Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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379. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied with the proposed purchase of the site of the Mary Robinson Centre from a director of the Victoria House Foundation which will run the centre; if she is further satisfied with the cost of the project to the State; if she is satisfied with the manner of its funding and the financial aspects of the running of the project into the future; if she has discussed the project with the Taoiseach or his Department; and if so, the elements that were discussed and the stage of the project at which were they discussed. [31505/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Mayo County Council is the project promoter of the Mary Robinson Centre in Ballina. My Department received a formal request for funding towards the Centre from Mayo County Council 2015. In February 2016, my Department offered a capital grant in principle to Mayo County Council of up to €2.0 million in respect of the Mary Robinson Centre in Ballina. The grant is to be used as a contribution towards the cost of construction and is not for the purpose of purchasing property. The offer is subject to conditions that apply to all capital grants and these must be met in advance of payment of the grant. Mayo County Council has accepted the offer and the conditions.

As the project was approved in the context of the Revised Estimates, it would have been subject to consideration of Government in the normal way.