Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)

The sports capital programme has been the lifeblood for many communities, including Dublin North-West. A huge number of projects have transformed areas throughout the country. In this era, with cutbacks and with clubs struggling with different problems, the sports capital programme was never more needed. The programme will be rolled out up to 2016. Do we know how much will be available each year? When will these funds be available? Clubs are looking for essential repairs and new facilities. One of the problems in the past was the complexity of the forms to be filled. Can this be examined? People used to get others to fill out the forms and it was a problem for different communities. I hope we see what money is available in the programme shortly. Does the Minister of State stand by his commitment that money guaranteed to sports capital projects will be paid to the different clubs?

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