Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 May 2004
119 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will detail reports that have been internally prepared or externally commissioned by his Department since 1 July 2003, indicating in all cases if they had been published; when they will be published; and if they are not intended for publication in relation to externally commissioned reports, the costs of the reports. [12806/04]
View answerI have listed details of reports internally prepared or externally commissioned by my Department since 1 July 2003 as requested by the Deputy. A review of section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 was commissioned in June 2003. The report was published in December 2003. The education subgroup of the Council of National Cultural Institutions commissioned arts consultants to draft a policy framework for education community outreach which I launched on 6 April last. A consultancy study on the framing of a new international arts and culture policy was commissioned in July 2003. The report, which is not intended for publication, is currently at the drafting stage and the contract fee for the study is €18,000.
A report relating to controls in respect of certain arts-culture expenditure under the Operational Programme for Tourism 1994-1999 was commissioned in January 2004. The report, which is currently being prepared, is not intended for publication. The final cost of the report will be dependent on the amount of work involved but is likely to be in the region of €45,000. My Department has commissioned consultants to carry out a review of the Irish Manuscripts Commission. The review is not yet completed but the intention is to publish the report at the appropriate time.
An expenditure review of the sports capital programme, conducted under the Department's expenditure review programme, is currently being finalised and will be published on its completion. As the review was prepared within the Department, the costs involved were met from within existing resources. As part of this expenditure review, an external evaluation report was commissioned, in line with Department of Finance guidelines, at a cost of approximately €5,000. It is not intended to publish this report.
A review of proposals for the provision of an outdoor athletics training facility at Morton Athletic Stadium, Santry, commissioned by my Department was completed in December 2003. The cost of the report, which is not intended for publication, was €10,100. A major review of tourism policy and performance was carried out by a review group appointed by me and their report, under the title New Horizons for Irish Tourism: An Agenda for Action, was published on 30 September 2003. My Department's first annual report for 2002-03 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly.
