Written answers
Thursday, 6 July 2006
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
Sports Capital Programme
6:00 pm
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 33: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications for sports capital grants in 2005 and 2006 by county; the amount applied for in 2005 and 2006 by county; the amount allocated in 2005 and 2006 by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/06]
Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 332: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the value of capital grants sought under the Sports Capital Programme 2006 in each county; and the value of grants awarded in each county. [27400/06]
John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 33 and 332 together.
The national lottery-funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis.
Applications for funding under the 2006 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on November 27th and 28th last. The closing date for receipt of applications was January 20th 2006. A total of 1,338 applications for projects costing €670 million and seeking funding of €312 million were received before this deadline, of which 1,211 were classified as local projects and 127 as national, regional or municipal/multi-sport. Applications were evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme.
I was pleased on 6th June last to announce provisional grant allocations under the 2006 programme totalling €53.745 million to 719 projects classified as local. Information on the number of applications for sports capital grants, the amounts applied for and the amounts allocated by county for both 2005 and to date in 2006 is contained in the following schedule as requested by the Deputy. The information relating to 2006 is in respect of applications classified as local only details of which were amended last month.
I intend to announce the provisional allocations under the 2006 programme for projects classified as national, regional or municipal/multi-sport in the near future.
| Details of 2005 and 2006 Sports Capital funding by county | ||||||
| County | 2005 | 2006 (local only) | ||||
| No. of Applications | Sought | Allocated | No. of Applications | Sought | Allocated | |
| € | € | € | € | |||
| Carlow | 22 | 1,491,237 | 446,000 | 15 | 3,414,075 | 652,500 |
| Cavan | 20 | 2,696,519 | 785,000 | 26 | 3,730,321 | 1,315,000 |
| Clare | 33 | 3,571,094 | 1,356,000 | 28 | 3,399,619 | 1,340,000 |
| Cork | 151 | 34,637,133 | 8,172,000 | 143 | 27,137,595 | 6,449,500 |
| Donegal | 59 | 15,216,346 | 1,572,000 | 57 | 6,085,277 | 1,672,500 |
| Dublin | 268 | 65,161,582 | 15,739,419 | 190 | 38,847,477 | 10,959,200 |
| Galway | 100 | 30,634,135 | 5,760,000 | 84 | 15,359,521 | 3,333,500 |
| Kerry | 81 | 12,843,156 | 3,603,000 | 81 | 8,169,236 | 3,427,500 |
| Kildare | 44 | 11,439,604 | 1,550,000 | 28 | 4,248,782 | 1,406,500 |
| Kilkenny | 26 | 3,026,455 | 1,284,000 | 34 | 4,409,982 | 1,691,000 |
| Laois | 22 | 2,241,361 | 771,000 | 24 | 2,601,492 | 768,000 |
| Leitrim | 23 | 3,192,360 | 660,000 | 26 | 2,076,670 | 703,000 |
| Limerick | 59 | 12,483,119 | 3,092,000 | 49 | 5,007,556 | 2,119,000 |
| Longford | 19 | 3,593,184 | 499,000 | 15 | 1,777,408 | 551,000 |
| Louth | 42 | 9,178,560 | 1,347,000 | 31 | 2,930,624 | 1,144,000 |
| Mayo | 53 | 18,008,417 | 1,422,000 | 47 | 6,509,843 | 1,765,000 |
| Meath | 28 | 5,927,863 | 1,576,000 | 26 | 2,793,802 | 1,645,000 |
| Monaghan | 39 | 3,569,612 | 744,000 | 33 | 2,899,873 | 1,274,500 |
| Offaly | 35 | 6,291,964 | 1,260,000 | 25 | 2,177,365 | 869,000 |
| Roscommon | 32 | 3,942,171 | 880,000 | 28 | 3,776,258 | 1,098,000 |
| Sligo | 21 | 6,500,486 | 2,020,000 | 28 | 3,793,242 | 1,211,000 |
| Tipperary | 56 | 7,827,134 | 2,177,000 | 56 | 8,455,221 | 2,061,000 |
| Waterford | 39 | 5,869,388 | 1,425,000 | 40 | 7,057,015 | 1,642,000 |
| Westmeath | 25 | 6,251,948 | 1,305,000 | 19 | 2,180,776 | 747,000 |
| Wexford | 38 | 7,860,440 | 2,267,000 | 51 | 10,020,234 | 2,087,500 |
| Wicklow | 27 | 8,683,200 | 1,527,000 | 27 | 4,536,495 | 1,813,000 |
| Totals | 1,362 | 290,647,232 | 63,239,419 | 1,211 | 183,395,759 | 53,745,200 |
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