Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2012
682. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in the North. [54165/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraDue to the responsibilities of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland, most of the direct areas of cooperation come under the responsibility of my colleague Jimmy Deenihan T.D., the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. In terms of my Department's areas of responsibility, the North South Ministerial Council meets in both Transport and Tourism Sectoral formats. While it does not meet in Sports format, there are a number of areas where there is north south cooperation. Many of the National Governing Bodies of Sport are constituted on an all-island basis and the Irish Sports Council and the Sports Council for Northern Ireland collaborate closely in a number of areas. These include anti-doping, development of high performance sport, research, Coaching Ireland and the "Code of Ethics and Good Practice for Children's Sport".
