Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on the new Abbey Theatre design competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2387/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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In 2006 the Government decided to proceed with the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre by way of a public private partnership on a site at George's Dock, on a build, finance and maintain basis. This site was chosen following an extensive search exercise conducted by the Office of Public Works that involved the examination of a number of options. This PPP project is now being progressed on the basis solely of the Georges Dock site. The project is complex and there are a myriad of technical, procedural and legal factors to address in making progress on it and these continue to be progressed, including the International Design Competition. Significant progress has been made in recent weeks and I hope to make an announcement soon on the matter.