1719. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total public expenditure on the Cork Event Centre project in each year since 2014, in tabular form; the status of the preliminary business case submitted to his Department in December 2025; the current estimate of the total State funding required to deliver the project; the timeline for the commencement of tendering and construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56901/26]

In April 2026, my Department approved the Preliminary Business Case as submitted by Cork City Council in relation to the Cork Event Centre project. That approval allowed the project to move to its procurement phase which has now commenced.

The procurement phase for this particular project is a two-stage process involving a pre-qualification stage, which is well underway, and which will in turn allow qualified parties then submit final tenders as part of the second stage. It is expected that assessment of submissions received as part of the pre-qualification phase will be completed in the autumn. In the meantime, the tender documents for the final tender phase are also in the process of being prepared. Ultimately construction timelines will be finalised upon completion of the procurement processes.

The total public expenditure on the Cork Event Centre project in each year since 2014 is set out in the following table:

Given the position with respect to the procurement process as outlined above, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on any matter that is the subject of that process at this time, including details of the level of available State funding.