Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a short question. I thank the Minister for State for being so proactive in securing this level of funding. I do not need to tell him the impact such funding has on local communities in terms of the provision of sports facilities is phenomenal. Every cent we invest in local communities on the development of sports facilities is leveraged. I am sure some analysis has been done on this, but it leverages other funding through fundraising locally and work that is done voluntarily. It is extraordinary. Time and again, I have stressed the importance of this investment, so I thank the Minister of State for his support in making such a significant investment this year. His predecessor, Deputy Griffin, also did a great deal of good work in this regard.

We have always striven to ensure to the application process is as simple and straightforward as possible while acknowledging these are public funds we are dispensing. Regarding invalidated applications, what mechanisms are in place this year for clubs that did not realise they had made a small documentary error? What options are available to them to regain access to the funding stream?