in May 2005 which resulted...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393 and 395 together. Staffing matters in the agencies under the remit of the Department are a day to day matter for the agencies themselves.

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (22 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: Under the sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations and, in certain circumstances to schools and colleges, throughout the country. It is the main vehicle for development of sports facilities at local, regional and national level throughout the country. Under the programme priority is given to the needs of...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (23 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: Since my appointment as Minister in this Department I have appointed one Special (Press) Adviser under Section 11 of the Public Service Management Act, 1997. The appointee is paid at the civil service Principal Officer Standard Scale.

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (23 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: The Irish Sports Council (ISC) provides funding to each of these bodies from its annual allocation to help with the costs of programme implementation. The table below sets out the funding provided by the ISC to each of the bodies for the years in question. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total â'¬000s â'¬000s â'¬000s â'¬000s â'¬000s â'¬000s â'¬000s GAA 1,340 1,340 3,590...

Written Answers — National Aquatic Centre: National Aquatic Centre (23 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: As the Deputy is aware, the statutorily established National Sports Campus Development Authority since 1 January 2007 and a fully-owned subsidiary of the Authority, NSCDA (Operations) Ltd., are in charge of the National Aquatic Centre. The day to day operation and the performance of the National Aquatic Centre including its admissions policy is kept under continuous review both by the...

Written Answers — National Museum: National Museum (23 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: I understand that the National Museum of Ireland has commenced work on the documentation of exhibits in the Natural History Museum. The opportunity to address this work, which is provided by the closure of the Museum, will be fully utilised. The National Museum intends to display some of the Natural History collection in the Riding School, Collins Barracks from the end of January 2009. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (23 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: The estimated cost of incremental pay increases for staff in the Department in 2008 and 2009 is set out below: 2008: € 70,000 2009: €75,000 The award of annual increments is subject to a satisfactory rating under the Performance Management Development system. The figure for 2009 is calculated on the basis of existing staff in the Department but the final figure will be impacted, inter...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (23 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: The estimated cost for my Department and the agencies funded by my Department, of the 2.5% pay increase which took effect from 1 September 2008 is approximately €672,000 in 2008 and €1.9 million in 2009. The estimated cost of a pay increase of 3.5% from 1 September 2009 is €924,000.

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (29 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: The funding of the Gaelic players grant scheme is a matter for the Irish Sports Council in the context of its distribution of its budget of €53.026m for 2009.

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (29 Oct 2008)

Martin Cullen: My Department does not coordinate Government representation at any international sporting events. However, I can confirm that I attended the Heineken Cup Final in May 2008 at the invitation of the ERC.