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- Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: As I have advised the House on a number of occasions last year, most recently on 30 November last, individual actions and measures relating to tourism promotion or development at regional or county level are day-to-day functions of the State Tourism Agencies. There has been a major reform of Irish tourism structures in recent years with the setting up of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland....
- Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 38, 106 and 110 together. The sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations who cater for people of all ages 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...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (15 Feb 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 — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (15 Feb 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 — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: In 2004, Galway County Council submitted a tender to my Department seeking grant aid under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme for a project promoted by a private sector interest to construct a leisure centre, including a swimming pool, on a council site different to that initially recommended in a Feasibility Report prepared by the Council in 1999. The formal procedures under the...
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The sports capital programme, which is national lottery funded and is administered by my Department, is the primary means of providing funding to sporting clubs and organisation and to voluntary and community organisations towards the provision of sporting facilities at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. In 2006 I...
- Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: My Department does not disburse any grants or supports directly to any tourism groups. All its tourism promotion funding is channelled to the Tourism Agencies â Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland and Shannon Development. Community-based tourist promotion groups, which are interested in pursuing the issue of support, should contact the relevant Fáilte Ireland regional structure, Shannon...
- Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (15 Feb 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 — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: As the Deputy is aware, my Department was designated by the Decentralisation Implementation Group as one of the "early mover" Departments. The tender process for the permanent building was completed some time ago and OPW selected the preferred bidder â PJ Hegarty & Sons. Planning permission has been granted. I am advised by OPW that construction of the new building is expected to...
- Written Answers — Stadium Projects: Stadium Projects (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: There is no proposal to develop a national Stadium at Abbotstown since, with completion of the redeveloped Lansdowne Road Stadium and the redeveloped Croke Park the stadium needs of the three main field sports for major sports events, at national and international level, will have been catered for.
- National Development Plan. (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The National Development Plan 2007-2013, Transforming Ireland, includes the largest-ever Government investment programme for the development of tourism. This tourism development programme, which provides for an â¬800 million Exchequer investment over the next seven years, has as one of its fundamental objectives the stimulation of regional development. The programme includes an...
- National Development Plan. (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The measures announced today are intended to benefit the regions. Consideration must be given in the course of the implementation of the Fáilte Ireland strategy to various proposals which will come forward. Some of our attractions require reinvigoration and it is our intention to ensure this happens. The intention under the product development scheme is to reinvigorate some of the older...
- Museum Projects. (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The largest ever Government investment programme for the development of arts and culture was unveiled at the end of January in the National Development Plan 2007-2013: Transforming Ireland. Some â¬1.13 billion in capital funding has been allocated to the NDP cultural sub-programme, which will see â¬904 million allocated in respect of areas under the remit of my Department over the period...
- Museum Projects. (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The Exploration Station, which is sometimes known as the national children's museum and was unveiled by the Taoiseach, does not come under the ambit of my Department but the aegis of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I have undertaken to provide up to 39% of its current funding requirements. This commitment is dependent upon me being satisfied that the venture is properly...
- Museum Projects. (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: Dublin City Council is examining the possibility of developing a cultural zone in Parnell Square. My Department is in discussion with the council in the context of determining the character, content and positioning of such a zone and its complementarity to the existing and anticipated cultural landscape of the city.
- Sport and Recreational Development. (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: Under the sport sub-programme of the National Development Plan 2007-2013, the Government will invest â¬991 million in sporting infrastructure over the next seven years. This investment will comprise the following: the development of flagship projects, such as the National Sports Campus at Abbotstown and the new Lansdowne Road stadium; the delivery of a range of sporting facilities,...
- Sport and Recreational Development. (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: The first phase of the audit is under way in my Department. There is no doubt but that it will not be completed before the forthcoming election. However, I anticipate that in due course the results of the audit will be made available. Facilities which are grant aided must comply with certain criteria. Each proposal is benchmarked against this criteria. A project that does not qualify...
- Sport and Recreational Development. (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: I hope to announce the new swimming pool programme in the next couple of months. Applications in that regard will then be invited from various towns and cities. The applications will be individually examined because each applicant will be required to submit a preliminary report. The OPW and the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism must be satisfied as to the need, feasibility and...
- National Theatre. (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: Last autumn, the Government decided to proceed with the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre at George's Dock on a build, finance, and maintain, BFM, basis. At the same time, I announced the holding of an international design competition for the new Abbey Theatre, details of which have yet to be published. The OPW is currently working on the detailed technical specifications for the...
- National Theatre. (15 Feb 2007)
John O'Donoghue: I have given Deputy Deenihan an outline of what I consider to be the timeframe involved. It is impossible for me to state how long the public private partnership will take. The PPP contract is complex, as we learned during the development of proposals for the National Conference Centre. It is a lengthy and complex method of procurement.