Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 285: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the completed projects within Kildare that were proposed under the last national development plan by his Department; the number under construction; the number that have rolled over to the new NDP; the other new proposals that are planned for Kildare under the new NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4285/07]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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Under the last National Development Plan, 2000-2006, the Irish Film Board provided €500,000 to "Becoming Jane", a feature film which was shot in Kildare in 2006. The new National Development Plan, covering the period 2007 to 2013, will provide funding through a range of programmes and initiatives in the Arts, Sports and Tourism areas under many of which it will be open to projects in Kildare to make application. General details on the funding available from my Department, and the bodies operating under its aegis, and the range of projects and programmes to be supported are set out in a number of press releases issued on the announcement of the new NDP which can be accessed on my Department's website www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie. These include the provision of €70 million for the horse and greyhound racing industries which will enable Horse Racing Ireland and Bord na gCon to undertake the further development of a network of facilities for both industries. Horse Racing Ireland's capital development plans for the coming years under its Capital Development Programme include a major redevelopment of the Curragh racecourse in Kildare.