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Written Answers — National Aquatic Centre: National Aquatic Centre (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 41 and 110 together. During the severe weather conditions experienced locally in the west Dublin area on 1 January, damage was caused to the National Aquatic Centre. The roof of the 50 metre pool and diving pool was damaged as was the roof of the leisure waters in addition to damage to lights and fittings around the complex. To ensure the health and safety of...

Written Answers — Sports Sponsorship: Sports Sponsorship (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: On 22 September 2004 the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children launched the second report of the strategic task force on alcohol. My Department and the Irish Sports Council were represented on the task force. The report refers to proposed legislation, currently being drafted by the Department of Health and Children, which aims to restrict alcohol advertising to children and young...

Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: State support for the Irish film industry is directed via two principal channels, the section 481 tax-based incentive scheme for investment in film production and the Irish Film Board. The section 481 scheme will now operate until at least the end of 2008. The amount that can be raised has increased from €10.48 million to €15 million with effect from 1 January 2005. This was a very...

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: Under the local authority swimming pool programme, administered by my Department, Bray Town Council applied for funding for the provision of a replacement swimming pool in Bray and Wicklow County Council applied for funding to provide a new pool in Greystones. I approved the preliminary reports for both of these projects in May of this year. These approvals allow Bray Town Council and Wicklow...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The national lottery funded 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. A total of 151 applications were received from County Cork under the 2005 sports capital programme. All applications under the programme were evaluated by my Department in...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I do not need to commission a study in relation to regional tourism statistics. Regional tourism statistics are routinely available through information already captured by the Central Statistics Office in conjunction with Fáilte Ireland. The Fáilte Ireland survey of overseas travellers, SOT, involves interviewing 10,000 overseas visitors annually, on departure. A question in that survey...

Written Answers — National Museum: National Museum (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I have provided the following funding to the National Museum of Ireland: National Museum of Ireland /Year Amount Current Amount Capital Total â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ 2002 4,370,000 2,527,000 6,897,000 2003 4,086,000 589,000 4,675,000 2004 3,565,000 1,673,000 5,238,000 2005 5,059,000 3,450,000 8,509,000 The apportionment of this funding between the various constituent...

Written Answers — National Museum: National Museum (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The national collecting cultural institutions — the National Archives, National Gallery of Ireland, National Library of Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Chester Beatty Library — are charged with conserving and displaying the national collections. As collecting institutions these bodies will always have some material in storage. Indeed as the national...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: One of the key features of the report of the Tourism Policy Review Group, New Horizons for Irish Tourism An Agenda for Action, is that it clearly highlights the different stakeholders that affect tourism development, and the need for co-ordinated and integrated action to influence the wider agenda that impacts on Irish tourism. At the time of its launch, in September 2003, I undertook to...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I refer the Deputy to my response to today's Question No. 11 which explains the position in this context.

Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: State support for the Irish film industry is directed through two principal channels, namely, the section 481 tax-based incentive scheme for investment in film production and the Irish Film Board. The section 481 scheme will now operate until at least the end of 2008. The amount that can be raised has increased from €10.48 million to €15 million with effect from 1 January 2005. This was a...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The only consultancy work commissioned by the Department in relation to the Campus Stadium Ireland project was in 2001. Consultants High Point Rendel were engaged by the Department to conduct an overview study of the costs of national stadium project. The cost of the consultancy contract was €391,338. Details of consultancy work commissioned by Campus and Stadium Ireland Development Ltd,...

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The national lottery-funded 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. A total of 1,362 applications were received under the 2005 sports capital programme. All were evaluated by my Department in accordance with the assessment criteria published in the...

Tourism Industry. (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: Every effort has been made to remind the industry of the need to offer value for money and the industry is responding. It remains a cause of concern that while the majority of visitors still say they really enjoyed their visit and would recommend Ireland to a friend, nonetheless, issues such as the cost of drink and eating out are still regarded as not giving value for money. The Department...

Tourism Industry. (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6, 14, 39, 42, 43, 47 and 49 together. As the House is already aware, I have no direct responsibility in relation to individual actions or measures relating to tourism promotion or development in so far as specific areas of the country are concerned. These are day-to-day functions of the State tourism agencies. The ITIC report referred to indicates that,...

Tourism Industry. (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The festivals and cultural events initiative has been an enormous success. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the support given by Fáilte Ireland to various festivals throughout the country, which has not been and possibly cannot be quantified, has been an enormous success. The numbers of visitors coming to festivals that have been supported by Fáilte Ireland is quite impressive. It is more...

Tourism Industry. (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The hill walking issue is the responsibility of my colleague, Deputy Ó Cuív, who set up a council known as Comhairle na Tuaithe, which is charged with trying to open up the countryside. I understand that the council has made some progress in this respect and it is important that it does so. The number of hill walkers coming here has been reduced significantly because of a decision by a...

National Conference Centre. (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I refer the Deputy to the text of my reply to Priority Question No. 1 on this matter.

Ticket Touting. (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: While my Department has no statutory or regulatory responsibility in the area of ticket touting and ticket forgery, the three main national governing bodies of sport, the GAA, IRFU and FAI, were consulted by departmental officials on the issue some time ago. These consultations revealed a strong commitment on the part of the governing bodies to the elimination of ticket touting in respect of...

Ticket Touting. (13 Oct 2005)

John O'Donoghue: Procedures have moved on from the days of the old cardboard tickets. Because of modern technology, it has become much easier to trace tickets. The Bill was introduced in the House some years ago. At the time, it was referred to various Departments, including the Attorney General's office. The Attorney General expressed grave doubts about the constitutionality of the provisions in the...