Vol. 475 No. 8
106 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht when approval for a site for a new county museum in Clonmel, County Tipperary will be given; the amount of funding to be allocated in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6246/97]
Under the cultural development incentives scheme which I am administering under the operational programme for tourism 1994-99, I approved, in principle, on 28 June 1996 an offer of grant assistance to an absolute maximum of £750,000 towards the cost of developing the Tipperary South Riding County Museum. On 19 February 1997 on foot of a revised proposal from Tipperary South Riding County Council, I conveyed my approval for the development of the proposed museum facility on Suir Island, Clonmel. This offer of grant assistance can only be confirmed when a number of outstanding issues relating to the project are resolved to by Department's full satisfaction.
