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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: There is a wider issue here-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: We are talking about the sports capital programme here in isolation. There is a wider issue. We are about to publish a very comprehensive sports policy document. The responsibility goes beyond the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the sports capital programme to provide funding and programmes for sport and participation in Ireland. It is a discussion we need to have and it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: Can I respond to the earlier questioners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: I have not responded to Senators O'Mahony or Feighan or to Deputy Troy because there was a little interaction that distracted me. If I might return to Senator O'Mahony-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: I will go around the members with the answers to their questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: I will respond very briefly. Senator O'Mahony referred to the large-scale scheme. This is something that will be put in place for projects that will typically require a higher level of State funding than the €150,000 available under the local scheme or the €200,000 under the regional scheme, which are available under the sports capital programme. We hope to invite expressions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: I will come back to Deputy Troy on the allocations by county and how the funding is distributed. I will answer Deputy Murphy first and then come back to Deputy Troy on that specific question that I did not answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: You are the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: I will touch quickly on the points. The first question was about new developments. What was the second question about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: With regard to optics, we cannot stop because people are jumping up and down and crying that there was interference. All we can do is be as fair as possible, which we were. We cannot control what people will say about it. We feel there was not a more transparent and fairer way of doing sports capital than the way we did it in 2017. It could not possibly have been fairer. There are two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: The disadvantaged clubs that applied got funding. Every valid application under the local scheme in Dublin got funding. Not only did they get funding but they got 100% of what they sought and what was valid. Other counties would kill for that sort of a regime. In my county, we had 37% of the amount sought available and we distributed it proportionately based on the points system. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: The workshops were well attended. There was standing room only in some. For the 2018 programme, we need to place greater emphasis on the workshops. They were a great success for the 2017 programme. We should co-ordinate more closely with the partnerships already working with disadvantaged areas and target elements of the community with lower participation. That would be a good way to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: My Department's role in relation to tourism lies in the area of national tourism policy development. It is not directly involved in the management or development of individual tourism projects, such as the Wild Atlantic Way. These are operational matters for the Board and Management of Fáilte Ireland. I am aware that Fáilte Ireland's Experience Brands have been developed to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (29 Mar 2018)

Brendan Griffin: 149 appeals were submitted in respect of the 2017 Sports Capital Programme (SCP) and of these, 35 were upheld. Appeals were upheld where the appellant demonstrated that the Department erred in its decision to make the application invalid, where it was agreed that the Department's guide to making an application was not sufficiently clear in relation to why the proposed project may be invalid,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: The introduction of an appeals process was formally approved by the Minister, Deputy Ross and me on 5 December 2017 following a recommendation from departmental officials. The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) was the first round of the programme under which every valid local application received an offer of funding. Consequently, the decision to make an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: The Sports Capital Programme is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country.  Details of all allocations under the SCP since 1998 are published on the Department's website www.dttas.ie. The Department moved to a new IT system in 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: Spot-checks in relation to the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) and Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme (LASPP) are carried out in accordance with the relevant Department of Finance Guidelines and are carried out by the Finance Unit of my Department. Checks are undertaken in respect of payments made in the previous year so visits undertaken in 2017 related to payments made...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: The Sports Capital Programme is the Government's primary vehicle for supporting the development of sports facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. There was no round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) in 2016. Under the 2017 round of the Programme, 2,320 applications were submitted with 7 of these subsequently withdrawn by...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: The recently published National Development Plan (NDP) contains a commitment that at least €100m will be available for the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) over the coming four years. This amount will cover all existing commitments including all allocations made under the 2017 round of the SCP and will also allow for new allocations under the scheme. In relation to future...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: The organisation referred to by the Deputy made an application under the 2017 Sports Capital Programme (SCP) but was deemed invalid at assessment stage for reasons which were notified to the club. All applicants deemed invalid or partially invalid were invited to appeal the Department’s decision if it was felt that an error had been made in the assessment process but the...