Results 1,141-1,160 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen
- National Sports Campus. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: That is a separate question.
- National Sports Campus. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: After seeing 82,000 people in Croke Park last Saturday I would love to see Abbotstown built given the difference of 30,000.
- National Sports Campus. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: There are design teams involved and we want to keep it going. I told Deputies Mitchell and Upton previously that the old meat laboratory will be fully finished by mid-2009 for the institute of sport; that is important and I was with them to see it happen. The Abbotstown lands have been in State ownership for years, long before I came into this House. They are State-owned lands, and incur...
- National Sports Campus. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: I am discussing that with the board in Abbotstown at the moment. One or two items cannot be picked out, they must be coherent, cohesive and complementary. The medical facilities are important. The indoor training facilities are the core of this as they benefit many sports. The hockey facilities would also have a huge impact and fit naturally with a phased development. The possibility of...
- National Sports Campus. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: All the State Laboratories were there and we are refurbishing a dedicated building for the staff of the institute of sport. I do not have the brief here but the Deputy can table a parliamentary question and I will get the details.
- Sports Funding. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Task Force was established in August 2006 to ensure Ireland can identify and maximise the complete range of opportunities arising from our proximity to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London 2012. The task force included experts from the sport, tourism, cultural and business sectors and was supported by staff within my Department. The task force...
- Sports Funding. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: Not yet.
- Sports Funding. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: The Deputy should not put words in my mouth. I have not said that we are not going to build in Abbottstown. I have been more than fair in my effort to tell the Deputy precisely what I am going to do. I have nominated the particular facilities that I see as a priority to be built at Abbottstown. The proposals for all of these facilities are only going to planning and everything depends on...
- Sports Funding. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: On account of the design work. There is a full design team working on this and it is employed and paid to work these things out and to get them right. It has told me it has the process completed and intends to seek planning permission before the end of the year. As a matter of interest for the Deputy, there are significant numbers of inquiries being made for the use of facilities that are...
- Sports Funding. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: I hope to be in a position to proceed but unfortunately, although this does not affect Deputy Mitchell or the Fine Gael Party, we have a major economic crisis on our hands, nationally and internationally. I know that from Deputy Mitchell's perspective this is largely irrelevant and we are expected to find moneys under every bench in the House to fund everything we want to do. At the same...
- Sports Funding. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: It is interesting that a significant number of athletes who won gold, silver or bronze medals at the most recent Olympics have participated in activities in the University of Limerick. I did not realise so many of them came to the university for training, physiotherapy, medical facilities or coaching facilities. It is recognised as one of the best in a range of areas. It has a range of...
- Sports Funding. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: We need more facilities. However, even if we had all the facilities in the world, I could not say we would win medals. Much of it comes down to the constant level of international competition and of elite coaching needed for many of the different disciplines. I was told a story in Beijing that demonstrates this. The Chinese decided they wanted to win a cycling medal in the velodrome in...
- Sports Funding. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: Over the past while we have invested almost â¬800 million into the type of facilities the Deputy suggests, into local small clubs, etc., for many different sports throughout the country. This has had a huge impact. The ESRI recently published a report which identified two areas in sport that need attention, young women and disadvantaged children. There is significant work to be done in...
- Sports Funding. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: ââas is the University of Limerick, and having a regional structure in respect of such facilities is crucial, along with, as the Deputy correctly noted, issues regarding disadvantage and young children in sport.
- Sports Capital Programme. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: Under the sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. Since 1998, the Government has allocated more than â¬725 million in sports capital funding to more than 7,400 sports projects nationwide. This investment has transformed the sporting landscape...
- Sports Capital Programme. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: I wish the money came from the national lottery. However, there is no abrogated tax to my Department marked, "national lottery". The national lottery money goes into the central Exchequer.
- Sports Capital Programme. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: I am giving the Deputy a straight answer, if she will permit me to finish.
- Sports Capital Programme. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: While the national lottery may well believe that, I am giving the Deputy a straight answer.
- Sports Capital Programme. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: Not a single cent of the money that comes in from the national lottery goes to my Department. The money from the national lottery goes to the central Exchequer and every year, when the Estimates are prepared, I bid for resources for my Department. If some of those resources happen to come from the national lottery, that is fine. However, the point I am trying to make is there is a...
- Sports Capital Programme. (19 Nov 2008)
Martin Cullen: That is how it is done.