Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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134. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on further State funding for the event centre in Cork city. [47467/17]

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.