Results 12,041-12,060 of 12,487 for speaker:John O'Donoghue
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: The annual fees paid to each chairperson and director in each statutory board under the remit of my Department are: Statutory Body Fee Paid to Chairperson Fee Paid to Board Member/Director â'¬ â'¬ Arts Council 7,618.43 5,078.95 Irish Film Board 7,618.43 5,078.95 Irish Sports Council 7,260 Nil Horse Racing Ireland(1) 15,236.86 10,158.00 Bord na gCon(1), (2)...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (12 Apr 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 — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Kildare County Council applied for grant-aid under the local authority swimming pool programme towards the cost of replacing the swimming pool in Naas. I recently approved the contract documents for this project and this approval allows the Council to seek tenders for the work proposed. Under the pool programme, the maximum grant available is â¬3.8 million, which is available towards either...
- Estimates for Public Services 2005. (12 Apr 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I move the following Revised Estimate:
- Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (24 Mar 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 has long been recognised as a major objective and challenge for tourism policy. Various factors have conspired...
- Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: That is the way it normally works.
- Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Listen to Old McDonald.
- Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Old McDonald is speaking again.
- Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: A bit like the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (23 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: An assessment of the type proposed by the Deputy would be more appropriately carried out by the local authorities concerned. My colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, recently announced a funding scheme for skateboarding. I am not aware of the problems of the particular skateboarding park to which the Deputy refers. My Department administers...
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (23 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: Kilkenny County Council has applied for funding under the local authority swimming pool programme in respect of a proposed replacement swimming pool for Kilkenny. I am pleased to say that I have today approved the preliminary report submitted by the council and this will allow it to prepare the contract documents for the project. My Department has been advised that the cost of the project is...
- Written Answers — Culture Ireland: Culture Ireland (22 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 12 and 26 together. On 24 February, I announced the establishment of a new body for the promotion of Irish arts abroad, which will be known as Culture Ireland, and replaces the cultural relations committee. The board's remit is to promote Irish arts and artists in the international context, utilising the funds made available to it by my Department, in...
- Written Answers — Athens Review: Athens Review (22 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 and 33 together. In July 2004, the Irish Sports Council in conjunction with the Olympic Council of Ireland and the Paralympic Council of Ireland commissioned the Athens review to produce an objective assessment of the preparation and performance of the Irish teams at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Athens 2004. The purpose of the review was to identify...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (22 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 and 238 together. 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. The 2005 programme was advertised in the national newspapers on 5 and 6...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Mar 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...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (22 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: My Department allocated capital grants totalling â¬2.57 million over the three years 2000 to 2002 in respect of the Shamrock Rovers stadium in Tallaght. This funding was allocated under the sports capital programme, which is administered by this Department to assist projects directly related to the provision of sports and recreational facilities. So far, â¬2.44 million of this amount has...
- Written Answers — Arts Policy: Arts Policy (22 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: My policy on the arts is to promote and strengthen the arts in all its forms, increase access to and participation in the arts, and make the arts an integral and valued part of our national life. The main channel for State support for the arts is the Arts Council, which receives a global allocation from my Department, and has statutory independence regarding its disbursement. In 2005, the...
- Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (22 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I understand that last year the European Commission engaged a consultant, Palmer-Rae, to carry out an analysis and synthesis of the European capital city events from 1995 to 2004 and that this report, which is on the European Commission's website and contains details of the operational budgets for the cities which were designated over that period. The scale of city and the variety in the...
- Written Answers — Sporting Events: Sporting Events (22 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: As I have indicated in this House previously, the question of the use of Croke Park is one for consideration by the GAA alone and it has always been my position not to interfere in this matter. Accordingly, I have at no stage sought to dictate, or prescribe to the association what approach it should take on the question of access. The Deputy is probably aware that at the end of last year, the...
- Written Answers — Stadium Development: Stadium Development (22 Mar 2005)
John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 21, 28, 31 and 245 together. The Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company Limited, which was established by the IRFU and FAI to develop the stadium at Lansdowne Road, is responsible for all matters relating to the procurement of the stadium. Currently, the company, with the assistance of the Office of Public Works, is evaluating tenders received in...