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Sports Capital Programme (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: There are 77 applications in from Kildare that are worth €8,715,000.

Sports Capital Programme (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: I want to see shared facilities. With resources so scarce, we will be looking to have shared facilities and participation where people will actually be taking part. Deputy Deering asked a question about the swimming pool scheme last year. We are looking at other ways and means of dealing with it. Deputy Lawlor's question on applications has been put to me before, and it is something the...

Sports Capital Programme (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: Shared facilities will be the big issue because resources are so scarce at present. If the Deputy thinks he has problems in Kildare, I will tell him what is happening in Mayo, as I was expecting someone to ask me that question. Mayo has applications for 114 projects worth €15.745 million, so they will be looking for 50% of the pot. What can I do? We all have problems. I want to dampen...

Sports Capital Programme (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: -----as fairly as possible. I do not want expectations to be raised. I know there are Deputies who are already showing the list and asking people to make applications. That is one of the things that happened during this round. I am disappointed that people were brought to public meetings, encouraged to make applications and encouraged to contact and put pressure on their TDs. We have...

Sports Capital Programme (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: With regard to the Deputy's area, Cork has 217 applications worth €21,083,163. Within the Department, we are at present looking to find other ways to assist sporting organisations. The Deputy is correct with regard to the local authority schemes last year. I want to put this on the record very clearly for the two major newspapers in this country. I was criticised in regard to Mayo...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: Is Deputy Adams away to meet the Queen?

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 103 together. Myself and Minister Varadkar have been invited to attend the Olympic Games in London and I look forward to supporting our athletes and promoting Ireland as a destination to visit. We will attend some events on different, non-overlapping days and only one Minister from the Department will be present at any stage. Tourism Ireland, which...

Written Answers — Sporting Events: Sporting Events (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99 and 736 together. This question relates to hosting international sports events in Ireland. The Programme for Government includes a commitment that event tourism will be prioritised in order to continue to bring major events to Ireland. As well as bringing spectators to our shores, the hosting of sports events such as the Ryder Cup, the Tall Ships Race,...

Written Answers — Sporting Organisations: Sporting Organisations (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: I have no official function in relation to the remuneration of personnel within the major sporting organisations. This is a matter for the individual sporting organisations, which are independent, autonomous bodies.

Written Answers — Sports Facilities: Sports Facilities (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: Neither my Department nor any of the agencies operating under its aegis have carried out any study into the provision of sporting facilities for disabled children. However, the Programme for Government includes a commitment that in planning legislation the Government will promote and support universal design whereby all environments can be used to the greatest extent possible by all people,...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (3 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: My Department wrote to the club contact on 26th January 2012 to formally approve the grant and to advise the grantee on the documentation required to draw down the grant. The club have not been in direct contact with the Department since that date. I recently wrote to the Deputy in relation to this matter pointing out that it is a requirement of the Sports Capital Programme that the grantee...

Written Answers — Sports Facilities: Sports Facilities (10 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: The provision of these facilities is a matter more appropriate to Fingal County Council. I am informed that a number of storage containers located in Hartstown Park, Clonsilla, Dublin 15, were targeted in an arson attack which resulted in damage to equipment belonging to local soccer clubs. The possibility of relocating the containers to a location closer to the newly constructed all weather...

Written Answers — Sports Facilities: Sports Facilities (10 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: A new round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) was launched on 28th March 2012. By the deadline for applications (11 May for paper-based applications and 1 June for applications made online) the Department had received over 2,150 applications for funding under the 2012 SCP. An application for a grant towards the construction or refurbishment of an indoor sports facility would, subject to...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (12 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: A new round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) was launched on 28th March 2012. By the deadline for applications the Department had received more than 2,150 applications. Sligo Borough Council made one application to develop a sand based soccer pitch and tarmac MUGA at Cleveragh Regional Park. Three applications were received from Sligo County Council. These applications were for (i) a...

Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: Fianna Fáil does not have the neck of the Deputy.

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (17 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: DLRCC/Mount Merrion Youth FC Ltd. was provisionally allocated a grant of €200,000 towards pitch development under the 2006 Sports Capital Programme. The letter of provisional offer stated that all relevant documentation should be submitted to the Department for approval at the earliest possible date and a substantial amount of work on the project should be completed to facilitate the draw...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (17 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: An application has been received in respect of the project referred to by the Deputy. An acknowledgement of the application, containing the reference number, issued to the designated contact by email on 20th June 2012. The designated contact as per the application form is not the person referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (17 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: A new round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) was launched on 28th March 2012. The deadline for receipt of applications was 11 May for paper-based applications and 1 June for applications made online. The process of assessing applications will take some time, due to the volume of applications and the detailed information contained in each one. As a result, I do not expect to be in a...

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (19 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: Details of Irish Sports Council (ISC) funding to each of the National Governing Bodies of Sport are available on the ISC website at: www.irishsportscouncil.ie. In 2012, The Irish Sports Council will support the GAA and the FAI as follows: · GAA - €2.7 million to support the Grassroots to National Programme and promotion of participation in Gaelic Games. · FAI - €2.84 million...

Written Answers — Sports Facilities: Sports Facilities (19 Jul 2012)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 830 and 831 together. The company in question has not developed a database of sports facilities for my Department. Applications under the Sports Capital Programme will be assessed according to a range of criteria, and the range of current sporting facilities in any particular area will be taken into account in assessing applications. The company in question...