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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: Cricket Ireland has received a number of important capital allocations through my Department in recent years and Sport Ireland also plays a key role in supporting Cricket Ireland on an ongoing basis. Minister Ross and I were delighted last June when the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Ireland had achieved Test Status, a massive milestone for the sport's development in this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Review (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: After every recent round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) a review was undertaken by the Sports Capital Programmes Division of my Department with a view to making recommendations on how to improve the process for future calls. The review of the 2017 SCP is now complete and has been published on my Department's website at . The 2017 Review highlights many positive aspects of the 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 85 together. The recently published National Development Plan (NDP) contains a commitment to establish a new “Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund” (LSSIF) with at least €100m available over the coming years. My officials have commenced drafting the terms and conditions of the new LSSIF and are currently engaging with relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: With regard to County Offaly, parts of the county close to the Shannon are included in Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands - the new tourism experience brand for the Midlands region. The focus of this new brand is the Midlands' rich natural assets, including lakes, blueways and walkways, encouraging visitors to be 'active in nature' and to explore the region off the beaten track through a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: A number of measures were introduced for the 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme with the aim of reducing the level of invalid applications. These measures included a shortened application form, the organisation of a series of regional seminars for potential applicants and more online validation to prevent applicants submitting incomplete applications. These measures were largely...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: Neither I nor my Department has any role in relation to the development, implementation or management of the tourism experience brands, such as Ireland's Hidden Heartlands, or in the Shannon Navigation Tourism Masterplan. Matters such as those raised by the Deputy are operational matters for the board and management of Fáilte Ireland.  Accordingly I have referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: Under the 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP), 20% of applications were deemed to be invalid.  This was the lowest rate of invalid applications ever under the SCP (the average over all previous programmes was 34%) and showed that the efforts made to reduce the number of invalid applications were largely successful. In relation to the appeals process,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: In general, my Department facilitates clubs wishing to make minor adjustments to the work they are undertaking using an allocation received under the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) provided the new purpose has a sporting content and all other terms and conditions of the SCP can be met. In relation to the recent allocations under the 2017 round of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: The Sports Capital Programme (SCP) is the Government’s primary method of providing support to sports clubs and organisations for capital projects. The 2017 round of the SCP closed for applications on the 24th February 2017.  In November and December last, Minister Ross and I announced €60m in allocations to a record 1,800 projects under the 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Griffin: The most recent statistics show that hotel room capacity grew by 2% between 2016 and 2017, however, bed capacity grew at a much faster rate of 9% over the same period. Hotel bed occupancy nationally grew from 56% to 60% between 2016 and 2017 while the aggregated bed occupancy rate for other types of accommodation was significantly lower at 42%. Occupancy rates for hotels are considerably...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (1 May 2018)

Brendan Griffin: While the general terms and conditions of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) were drawn up in consultation with the Department's legal advisors in the Chief State Solicitor's Office, and advice was obtained from the Department’s Legal Adviser in relation to the proposed approach to the appeals process, legal advice was not sought in relation to any one grant application...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (1 May 2018)

Brendan Griffin: After every recent round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) a review was undertaken by the Sports Capital Programmes Division of my Department with a view to making recommendations on how to improve the process for future calls. The review of the 2017 SCP was published on my Department's website on the 18th April and can be viewed at...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (1 May 2018)

Brendan Griffin: The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme attracted a record 2,320 applications.In November and December last, Minister Ross and I announced €60m in allocations to a record 1,800 projects under the 2017 round. A review of the 2017 round of the programme has now been finalised and published on my Department's website(www.dttas.ie). This review highlights aspects of the 2017 round...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (1 May 2018)

Brendan Griffin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 362 to 364, inclusive, 367, 369 and 370 together. All of the information sought by the Deputy in relation to the 2017 Sports Capital Programme is published on my Department's website at In relation to this published data, the following should be noted: 1. Under the 2017 SCP, all valid local applications received a grant offer. 2. The 35 allocations made on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (1 May 2018)

Brendan Griffin: On 6 December, 2017 organisations that submitted an invalid or partially invalid local application under the 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) were contacted by email offering them the opportunity to submit an appeal. This email invited clubs to appeal if they believed that the Department had made an error in deeming their application invalid, based on the documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (1 May 2018)

Brendan Griffin: A review of the 2017 Sports Capital Programme is now complete and has been published on my Department's website at: . All valid local applications received a grant offer determined by the following formula: - The Maximum Grant for each valid application was multiplied by the Assessment Score for that application producing a weighted score (A). - The total weighted scores (A’s) for all...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2018)

Brendan Griffin: I am not sure if Deputy Danny Healy-Rae welcomes it but I know his brother has not welcomed the scheme. He did, however, welcome it on Radio Kerry. He said even if there is one route in one part of Kerry he would welcome it once a week. Now in May he is not welcoming it. It is a very positive initiative by the Minister, Deputy Ross. It is a pilot.

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2018)

Brendan Griffin: That is why there is one route in the month to explore the further roll-out of this initiative.

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2018)

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Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2018)

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