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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Road Network (20 Nov 2012)

Michael Ring: PPPs are simple. Business people are prepared to invest in them provided they believe they can generate a return on their money. In the case of the stimulus budget announced by the Government a number of weeks ago, it is hoped some State assets will be sold. The Senator has mentioned a specific project. Everything depends on the state of the country's finances. We can criticise what...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)

Michael Ring: I thank the Senator for raising this matter which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality who is unable to be present because of other business. However, he is fully aware of the concerns expressed about the death of Fr. Niall Molloy and sympathises greatly with the Molloy family. Fr. Molloy's death was the subject of an investigation by An Garda Síochána which...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)

Michael Ring: I will pass the Senator's remarks on to the Minister. He asked me to stress that he is conscious of the distress this is causing the relatives of Fr. Molloy.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (21 Nov 2012)

Michael Ring: My Department has received over 2,170 applications for funding under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme.  This is the largest number of applications ever received under the Programme. Departmental officials are processing the applications and this process will take some time due to the volume of applications received.  I expect to be able to announce the list of successful...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (21 Nov 2012)

Michael Ring: My Department has received over 2,170 applications for funding under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme.  This is the largest number of applications ever received under the Programme. Departmental officials are processing the applications and this process will take some time due to the volume of applications received. I expect to be able to announce the list of successful applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (22 Nov 2012)

Michael Ring: An allocation of €100,000 was made in 2004 to the club referred to by the Deputy.  This allocation was made towards the development of dressing rooms.  €60,541of the allocation was drawn down.  Dublin City Council, who were managing the allocation, have agreed to the remainder being withdrawn as there were no further invoices to submit and the project was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (28 Nov 2012)

Michael Ring: My Department has received over 2,170 applications for funding under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme.  This is the largest number of applications ever received under the Programme. Departmental officials are processing all applications and this process will take some time due to the volume of applications received. I expect to be able to announce the list of successful applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Lottery Funding (4 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: Grants under the Sports Capital Programme are partially funded by the National Lottery. All applications received under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme were first checked to ensure eligibility and then eligible applications were initially assessed against the following criteria (the final 4 criteria only apply to regional and national projects): Selection Criteria Increase in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (6 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: The names of the sports clubs and organisations in County Mayo who applied under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme are published on my Department's website . A total of 106 local applications were received for County Mayo of which 59 were deemed invalid. My Department will be writing to all applicants in the coming weeks and the reasons why applications were deemed invalid...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (6 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 to 175, inclusive, together. My Department does not collate information on a Dáil constituency basis.  However, I can confirm that 95 applications were received under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme from sports clubs and organisations in County Kerry seeking €8.9m in funding.  A full list of all applications received is available...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: In the case of ineligible applications, I think that it would be appropriate that the designated club contact would be informed first of the reasons why an application may have been deemed invalid. My Department will be writing to all applicants in the coming weeks and the reasons why applications were deemed invalid will be outlined to the relevant applicants.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 541 and 544 together. There are no plans to advertise another round of the Sports Capital Programme until 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: My Department did not receive an application from the club referred to by the Deputy under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: All applications received under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme were first checked to ensure eligibility and then eligible applications were initially assessed against the following criteria (the final 4 criteria only apply to regional and national projects): Selection Criteria Increase in the levels of active participation/ improved standards of sporting performance, especially...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: Under the 2012 Sports capital Programme a total of 117 applications were received from Limerick. Of these 6 applications were for national or regional projects and allocations to such projects will be announced shortly.  In the allocations announced on 2 December, 22 separate projects in Limerick were funded with a total value of just under €1,000,000. In the case of ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: Details of all local applications received under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme from County Donegal and the amount of funding sought is set out in the following table. There were also 7 non-local (i.e. national and regional) applications from Donegal, and allocations to non-local projects will be announced shortly. Ballyshannon Leisure Centre Management Ltd...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: My Department will be writing to all applicants in the coming weeks and the reasons why applications were deemed invalid will be outlined to the relevant applicants.  I think that it would be appropriate that the designated club contact would be informed first of the reason or reasons why an application may have been deemed invalid. Some of the reasons why local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: In the case of ineligible applications, I think that it would be appropriate that the designated club contact would be informed first of the reasons why an application may have been deemed invalid. My Department will be writing to all applicants in the coming weeks and the reasons why applications were deemed invalid will be outlined to the relevant applicants.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 541 and 544 together. There are no plans to advertise another round of the Sports Capital Programme until 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Ring: My Department did not receive an application from the club referred to by the Deputy under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme.