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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sporting Events (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: I thank the Deputy for his questions. I know that he has a great personal interest in this matter. We would all love to see this happening. As the Deputy said, the committee will meet tomorrow, following which we will probably receive a further update on when its report will be available. As the Deputy is aware, a joint bid is being made by the Northern Ireland Executive and the Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sporting Events (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: It is too early yet for a discussion of funding. We must await receipt of the report, following which a decision will be made on whether to make a formal bid. If we do make a bid, the big issue will be from where the funding will come. The Deputy is correct that much of the ground work has been done. The big decision was taken last year by the GAA at its congress in terms of its...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: At close of business last Friday the amount of outstanding sports capital commitments was €53 million, as compared with a figure of €71 million at the end of 2012. The corresponding figure at the end of 2008 was €191 million. For a variety of reasons, it can take grantees several years to draw down allocations.  Some of the more common reasons include:...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: The Deputy is correct that having €53 million in grant aid outstanding makes it difficult for me to obtain funding from the Government for further rounds. I agree with her that this funding has been a lifeline for sports organisations. There was no scheme in place from 2008 to 2012. The new scheme introduced last year worked well. On the moneys not yet drawn down, I appeal to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sporting Events (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: Last November the Government considered a memorandum on the discussions and examinations to date on a potential bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023.  While the memorandum identified a number of challenges, the great potential of the event is also clear and I believe that hosting the Rugby World Cup on a cross-Border basis in 2023 would be a great opportunity for Northern Ireland...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: 10 o’clock The Deputy is not bad himself at making representations. He has seven or eight here.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: What do I do now? Should I not allocate money to the groups on behalf of which the Deputy made representations? Is that what he is saying? Before the recent elections he and his party sent election candidates to the officials in the Department. Does he think that is okay? Does he think it is okay for Fianna Fáil to do whatever it wants?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: I am very proud of the last round of the sports capital programme. It was the only time the media, the Deputy’s party and everybody else could find no fault with it because we allocated it on a per capitabasis. Every county received what it was entitled to get. I picked the lowest counties and gave them an increase and I will do the same again because members of previous Governments...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: I was delighted to be able to launch the 2014 round of the sports capital programme earlier this year, through which €40 million is available for allocation. The 2,036 applications received under the 2014 programme are currently being assessed by officials in my Department.  Every application will be assessed by one official and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: Fianna Fáil Members will find it difficult to understand why somebody would act for nothing because Fianna Fáil never did anything for nothing. They had plenty of their own advisers who cost a lot of money. When we came into government we were not lucky enough to be able to provide junior Ministers with advisers. I am honoured to have a man of the quality of Mr. Paul McGrath to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: I am glad to hear that.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: I was delighted to be able to launch the 2014 round of the Sports Capital Programme earlier this year. €40 million is available for allocation. The 2,036 applications received under the 2014 Sports Capital Programme are currently being assessed by officials in my Department.  Every application will be assessed by one official and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: I was delighted to be able to launch the 2014 round of the Sports Capital Programme earlier this year. €40 million is available for allocation. The 2,036 applications received under the 2014 Sports Capital Programme are currently being assessed by officials in my Department.  Every application will be assessed by one official and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: I was delighted to be able to launch the 2014 round of the Sports Capital Programme earlier this year. €40 million is available for allocation. The 2,036 applications received under the 2014 Sports Capital Programme are currently being assessed by officials in my Department.  Every application will be assessed by one official and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: The 2,036 applications received under the 2014 Sports Capital Programme are currently being assessed by officials in my Department.  Every application is assessed by one official and reviewed by another.  Given the number of applications received and the detail contained therein, this process takes a number of months to complete.  I hope to announce...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: I was delighted to be able to launch the 2014 round of the Sports Capital Programme earlier this year. €40 million is available for allocation. The 2,036 applications received under the 2014 Sports Capital Programme are currently being assessed by officials in my Department.  Every application will be assessed by one official and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: I was delighted to be able to launch the 2014 round of the Sports Capital Programme earlier this year. €40 million is available for allocation. The 2,036 applications received under the 2014 Sports Capital Programme are currently being assessed by officials in my Department.  Every application will be assessed by one official and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: 104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on her invalidity pension appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27712/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their disability allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27715/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Events (26 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231, 237 and 238 together. The hosting of major sports events can deliver additional international visits and helps to put Ireland onto travel itineraries as a holiday destination.  I am supportive of the ongoing efforts of the Tourism Agencies and the National Governing Bodies of Sport to attract international...