John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Question 26: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of publicly available reports commissioned by his Department since 2002; the key recommendations arising out of each; if these recommendations have been rolled out in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26960/06]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has commissioned a total of 12 reports for publication since it was formed in June 2002 which are listed below.

The above reports can be obtained from my Department's website or by contacting the Department directly.

In the case of the Report of the Tourism Policy Review group — New Horizons for Irish Tourism: An Agenda for Action, progress on the implementation of its recommendations is set out in the three progress reports listed in the table and published on my Department's website.

The Departments Statements of Strategy identify a series of objectives and planned actions in the arts, sport and tourism sectors to deliver on the commitments in these areas as set out in the Agreed Programme for Government, the National Development Plan 2000-2006, "Sustaining Progress", the Social Partnership Agreement 2003-2005 and North-South cooperation under the Good Friday Agreement etc. Progress on the delivery of these objectives and actions is reported in my Department's Annual Reports which are available on the Department's website.

The Sport Capital Expenditure Review Report was approved by Government in September 2005 and the recommendations in the report across ten headings have been prioritised in my Department's Business Plan for 2006 which is also available on the website.

The implementation of the recommendations on the Evaluation of Local Sports Partnership Programme is a matter for the Irish Sports Council.

The Government approved the publication of the Independent Report on certain matters affecting Bord na gCon on 4 July 2006. I will be taking action on implementing the key recommendations made in the report.

The publication on the Per Cent for Arts Scheme — General National Guidelines 2004 provided a set of guidelines and as such did not contain recommendations for implementation.