Austin Currie
Ceist:333 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the plans, if any, she has for further investment in the interpretative centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21076/97]
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333 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the plans, if any, she has for further investment in the interpretative centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21076/97]
334 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the studies, if any, which have been undertaken on the tourist value of interpretative centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21077/97]
335 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands if there is a prototype of an interpretative centre internationally to which we might look in considering further investment in interpretative centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21079/97]
336 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands whether it is the Government's policy to accommodate funding privately owned interpretative centres which meet certain development objectives; if so, if there are plans to announce a scheme of grant support for these investments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21080/97]
337 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the funding, if any, which the Government will seek for interpretative centres in the next round of EU funding for cultural and heritage infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21081/97]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 333, 334, 335, 336 and 337 together.
One of the objectives in my Department's statement of strategy is to ensure that cultural tourism is promoted in a manner consistent with the primary function of conservation. The development of interpretative centres must therefore be considered in this context.