Written answers

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

10:00 pm

Photo of Joe CostelloJoe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures used by the Office of Public Works to give permission to promoters to hold large and small scale music and other commercial events in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22074/08]

Photo of Joe CostelloJoe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if a fee is charged to promoters for the use of the Phoenix Park for commercial music concerts and other events; if so, the amount that is charged; if the money is being channelled directly back into the care and upkeep of the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22075/08]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 170 together.

A number of large-scale concerts — in excess of 100,000 — have been staged in the Park in the past, but in recent years, only relatively small-scale concerts have taken place. These have been confined to the Visitor Centre area, with the objectives of minimising any adverse impacts both on the Park environment and on local communities.

Each application for a commercial concert or event, is considered on its merits, in the context of the Phoenix Park Act 1925, the Phoenix Park Management Plan 1986, and the 1997 Policy Framework Document governing large scale events. Fees are normally payable for use of the Park for commercial concerts and events, the amount of which varies in each case depending on a number of factors, including for example, the scale of a concert and whether it is commercial or free. In accordance with Government Accounting procedures, fees from such events are returned directly to the Exchequer, as Appropriations-in-Aid.

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