Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin Public Concert Hall.
- Concert hall completion 3 speeches
The Great Hall conversion is well advanced, with completion expected by the end of 1980.
Barry Desmond, Noel C. Browne, Raymond MacSharry
- Concert hall project expenditure 4 speeches
Desmond asked for the project’s estimated cost; the Minister did not have the information and said it was a separate question.
Barry Desmond, Raymond MacSharry
- Concert hall name 2 speeches
The hall will be called the Concert Hall for now, though another name may be chosen later.
Noel C. Browne, Raymond MacSharry
- Ownership of the Earlsfort Terrace building 8 speeches
Kelly asked whether the State or University College owned the building being converted. The Minister said the Office of Public Works looked after it but could not confirm ownership; the Chair treated ownership as a separate question.
John M. Kelly, Joseph Brennan, Raymond MacSharry
- Minister’s role in Sligo industrial centre 2 speeches
Kelly criticised the Minister for opening an industrial centre in Sligo despite his claimed lack of official responsibility; the Minister said Sligo was his constituency.
John M. Kelly, Raymond MacSharry
asked the Minister for Finance the current position concerning the conversion of the Great Hall and ancillary accommodation at University College, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, for use as a public concert hall, the progress that has been made to date and the likely date of completion.
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asked the Minister for Finance the expected date of completion of the new concert hall.
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With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 and 7 together.
The project, which is well advanced, is expected to be completed by the end of 1980.
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Is this J. F. Kennedy Hall going to be called the "J. F. Kennedy Memorial Hall" when completed? Has any decision been made yet?
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It is going to be called the Concert Hall. A name may be found for it later but that is what it is being called at present, the Concert Hall.
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I am not quite certain what the answer to this question is—who owns the whole building at present? Is it the State or the university?
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But does the Office of Public Works own the building which is now being turned into a concert hall?
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The Minister does not know who owns the building he is working on? Surely the Minister is aware whether the State owns the building in regard to which this question is put down?
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This Minister is opening an industrial centre in Sligo for which he has no official concern and is leaving his own office to look after itself.