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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on the 24th February. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received. The total amount available to allocate under this round is €30 million. Accordingly, the allocation of grants will be particularly challenging and unfortunately there will be many...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Griffin: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies in the area of national tourism policy.  It is not directly involved in the management or development of individual tourism projects.  These are operational matters for the Board and Management of Fáilte Ireland.  While the Department provides capital funding to Fáilte Ireland to invest in tourism offerings, it...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Events (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The hosting of major sports events, both participative and spectator sports, can provide great opportunities to showcase Ireland and drive international visitor numbers.  In addition, the media coverage of sports events helps to put Ireland onto travel itineraries as a holiday destination. Accordingly, I am very supportive of the ongoing efforts of the tourism agencies and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourist Accommodation (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Griffin: Fáilte Ireland monitors the performance of tourist accommodation through regular occupancy surveys.  This analysis indicates that while the country as a whole has sufficient stock of tourist accommodation, there are capacity constraints in areas of high tourist traffic at times of peak demand and additional capacity is required in certain parts of the country, particularly Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Griffin: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies in the area of national tourism policy.  The development and promotion of individual tourism sectors such as business tourism is a matter for the Boards and Management of Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland.  Fáilte Ireland is responsible for the development of the business tourism sector, whereas Tourism Ireland is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (29 Jun 2017)

Brendan Griffin: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies in the area of national tourism policy.  It is not directly involved in the management or development of individual tourism projects, which are operational matters for the Board and Management of Fáilte Ireland.  While the Department provides capital funding to Fáilte Ireland for investment in tourism offerings, it does not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (4 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on 24 February and I can confirm that an application has been submitted by the organisation referred to by the Deputy. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received and all of these applications are currently being assessed. The total amount...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239 to 241, inclusive, together. ​ Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards.  This includes the allocation of funding across its various programmes, including the Women In Sport programme.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on 24 February. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received. The total amount available to allocate under this round is €30 million. Accordingly, the allocation of grants will be particularly challenging on this occasion. All of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Events (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: I am informed by Sport Ireland that Athletics Ireland is the National Governing Body for athletics in Ireland. Since 1924, Athletics Ireland has been affiliated to the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF), the world governing body for the sport. Under IAAF statutes, Athletics Ireland's jurisdiction at international events covers the 26 counties of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on the 24th February. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received. The total amount available to allocate under this round is €30 million. Accordingly, the allocation of grants will be particularly challenging on this occasion. All of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on the 24th February and I can confirm that an application has been submitted by the organisation referred to by the Deputy. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received and all of these applications are currently being assessed. The total amount...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on the 24th February and I can confirm that an application has been submitted by the organisation referred to by the Deputy. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received and all of these applications are currently being assessed. The total amount...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for the boards and management of the two tourism agencies - Tourism Ireland in regard to overseas tourism marketing and Fáilte Ireland in regard to regional tourism development and domestic tourism promotion. Accordingly I have referred the Deputy's question to the two tourism agencies for direct...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (12 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on the 24th February and I can confirm that an application has been submitted by the organisation referred to by the Deputy. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received and all of these applications are currently being assessed. The total amount...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (12 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on the 24th February and I can confirm that an application has been submitted by the organisation referred to by the Deputy. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received and all of these applications are currently being assessed . The total amount...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Status (12 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: In January of 2016, my Department contacted local authorities and sought expressions of interest in a limited round of swimming pool allocations under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme (LASPP). There were three expressions of interest received for new pools, two of which were valid and both in Dublin. Having assessed existing commitments and the funding available, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (12 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: I am delighted to be here and I hope to be able to work with everybody. No apologies have been received. I remind Members to turn off their mobile phones or switch them to silent mode. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: I remind members, witnesses and persons in the Gallery to make sure their mobile phones are turned off. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss Ireland's bid to host the Rugby Word Cup in 2023. The Bill passed all Stages in the House last night and enjoyed cross-party support, which is welcome. There is an urgency to the legislation, as communicated to us by the Minister for Transport,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rugby World Cup 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2017)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister for his address. I will clarify one issue initially, if I may. I understood that the Minister would be here until 11 a.m., but he informed me that he may have to go at 10 a.m. Notwithstanding the normal process that we have here, if we go to the full 15 minutes or the group times, the Minister will not be able to answer questions. If it is possible to do it this way -...