Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if Dublin City Council has applied for funding amounting to €22 million, or part thereof, for the development of sport and playground facilities in Willie Pearse Park, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31992/06]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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The 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.

An application was submitted to the 2006 sports capital programme by Dublin City Council in respect of a proposed Crumlin Sports and Leisure Centre to be located at Willie Pearse Park. The amount of funding sought by the application was €11 million towards an estimated cost of €17.25 million. It was one of 28 applications from Dublin City Council under the programme, of which 14 were successful and were allocated a total of €3,650,000. The application for Willie Pearse Park was unsuccessful on this occasion, though two grants totalling €250,000 were allocated towards facilities there under the 2003 and 2004 sports capital programmes. These grants have still to be drawn down by the Council.

All allocations under the 2006 sports capital programme have now been made. I intend to seek applications shortly under the 2007 programme and it will be open to Dublin City Council to submit an application for the project in question under that programme. It should be noted, however, that the programme does not provide funding for playgrounds, for which the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government has responsibility.