Cecilia Keaveney
Question:296 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the national conference centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8434/04]
View answerTuesday, 23 March 2004
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As I informed the House on 25 February last, four submissions were received by the Office of Public Works in response to its advertisement for expressions of interest in the provision of a national conference centre in the Dublin area.
Those submissions are currently undergoing detailed evaluation by an assessment panel representative of my Department, the Office of Public Works and its advisers, the Department of Finance, Fáilte Ireland and the National Development Finance Agency. A separate panel will subsequently evaluate the site proposals that candidates were also required to put forward, following which the next stage of the process will be initiated with a view to securing a final decision from Government in the autumn. Subject to the acceptability of proposals, the national conference centre could, as envisaged in the expressions of interest notice, be constructed before the end of 2007.