Results 10,741-10,760 of 12,487 for speaker:John O'Donoghue
- State Boards. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: ââof a doping control agency. That is what Deputy Deenihan's Bill suggested.
- State Boards. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: It was not sufficient and, unfortunately, we could not take that Bill on board. It is my intention, in accordance with the Government decision, to implement the recommendations the Government has agreed. I appointed a woman to the board of Bord na gCon, Ms Helen Nugent from the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, and, unfortunately, she subsequently resigned. We will move on to bring in...
- State Boards. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: There are five recommendations under the heading of corporate governance, all of which we will seek to implement. In so far as the whole question of doping is concerned, the report makes it clear there should be an independent agency governing this matter. We are taking that recommendation on board. With regard to the issue of morale within Bord na gCon, naturally following all the traumatic...
- State Boards. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: Our intention is to introduce new legislation which should come before the House in the not too distant future. Everybody will acknowledge that the base Act of 1958 is out of date and does not apply to modern conditions. There is a need for a revamp of the legislation in so far as it affects Bord na gCon and the entire sector. On the question of how we will achieve this, I will follow the...
- Sports Capital Programme. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery-funded sports capital programme 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. All applications received under the programme are assessed on an individual basis by my Department in accordance with a detailed set of assessment criteria...
- Sports Capital Programme. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: Last year Kerry finished in the middle of the table, but this year it did not. The grants announced to date represent grants for local clubs, not grants to major regional infrastructure projects which are normally in more urbanised centres. When the regional grants are added in, the picture will probably change. While the number of applications from County Kildare was down this year by 25%,...
- Tourism Promotion. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: As I have advised the House on a number of occasions this year, most recently on 31 May, individual actions and measures relating to tourism promotion or development at regional level are day-to-day functions of the State tourism agencies. I have previously informed the House of my full support for the proposed changes in regional structures and the establishment of five new regional...
- Tourism Promotion. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: Neither the Minister nor Fáilte Ireland require the consent of any regional tourism authority to enable that authority to be disbanded. Even if the authority votes to stay in situ, the State tourism authority, Fáilte Ireland, can go to the High Court to ensure the policy is adhered to. However, as in all matters such as this it is always best to try to find a solution which does not require...
- Arts Council. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: The Arts Council is a statutory body under my Department's aegis. It is the principal channel through which State support is directed to the arts. It is understood from the council that there are 143 works in the collection in question, which were jointly funded under the Arts Council's joint purchase scheme. These include works by Gerard Dillon, Patrick Collins, Louis le Brocquy and Basil...
- Arts Council. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: This matter was first brought to my attention by people working in the Parknasilla Great Southern Hotel. Subsequently I read that Deputy Higgins had also raised the matter. Following upon the discussion I had with some staff members in the Parknasilla Great Southern Hotel, I wrote to the chief executive of the Dublin Airport Authority, advising him of the wonderful collection that was in the...
- Arts Council. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: The Arts Council has engaged the visual arts specialist consultant, Oliver Dowling, to establish beyond reasonable doubt the location and provenance of works purchased under the joint purchase scheme with a view to providing conclusive answers to the questions outlined earlier. The Arts Council does not have a conclusive list of works from CIE's collection that were passed on to the Great...
- Sports Facilities. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: The proposed nationwide audit of sports facilities is being carried out in stages to help speed up the availability of information. The first phase of the audit will establish a record of national and regional sports facilities and is being carried out within my Department. The work being undertaken is a data gathering exercise in conjunction with the main sporting bodies and local...
- Sports Facilities. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: It is difficult to know when an effective and comprehensive national audit of local facilities will be completed. It is a major undertaking. The Sports Council in Northern Ireland embarked on a similar exercise in recent years, and it has taken between two and three years to identify the facilities. I am pleased with the progress of the sports capital programme since 1998. We have now...
- Sports Facilities. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: To the best of my knowledge, skateboard parks, playgrounds etc., are under the remit of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government or the Department of Health and Children.
- Sports Facilities. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: My Department's objective is to provide infrastructure for competitive sport.
- Sports Facilities. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: It will.
- Sports Facilities. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: The audit is to ascertain what is available at present, and then to identify any facilities which are lacking in various areas and any existing gaps. This, in turn, will enable the Minister to fill those gaps.
- National Stadium. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7, 25 and 40 together. In January 2006, the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company â LRSDC â the company charged with delivery of this project, submitted a planning application to Dublin City Council and then provided a detailed response to questions raised by the city council about that application. In the process of preparing the planning application...
- National Stadium. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: I have given Deputy Wall my Department's perspective. However, a group of councillors operating through the local area committee does not agree with this and they have intimated that they will seek to have the house and the terrace on which it stands listed. Of course, their efforts so far have been unsuccessful, as the council heritage architect agreed the house was not of sufficient...
- National Stadium. (6 Jul 2006)
John O'Donoghue: I must take it that Dublin City Council will listen to its own heritage architect and determine whether this particular issue should interfere with it in deciding whether to grant planning permission, and what conditions might apply. As far as I am concerned we, or at least the development group, replied to the issues which were raised by Dublin City Council. Those replies were comprehensive....