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Written Answers — Lansdowne Road Redevelopment: Lansdowne Road Redevelopment (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 27 and 28 together. The Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company Limited was established by the IRFU and FAI to develop the stadium at Lansdowne Road and this company is responsible for all matters relating to building and delivering the stadium. The company, with the assistance of OPW, is currently evaluating tenders received in connection with the...

Written Answers — Review of Athens Olympics: Review of Athens Olympics (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: 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 review was to identify the strengths and weaknesses of all aspects of the programmes and...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The cultural relations committee supports Irish artists who wish to work or exhibit abroad. It was transferred to my Department from the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1 January 2002. Since then, the committee has had the following amounts at its disposal: 2002, €700,000; 2003; €700,000; 2004, €700,000. My Department has directly managed a major cultural exchange with China, the...

Written Answers — Abbey Theatre: Abbey Theatre (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Priority Question No. 3 of today.

Written Answers — Sporting Facilities: Sporting Facilities (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: It has always been my position that matters relating to the use of Croke Park are entirely for decision by the GAA. Accordingly, I have at no stage sought to dictate, or prescribe to the association on the question of access as it would be counterproductive to do so. At the end of 2004, the Government provided €40 million to the GAA to alleviate the debt burden arising from the...

Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Priority Question No. 2 of today.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: My Department's premises at 23 Kildare Street are shared with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, which is the main tenant in the building. Collection and disposal of general waste from 23 Kildare Street is organised by the main tenant. Both Departments make common use of the same waste containers and there is no record kept of the volume of waste produced by each Department....

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The Asgard is an archeological object as defined by the National Monuments Act 1930, as amended by the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, and, as such, my Department takes responsibility for its preservation. The Asgard, by arrangement with the National Museum of Ireland, is in safekeeping at John's Road, Inchicore, under the care of the Office of Public Works. The National Museum of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I indicated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 114 on 27 January 2005 that all charges incurred on credit cards issued to officials of my Department are the personal responsibility of the individual cardholder. As such, the Department has no responsibility for the charges incurred and consequently does not have records available on the overall usage of these cards.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: Since the establishment of my Department in June 2002 the following contracts have been awarded for public relations projects. The following table sets out the details requested in respect of the public relations contracts: PR Consultant Service Provided Year Value of Contract Reporting To â'¬ Kate Bowe PR Ltd. Irish Festival in China Provision of Public Relations Management...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (17 Feb 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. The number of applications from County Kildare received under the programme in recent years is as follows: 2002 — 45, of which 30...

Written Answers — Subtitling Technology: Subtitling Technology (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I have no power to direct that subtitling be included on film productions. However, I understand that new technologies are greatly increasing the level of provision on an ongoing basis and that DVDs and broadcast media, for example, include a subtitling function as a matter of routine.

Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The most critical element of the Government's strategy for the attraction to Ireland of film-makers has been the extension to 2008 of the section 481 incentive for investment in film production, and the increase in the amount that can be raised from €10.48 million to €15 million from 1 January 2005. This incentive is of critical importance to international film makers. The certainty that...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I can assure the Deputy that my Department's decentralisation programme is on target. As regards the acquisition of a site, the Office of Public Works has identified a local authority site in Killarney for which to develop offices for the Department. The projects division of OPW has decided on a design and build option. OPW sought and received submissions from interested developers throughout...

Written Answers — National Aquatic Centre: National Aquatic Centre (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 90 together. During the severe weather conditions experienced in the west Dublin area on New Year's Day 2005, damage was caused to the National Aquatic Centre. The roof of the 50m pool and diving pool and the roof of the leisure water area were both damaged, and in addition, damage occurred to lights and fittings around the complex. This has resulted in...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: My Department operates the ACCESS scheme, which provides funding for the capital development of arts and cultural facilities, theatres, galleries, museums etc. around the country. In August 2001, €45.71 million was allocated to 44 successful projects. Taking into account matching funding being provided by project promoters, the ACCESS scheme will result in almost €58.4 million going into...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: One of my key objectives in 2005 is to see continued progress in the implementation of the actions recommended in the report of the tourism policy review group, New Horizons for Irish Tourism. The implementation group set up to drive forward the New Horizons agenda, in its first progress report of September last, identified ten priority actions which it considered vital to sustaining future...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: Applications for funding under the 2005 national lottery-funded sports capital programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 5 and 6 December last. The closing date for receipt of applications was 4 February 2005. Subject to final confirmation, a total of 1,360 applications were received before the closing date. These applications are currently being evaluated against the...

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (22 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: Under the local authority swimming pools programme, which is administered by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, grant aid is provided towards the capital costs of new pools or the refurbishment of existing pools. The closing date for receipt of applications under the current programme was 31 July 2000. No application was made in respect of the Gus Healy swimming pool in Douglas before...

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (22 Feb 2005)

John O'Donoghue: The proposal to refurbish Portarlington swimming pool is one of a number of swimming pool projects within the local authority swimming pools programme being considered by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism. The four stages of the programme are preliminary report, contract document, tender approval and construction. The Portarlington project is at contract document stage. The question...