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Written Answers — Tourist Accommodation: Tourist Accommodation (28 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The importance of tourism as an instrument of national and regional development has long been recognised by this Government and, in that context, achieving as wide as possible a distribution of visitor numbers across the different regions with an associated spread of tourism revenue continues to be a major objective and challenge for tourism policy. Various factors have conspired to...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 to 396, inclusive, together. All appointments made by me to State boards are on the basis of the experience, knowledge and expertise that the individual in question can bring to the board and are in accordance with the provisions of the relevant legislation. The appointment in question was made on that basis. If the Deputy has any particular concerns about...

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (28 Jun 2005)

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. I am providing in tabular format the specific data requested by the Deputy for the funding allocated to each county for each year from 2000 to 2004. The...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (28 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The main mechanism through which my Department supports capital arts projects is the ACCESS scheme. Unfortunately, all the funds under this scheme are fully allocated. My Department is examining a successor to ACCESS and I hope to make a decision in that regard in due course. Applications for any such successor scheme would be invited by public advertisement.

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (28 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: Killarney House is part of Killarney National Park and is under the responsibility of the national parks and wildlife service of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I understand that the Minister, Deputy Roche, has outlined the current position in relation to the house in a separate reply today.

Written Answers — Departmental Charges: Departmental Charges (28 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The Deputy will be aware that the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism had not been established during the years specified in the question, having been set up in June 2002. The areas that now constitute my Department were being operated in a variety of Departments over these years including the Department of Tourism and Trade, the Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation, the Department...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (23 Jun 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. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 5 and 6 December last. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: There was no cost incurred by my Department in relation to the two Nice treaty referenda.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (23 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: There are no EU directives currently awaiting implementation by my Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The Deputy will be aware that the arts and culture areas are funded through various means, not all of which fall within my remit, for example, local authority funding for arts and cultural measures is not provided by my Department. Accordingly, the figures provided in the table below relate solely to funding provided by my Department since its inception in June 2002. It should be noted that...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (22 Jun 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. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the press on last 5 and 6 December. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (22 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: My Department has published a total of eight reports since it was formed in June 2002. These reports are listed in the following table. Title Date of Publication Cost of Publication (€) Preparation Time Report of the Attorney General on the award of the operator contract for the Aquatic and Leisure Centre November 2002 Nil (Published on Department's website only.) ...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (21 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: My Department administers the national lottery funded sports capital programme, which allocates funding to sporting, voluntary and community organisations, schools and local authorities. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. A grant of €100,000 was provisionally allocated under the 2004 sports capital programme to Dublin City Council towards the provision of a skateboarding park...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (21 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The national lottery funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sport clubs and to sporting and voluntary and community organisations at local, regional and national levels throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the press...

Written Answers — National Gallery: National Gallery (21 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 to 378, inclusive, together. The National Gallery of Ireland is an equal opportunities employer operating an open recruitment policy fully in accordance with Government policy and, as such, does not inquire as to whether a potential employee is on the live register. The institution has provided employment to more than twenty people from the local community...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (21 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: A grant of €200,000 was provisionally allocated to the project in question under the 2004 national lottery funded sports capital programme administered by my Department. The grant allocation was subject to the terms and conditions of the programme, which included the execution of a deed of covenant and charge. A deed of covenant and charge provides, inter alia, for a refund of the grant in...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The Garda Síochána has served this country exceptionally well since the foundation of the State and the majority of members, including those based in Donegal, have done so in a professional way and with the greatest of integrity. This State owes a great deal to the Garda Síochána which has stood as a bulwark of democracy, often in the most difficult of circumstances. Members of the Garda...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The general issue of Garda misconduct in Donegal continued to be raised in the Dáil and elsewhere during the latter half of 2000 and in the first half of 2001. I was concerned that the matter had yet to be resolved and that public confidence was being affected. However, there remained the concern that an inquiry might prejudice criminal proceedings. In May 2001, I wrote to the then Attorney...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: He also described how his requests, as Attorney General, for this information and my efforts to secure this information for him were repeatedly frustrated by a then prevalent view, doubtless held in good faith, that the Garda and the Director of Public Prosecution's office would be the sole arbiters of what information in their possession in regard to criminal investigations would or should...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

John O'Donoghue: ——to enable the Minister to exercise his accountability function and the Attorney General to exercise his advisory function. I remained very concerned about the lack of resolution to the situation in Donegal and the erosion of public confidence in policing. I decided in November 2001 that it was desirable that there should be some independent assessment of the situation. I decided to ask...