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- Arts Plan. (28 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: That will be done. The implementation group will be established at the earliest possible date after consultations have taken place. I am conscious of the need to involve young people, which is why we established the arts and education committee last year. This committee had the task of formulating a policy to enable us to ensure the education sector became more involved as regards the...
- Lansdowne Road Stadium. (28 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: As the House is aware, in January 2004 the Government agreed to provide funding of â¬191 million towards the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road stadium as a 50,000 capacity all-seater state-of-the-art facility. The recent decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant permission for the project cleared the way for the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road to commence. This is an enormously important...
- Lansdowne Road Stadium. (28 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The provision of bar facilities at the new Lansdowne Road stadium is part of the plan. It should be remembered that often modern stadia are not used solely for the purposes of sport. Croke Park is often used for major conferences. In the same way, I anticipate meetings and smaller conferences will take place at Lansdowne Road. Therefore, I anticipate a need for restaurant and bar...
- Arts Funding. (28 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: An application for funding was received from this project under the Arts and Culture Capital Enhancement Support Scheme II, better known as ACCESS II. This is the successor to the highly successful ACCESS I scheme, introduced in August 2001, which allocated funding of almost â¬43 million to 40 projects nationwide. ACCESS has been widely acknowledged as a significant intervention in the...
- Arts Funding. (28 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: I had the pleasure of visiting the Garage Theatre and I am aware of the difficulties under which the people running it and performing there operate. Under the new ACCESS scheme, 70% of funds will be directed to the enhancement or refurbishment of existing facilities, with 30% available for new facilities. We received 155 applications from right across the country up to the closing date. An...
- Arts Funding. (28 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: Irrespective of how much money a Minister may have, he or she may regard it as inadequate. The reality is I have a certain fund which I have negotiated to the best of my ability and it must be administered to the best of my ability with regard to promoting arts in the country, taking into account geographical demands.
- Tourism Promotion. (28 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: I welcome the advent of the open skies agreement, which has long been an objective of Irish tourism policy. Following on the open skies deal, Aer Lingus has announced new services to San Francisco, Orlando and Washington Dulles. These additional routes have the potential to benefit Irish tourism and business links across the country. The new open skies regime will, of course, see the...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: That is not nice.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: My Department has no direct function in the establishment of a national centre of adapted physical activity for people with a disability. However, the Institute of Technology, Tralee has applied to my Department for funding under the 2007 sports capital programme towards the provision of sports facilities for such a centre, as part of its overall capital development programme at the...
- Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (27 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: As the Deputy is aware, the Irish Sports Council (ISC) is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport including initiatives to promote sport at local level. The provision in funding for the ISC in the 2007 Estimates is â¬54.025 million. Following an independent review in 2005 of the Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs), through which sports initiatives at local level are...
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (27 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and to voluntary and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. The amount of grant aid allocated on a county basis under the programme in each of the past ten years is contained in the following tabular...
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (27 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The 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. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2007 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on October 15th and 16th last. The closing date for...
- Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (27 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: Government support for the Arts is generally channelled through the Arts Council, which is a statutorily independent body, under the Arts Act, 2003, and is independent in its day-to-day operations, including in relation to its funding decisions. I have no role in relation to its funding decisions. During my own term as the Minister responsible for the arts, funding for the Arts Council has...
- Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (27 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: I am aware of the project in question, which is the proposed establishment of a permanent national scouting jamboree centre, whose most recent estimated cost was â¬10.7 million. I can confirm that I met the promoters of this project in July 2003 in the course of which potential funding options were mentioned. One of these, the Tourism Product Development Scheme, was not a matter for my...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (22 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The information supplied in relation to the organisation in question is limited, but I can state that funding is provided to community organisations by my Department under its sports capital programme. This programme provides funding for sports facilities to sports clubs and organisations, voluntary and community organisations and, in certain circumstances, schools and local authorities....
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (22 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: Taxation matters are a matter for the Minister for Finance. I have been in touch with him and my Department also continues to be in contact with the Department of Finance on the issue. The position of the Minister for Finance is as follows. Section 34 of the Finance Act 2005 introduced a number of changes to the capital allowance regime for hotels, guest houses, holiday hostels and holiday...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (22 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The 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. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2007 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on 15 and 16 October last. The closing date for receipt of...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (22 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: As the Deputy is aware my Department was not established until mid June 2002. Since then I have not introduced any laws or statutory instruments on foot of European Communities treaties, Acts or provisions of Acts with the conditions referred to by the Deputy attached.
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (21 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The 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. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2007 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on October 15th and 16th last. The closing date for...
- Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (21 Mar 2007)
John O'Donoghue: As the Deputy will appreciate my Department enters into a wide range of small procurements and contracts each year ranging from minor equipment maintenance contracts to catering for meetings, of which, it would be very difficult to give an exhaustive list in the time available. I am therefore confining my response to details of procurements and contracts with a minimum value of â¬5000 that...