Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's role in the planned convention centre in Cork; if officials from his Department have attended meetings on same since it was announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14828/19]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his officials have had in the convention centre in Cork since it was first announced in 2014 in tabular form or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14856/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 and 146 together.

While my Department sets the capital allocations for Departments and the delegated sanction arrangements under which Departments make their spending decisions, the actual roll-out of particular capital projects and programmes is, of course, managed by the individual line Departments and their agencies who are responsible for project and programme delivery.

While my officials have attended meetings on the Cork Event Centre, overall responsibility for the management and delivery of the project rests with Cork City Council, with Exchequer grant funding being administered through the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

I am advised by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht that discussions are ongoing with Cork City Council about various elements of the project.