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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I agree. Boxing took a bit of a knock in the Olympics and we did not live up to expectations there.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: Apart from that, we did not do as well as we had hoped and as we had done in the past. It is a matter for Sport Ireland. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, and I are looking at a sports policy framework, which includes high performance, coaching and volunteer engagement. I will ask Sport Ireland what exactly it is intending to do about what looks to be a problem amongst our coaches...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: That body is intent on that. I will specifically ask it about the boxing.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I will.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: It comes out of our budget. It is going to come to approximately €300,000, which is more than we expected but it got an extension of three months. While I am on the subject, I do not know if members are aware that it is to be completed on 31 March and that it will then be sent out to various people mentioned to give them a right to comment, which is usual. That takes a matter of...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I do not think so. It just comes out of the Department's administration budget. I think the €2.2 million to which the Deputy referred is the Department's administration costs rather than anything else. I do not think it is in any way recurrent or has to be done again. I share her enthusiasm for the indoor arena; it is money well spent. It is obviously a large sum and we have to...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: He has exactly the same powers as Deputy Michael Ring had under the previous Government.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: That is pretty naked special pleading, is it not?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I cannot answer that question at the moment. It will be treated like everything else is, I am afraid. I appreciate the very public plea but I make the very public response that I will use the exact same criteria for it as everything else. Pairc Uí Chaoimh is developing very well as I am sure the Deputy will be aware. We gave it a large sum of money towards the end of last year; from...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: Of course it is not enough. We would love to have more for the sports capital grants. It is definitely not enough in terms of the appetite we have seen from the level of applications. I can give the Deputy some figures. The Department received 2,320 applications in respect of the 2017 sports capital grants, seeking a total of €155 million in payments. Applications are currently...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: Correct Does the Minister have any plans to address it, because that figure of 2,300 is just going to pile up year on year?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: Does the Deputy mean to tell me that this should now become annual? As she knows, it has not been annual before. It was not last year. This programme should become annual and those who apply this year and are not successful can obviously apply again. We would very much like to give out the whole €155 million because I believe this is a great project. It is a matter of not having...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I do not want to give that commitment, I am afraid, but I will consider what the Deputy is saying. I came across a really worthy group last night in Tallaght that did not apply this year. I will not say who they are but they intend to apply next year. I do not necessarily see why they should be down the list. They were not quite ready to apply for various reasons. I am not sure whether...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: And the year after if they are not good enough.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I do not think so, but the €30 million would not be there without that kind of pressure from the Chairman and from others. Everybody in this room was pushing for it very hard. That meant that we had the political leverage to look for it and it meant that we got it. If the committee wants us to seek supplementaries we will certainly do so. Last year there was a rigid rule in place...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I do not think I can guarantee that.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: I would certainly support the committee in that.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: It is difficult to know exactly how to do this because it is very contentious. The weightings are somewhat contentious. I have tended to leave that to civil servants because they are less likely to be accused of political interference. We will be accused of it anyway, but it is less likely. They set the weightings, but we can look at changing them again next year. They tend to become...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Mar 2017) Shane Ross: The maximum is €150,000 as the Deputy knows.