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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 12 Jun 1996

Vol. 466 No. 7

Written Answers. - Operational Programme for Tourism.

Ivor Callely

Question:

87 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht if he will give a breakdown of the allocation of moneys and projects of the £28.55 million National Monuments and Historic Properties under the EU Operational Programme for Tourism, 1994 to 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12209/96]

The following is a provisional allocation of the sum of £28.55 million:

Project

Estimated Cost

£'000

1. Access-Information

500

2. Boyne Valley

500

3. Great Blasket Island

2,000

4. Portumna Castle

1,000

5. Ardfert Cathedral

1,200

6. Donegal Castle

400

7. Roscrea Castle

800

8. Ormonde Castle

100

9. St. Audoen's

400

10. Newmills, County Donegal

300

11. Dún Aonghasa

300

12. Tintern Abbey

400

13. Rathfarnham Castle

1,200

14. Castletown House

3,000

15. Trim Castle

3,000

16. Maynooth Castle

1,000

17. Iveagh Gardens

200

18. Scattery Island

400

19. Charlesfort

500

20. Kilkenny Castle

1,500

21. Kilmacduagh, County Galway

200

22. French Church, Waterford

300

23. Dungarvan Castle

500

24. Dunmore Caves

300

25. Fore Abbey

200

26. Grange Castle

250

27. Monuments on Lough Key

300

28. Adare Castle

500

29. Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery

200

30. Durrow Abbey

400

31. Botanic Gardens

2,000

32. Barryscourt Castle

500

33. Dunamase Castle

300

34. Gowran Church

200

35. Aughnanure Castle

100

36. Boyle Abbey

200

37. Sligo Abbey

200

38. Mainguard, Clonmel

1,000

39. Ennis Friary

200

40. Hill of Tara

300

41. Iniscealtra Church & Round Tower

300

42. War Memorial Park

300

43. Kilmallock (Merchants House)

300

44. Desmond Castle, Newcastlewest

300

45. Mooghaun Hillsfort

500

Total

28,550

The Deputy will appreciate that the amounts allocated to certain projects may vary depending on project costs which cannot be determined precisely in advance in the case of restoration work.
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