Results 3,361-3,380 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell
- Film Industry Development. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: There is no point in the Minister telling us how good things are when the reality is the income from film is a tenth of what it was in 2003. We have spoken before about section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, which is one element of what is wrong. As the Minister knows, the British have wiped our eye in that regard by copying our incentives and trumping them. That left us in a very...
- Film Industry Development. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: I accept that.
- National Aquatic Centre. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: I am dumbstruck by that information. I understand that is a very fine facility. It was always envisaged that it would be self-financing having had â¬70 million spent on it. We now find that in its first year of operation it will require a subsidy of almost â¬2 million. Is funding available from this year's Estimates to pay for it? How will the deficit be made up? Will a blank cheque...
- National Aquatic Centre. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: The only way to resolve the issue is by maximising usage and getting value for money for the investment that has been made. However, that will only happen by increasing the footfall on the site, which will only happen if the rest of the campus is constructed. Who is driving that project? I understand the post of chief executive officer was advertised last May. Surely even the slowest...
- National Aquatic Centre. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: Who is leading the authority?
- National Aquatic Centre. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: It has been going on for eight months.
- Sports Capital Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: It is a shame that the national spatial strategy has not been one of the criteria. I had understood all Government spending was supposed to be proofed against its coherence and consistency with the national spatial strategy. I believe that approximately â¬40 million remains to be spent on such sports facilities. It is essential to avoid a scattergun approach to spending. It is not that...
- Sports Capital Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: That happened by accident â there was no strategy.
- Sports Capital Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister just read out a reply that said it was not one of the criteria.
- Sports Capital Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: I must have misunderstood the Minister's initial reply. I understood him to say that gateway or hub status was not one of the criteria at all.
- Sports Capital Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: By accident.
- Decentralisation Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: Some renewed drive will be required if the staff of the Arts Council are to move to Kilkenny. Not one of them wants to go. I did not catch all the figures given by the Minister. How many of the 170 staff of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism â I do not refer to the staff of other Departments who are prepared to work in the decentralised Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism â...
- Decentralisation Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: How many of them are from the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism?
- Decentralisation Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: How many of them moved from the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism?
- Decentralisation Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: Yes. Perhaps that information was in the Minister's answer.
- Decentralisation Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: That is really my concern. The Department will end up with additional staff in Dublin that it does not need, at least for a period of time until they can be relocated, and that will have financial implications. These changes will also have implications for the running of the Department. Will the Department lose administrative staff during the relocation? Will it lose policy staff? At...
- Decentralisation Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: Are all the senior policy people going?
- Decentralisation Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: Are all of the top policy people, including the assistant secretaries and the principal officers, going to Killarney?
- Decentralisation Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: Have they chosen to go?
- Decentralisation Programme. (29 Nov 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister does not sound too hopeful.