Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if ACCESS II funding allocated to a centre (details supplied) is still available to the project. [44954/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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In 2007, a capital grant of €2 million was approved in principle for the centre to which the Deputy refers.

The approval in relation to this project remains open and my Department continues to maintain contact with the local authority in question in regard to it.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the application of the extension of funds for the Cork event centre; her plans to include it in the capital plan; and reason for the delay. [44984/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Cork Event Centre is a project being developed and managed by Cork City Council and the Council is responsible for the delivery of the project.

My Department has allocated €12 million to the City Council towards the cost of the Centre. This allocation is subject to a Service Level Agreement with the City Council to ensure compliance with all relevant requirements in relation to major capital projects.

On 27 September 2017, Cork City Council made an application to my Department for a further grant of €10 million to assist in the development of the project.  My Department will now assess the application.  There are complex legal, state aid and match funding issues to be considered in relation to this application and the Department is engaging with the City Council in relation to these.