Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 531: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 13 March 2008 where the funding for the Sports for Disadvantaged Youths programme is obtained; if this programme is being funded in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11663/08]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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As I explained on 13th March 2008 in response to Parliamentary Questions from the Deputy my Department was allocated additional once-off funding of almost €2 million from the Dormant Accounts Fund in 2007 for the Sports for Disadvantaged Youth programme. The funding is being distributed to 781 projects throughout the country through the Local Sports Partnerships and Local Authorities, where no Local Sports Partnership currently exists. As I have previously informed the House, my colleague the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has overall responsibility for dormant accounts spending. The funding through my Department is an element of a larger set of economic and social disadvantage funding measures including funding for persons with a disability.

In addition to the funding under the dormant accounts fund, my Department also provides funding for sporting activities and facilities in disadvantaged areas through the Irish Sports Council, the Sports Capital and Local Authority Swimming Pool Programmes.