Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 17: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the development of the National Concert Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2384/06]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Deputy Kenny's Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 17 November 2005. I am pleased to be in a position to say that the Government has approved, in principle, the development of a new national concert hall on a public private partnership basis.

A provision of €42 million has been included in the 2006-2010 capital envelope of my Department for site purchase. The options for the delivery of the project, as a public private partnership initiative, will be assessed by my Department, in association with the Department of Finance, the Office of Public Works and the National Development Finance Agency over the next few months following which I will report to Government on the procurement issues involved.