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Written Answers — Stadium Projects: Stadium Projects (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 and 22 together. The planning process for the Lansdowne Road Stadium redevelopment is still in train. To reiterate the position, in July last year, Dublin City Council granted planning permission for the project, subject to a number of conditions. This led to a number of appeals against the granting of planning permission by local residents. An Bord...

Written Answers — Stadium Projects: Stadium Projects (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: The question of the GAA continuing with its policy of accommodating rugby and soccer in Croke Park is one for the GAA alone to decide and it has always been my policy not to interfere in this matter. I have at no stage sought to tell the Association what approach it should take on the question of access to Croke Park. However, like most other sports loving people in the country, I was...

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that under the new National Development Plan, covering the period 2007 to 2013, almost €2.7 billion has been allocated for a range of programmes and projects in the Arts, Culture, Sport and Tourism areas within the remit of my Department, made up of €904 million under the Cultural Sub-Programme, €991 million under the Sport Sub-Programme and €800...

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 25 together. As I have previously informed the House, the nationwide audit of sports facilities has commenced and is being carried out in stages to help speed up the availability of information. The first phase is being carried out within my Department and will establish a record of national and regional sports facilities. As the House is aware, the...

Written Answers — National Theatre: National Theatre (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16 and 21 together. I wish to refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question No. 4 earlier today.

Written Answers — Greyhound Racing Industry: Greyhound Racing Industry (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: The Deputy will be aware that animal welfare and the area of illegally imported animal remedies for greyhounds and racehorses is a matter in the first instance for the Minister for Agriculture and Food. Horse Racing Ireland and Bord na gCon are the statutory bodies responsible for the horse and greyhound racing industries respectively including integrity management and anti-doping controls....

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: The Report of the Tourism Policy Review Group, New Horizons for Irish Tourism: An Agenda for Action, was published in September 2003. I appointed the Tourism Action Plan Implementation Group for a two-year period to oversee implementation of the Action Plan set out in the Report. That Plan contained 76 recommended actions to help Irish tourism meet the ambitious targets set for the sector in...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: On 1 February 2006, I appointed Mr. Tim Dalton, former Secretary General of the Department of Justice, Equality, and Law Reform, to carry out an independent assessment concerning corporate governance and related matters affecting Bord na gCon. Mr. Dalton delivered his Report on 5 April 2006. On 4 July 2006, the Government approved specific actions to be taken in line with the...

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: The Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme, which is administered by my Department, is essentially driven by the requirements of local authorities for public swimming facilities. No restrictions were placed on the submission of applications by local authorities prior to the closing date of 31st July, 2000 under the current round. An application for a replacement pool was accepted from...

Written Answers — Access to Cultural Institutions: Access to Cultural Institutions (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: The implementation of Government policy in regard to the provision of universal access to their National Collections is a responsibility of the Boards of the National Cultural Institutions. The position in relation to universal access to the collections held by these Institutions is as follows. Irish Museum of Modern Art: The Museum's Lecture Theatre has a Loop system installed for the hard...

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 30 together. With London 2012 fast approaching, athletes and teams from other countries may consider using Ireland as a base to prepare and train in the years prior to the Olympic Games. Ireland possesses the advantages of having the same climatic conditions and being in the same time zone as London, as well as being within an hour by air travel....

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 27, 29 and 111 together. The Arts Council is the principal agency through which State funding is channelled to the arts. Under the Arts Act, 2003, the general functions of the Council include the following: to stimulate public interest in the arts; to promote knowledge, appreciation and practice of the arts; to assist in improving standards in the arts. My...

Written Answers — National Aquatic Centre: National Aquatic Centre (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: Under the National Sports Campus Development Act 2006 and the subsequent establishment of the National Sports Campus Development Authority, effective from 1st January last, operational matters relating to the Sports Campus at Abbotstown are matters for the Authority by virtue of section 7(1) of that Act. The functions of the Authority as set out in the Act include the management, operation...

Written Answers — National Conference Centre: National Conference Centre (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32 and 33 together. As I have informed the House, most recently on 30 November, 2006, Spencer Dock International Conference Centre Consortium has been appointed Preferred Tenderer for the provision of a National Conference Centre in Dublin. As the Deputies are aware, the Centre is being procured under a Public Private Partnership process under the auspices of...

Written Answers — Arts Education: Arts Education (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 34 and 113 together. Government policy for the Arts is set out in the Programme for Government and elaborated further in my Department's Statement of Strategy. Having regard for the statutory functions of the Arts Council as set out in Section 9 of the Arts Act 2003, and in accordance with section 21 of that Act, a Special Committee was established to advise...

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I have had a number of meetings with both the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) and the GAA at which player welfare issues for inter-county players were discussed. At these meetings and in subsequent letters to both the GPA and the GAA, I have set out the position of the Government on this issue. Firstly, it is entirely a matter for the GAA, as the Governing Body for Gaelic Games, to...

Written Answers — Art Collections: Art Collections (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I have designated the Crawford Art Gallery Cork, which has recently become a national cultural institution under the aegis of my Department, as the home gallery of this Collection. The Collection is in the process of being transferred there from OPW, apart from five works, which are on loan to the Irish Embassy in Sofia. The Crawford Gallery is cooperating with other national institutions...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: As I have advised the House on a number of occasions last year, most recently on 30 November last, individual actions and measures relating to tourism promotion or development at regional or county level are day-to-day functions of the State Tourism Agencies. There has been a major reform of Irish tourism structures in recent years with the setting up of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland....

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 38, 106 and 110 together. The sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations who cater for people of all ages at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2007 programme were invited...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (15 Feb 2007)

John O'Donoghue: The 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 2007 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on October 15th and 16th last. The closing date for...