Results 2,341-2,360 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell
- Departmental Expenditure. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: The industry did not take away the tax. The Minister agreed to it at the Cabinet table, and now half the revenue the industry was expecting is gone.
- Departmental Expenditure. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: Nevertheless, the Minister is not going to persuade me that a 1% reduction in tax is going to have no impact. Of course it will.
- Departmental Expenditure. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: What impact will this have on the industry?
- Tourism Promotion. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: I am aware of the ongoing marketing of Ireland and the fact that money has been maintained in this area, and it is all very welcome. However, it is undermined completely by a departure tax. I ask the Minister, as somebody who sits at the Cabinet table, how he could let this happen. How could he let such a totally counter-productive instrument as a departure tax happen to the tourism...
- Tourism Promotion. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: It is not the airlines but the people who are concerned.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: Closing beds and theatres will not improve administration.
- Ministerial Appointments. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when it is intended to fill vacancies on the Irish Sports Council; when he will appoint a chief executive officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23068/09]
- Ministerial Appointments. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister has probably guessed that I tabled this question on foot of various debates in this Chamber and at the Joint Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs about the ongoing difficulties between the Irish Sports Council, the Olympic Council of Ireland and some of the sports governing bodies. I understand the Minister has met representatives of both...
- Ministerial Appointments. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: I understand.
- Ministerial Appointments. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: It has been suggested that a special performance task force will be established to deal with Ireland's involvement in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Does the Minister think he could use the task force as a forum to bring people together? Is there any potential in that? Has he considered that?
- Natural History Museum. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when it is envisaged that the Natural History Museum will reopen; the nature of the work to be carried out before its reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22796/09]
- Natural History Museum. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: This is the third summer our Natural History Museum, one of our major attractions, will be closed. There has been a disappointing lack of activity in respect of it, which has landed us in a position where we are worse off than we were previously. The replacement of the staircase that collapsed was postponed in order to include additional work to improve access, namely, to provide access for...
- Natural History Museum. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: I am aware of it, but it is a pathetic excuse for a natural history museum.
- Natural History Museum. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: It is a poor substitute.
- Natural History Museum. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: It is a fact that 35% of the exhibition space is being lost for safety reasons. I mentioned the issue of disabled access to the toilets on the second floor, which was an urgent project even several years ago. Is it legal to reopen a public building without access to toilets for disabled people?
- National Theatre. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress that has been made in relation to the development of the new national theatre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23070/09]
- National Theatre. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: I am smiling to myself as the Minister has just read out the answer he gave me last March. However, I can go back to well before last March. The former Minister, Deputy John O'Donoghue, announced approval for a design competition for the new Abbey Theatre. The late Deputy Brennan, when he was Minister, announced that a design competition would be held, and in a press conference in October...
- National Theatre. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: What is the nature of the PPP that is envisaged? Will there be a private operator or will it be turned over to the State when completed? When does the Minister expect the project to be completed and when will the State start paying?
- National Theatre. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: So the State will be paying from the day it is built. When does the Minister expect this?
- National Theatre. (16 Jun 2009)
Olivia Mitchell: From now?