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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (10 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: An amount of €3.5 million was provided to the Irish Sports Council in 2008 to fund the gaelic players grant schemes. The administration of the schemes is a matter for the Irish Sports Council and the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: The Department actively contributes to ongoing initiatives within the Civil and Public Service to regulate better, as set out in the Government's White Paper 'Regulating Better', which enunciates key principles of better regulation. This contribution includes liaison with the Department of the Taoiseach, as required, as well as participation on a range of inter-departmental groups, including...

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (11 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: My Department has been in discussions now for a number of years with Galway County Council regarding the grant aiding of a swimming pool in Loughrea. The current proposal is that Galway County Council would supply a site to a local hotel developer who would construct the pool and in return would make the pool available to the public in Loughrea for an agreed number of hours per week and at...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (11 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Consultants Cost Report Report Date € Séan Cromien 8,800 Review of operation of the Heritage Fund Leading to revised updating legislation Sep 2007 CHL Consulting 17,000 Progress on implementation of James Joyce Centre Business Plan Nov 2007 Indecon International Economic Consultants 114,000 Economic Evaluation...

Written Answers — : (16 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339 to 341, inclusive, together. I remain fully committed to contributing to the achievement of the 25 per cent target for the reduction in administrative burdens on business arising from domestic regulations, as well as to the regulatory impact analysis (RIA) process as an important means of enhancing the quality of political and administrative decision...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 367, 372 and 374 together. The Deputies will be aware that allocations under the 2008 Sports Capital Programme were announced in July last. No decision has yet been made about the timing of further rounds of the Programme.In the 2009 Estimates, €56m has been provided in my Department's vote to cover payments to be made from the C-1 sub-head, out of which...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Ref. No. 30139/08 answered on Wednesday, 24th September 2008. Since my reply to that Parliamentary Question, the Department, including the National Archives of Ireland, has suffered no loss or theft of its IT equipment or data.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: Staff of the Department employed on official business away from their headquarters are paid subsistence expenses within the rates authorised from time to time by the Minister for Finance. The subsistence allowance payable is not intended to meet the whole cost of subsistence when absent from home and headquarters and is not intended to be a source of emolument or profit. Subsistence...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: The procurement by the Department of hotel accommodation for overnight accommodation either for me as Minister or for Departmental staff is determined by and accords with public procurement and/or travel and subsistence guidelines, as prepared by the Department of Finance. The procurement of services by any of the agencies under the aegis of the Department is determined by applicable...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: The Department owns and operates 22 servers currently in its offices at Kildare Street and Killarney. The capacity of the hard drives on these servers is as follows: 6 servers with 136 GB each, 5 servers with 409 GB each, 4 servers with 465 GB each, 4 servers with 68 GB each, 2 servers with 285 GB each and 1 server with 34 GB. The National Archives has 7 servers operating on its local area...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 373 and 375 together. Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations. It is the main vehicle for development of sports facilities at local, regional and national level throughout the country. Since 1998 the Sports Capital Programme has allocated over €725m to 7,401...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by the Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The aim of the Programme is to maximise participation in sport through the provision of modern high quality, safe, well-designed and sustainable facilities and sports equipment. The provision of...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: The estimated cost of incremental pay increases for staff in the Department in 2008 and 2009 is set out as follows: Year â'¬ 2008 70,000 2009 75,000 The Department did not retain figures for the annual cost of incremental increases in the past as there was no specific budgetary provision within the overall payroll provision to cover such increases. The rationale for this is based on...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 and 381 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, with a staff of 130, excluding the National Archives, was designated an "early mover" by the Decentralisation Implementation Group...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: There are currently 183 people working in the Department, which includes the National Archives. The salary details requested by the Deputy are set out as follows: Salary Earnings No of staff Grade Over €100,000 10 Secretary General 1 Between €90,001 and €100,000 6 Principal Officer 4 Between €80,001 and €90,000 19 Principal Officer 2 Between €70,001 and €80,000...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: In the case of the Department, including the National Archives, the core number of staff, based on whole time equivalents, all of whom are civil servants, is as follows: Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Number 460 456 448 168 168 172 174 In the case of the agencies under the aegis of the Department, funded from the Department's Vote, the total core number is as follows: Year 2002...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 76, 77 and 84 of 19 November 2008. The decisions which were announced in budget 2009 were to amalgamate the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Crawford Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Ireland, while retaining their separate brand identities; and to amalgamate the National Archives, the Irish Manuscripts Commission and the National...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: The Department was a corporate member of the Institute for International European Affairs up to the end of January 2008. As part of an effort to reduce the Department's administrative costs, membership was not renewed. There is no record of any other payment being made to the Institute.

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: Since its establishment in 2002, the Department has received EU funding as set out in the following tabular statement: Sector Year Purpose of EU Funding Amount Arts/Culture 2008 Minerva Joint Irish-UK Workshop â'¬3,943.69 In respect of the agencies under the aegis of the Department, applications for and the receipt of EU funding are day-to-day matters for the agencies themselves....

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (18 Dec 2008)

Martin Cullen: Because of the current budgetary constraints, it is not intended to launch a new round of the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme at this time. The matter will be reviewed again in 2009.