Results 221-240 of 9,358 for speaker:Thomas Byrne

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Every time we are asked whether we would financially support a sporting event or a match - we had it last year with the Katie Taylor fight - we ask people to make applications to the Department. If the FAI makes an application to the Department for that, it will be examined in exactly the same way as every other application.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: We would look on it in exactly the same way we look on every other application. If the FAI wants to do that, it is more than welcome to do that.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: No.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: No, there is not. The funding that is there covers the applications we have at the moment. All the grants given out up to now are covered by the budgetary provision that is there. We are discussing the current sports capital round with the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, in the context of the national development plan review. I have been meeting clubs and telling them the reality of the...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I am hoping it will be as soon as possible but with the very high demand for it-----

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: They are. The departmental officials who work in Killarney are working really hard to assess all the applications. I know there have been allegations that it is not transparent; it is extremely transparent. They need to go through every application and score it based on the points system we have set out. That work takes a long time and it is currently under way.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: It is unlikely to be as soon as that.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I have that figure but I just do not know if I have it here in front of me. Certainly, equipment only is a lower percentage of the overall ask than it was the previous time. We do have that figure but I just do not have it here.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Sooner than the main sports capital round.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: It will be sometime in the coming months. That would happen sooner because they are lower amounts. It also represents a lower proportion of the overall pot this time.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I cannot negotiate here at the committee. Everybody across the Government recognises the importance of this sports capital programme.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I am not ruling it out; you must be joking. I want to get as much as possible. However, some applications will not be valid; that is the work that is under way at the moment. With some of the regional applications, the officials will determine whether they are regional. Some of them are highly likely not to be classed as regional at the end of the day. There are some very creative...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Yes, it is provided for. These events are provided for in the year that they cost money. There are some costs associated with the Ryder Cup this year and there will obviously be more in the year that it is hosted. That is particularly the case for the European Championships; nearly all the costs will obviously be around the time it is hosted and so we do not have to provide for it this...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: There is a proposal in the Department for that one. That is under consideration at the moment. However, on the Katie Taylor fight, for example, there is nothing in the Department and yet there was much media coverage about working to get the match. We had no approach on that and no approach either on a match against Palestine.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I have never said it. In answer to the Deputy's question on the equipment allocation, however, there are 723 applications for equipment only and they add up to €21.5 million. There are 2,487 applications for capital, which add up to €336.6 million. They are all subject to the assessment process for final verification, however.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I will just say something on all of this. I want to congratulate all the clubs for the ambition they have shown in applying for sports capital because they are applying for a grant of six figures. It takes a lot of work to put it together-----

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: -----first of all to get the concept, do all the planning, address land ownership issues and then put the form together and the fundraising that goes with that. I salute the ambition of all our clubs around the country that have contributed to this challenge we have in the Department to meet the expectations.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: It does slow down the assessment process.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Let us be honest about that.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: It is welcome overall, however.