Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 93: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way he proposes to make sporting facilities and sports more accessible, particularly for children and those from economically disadvantaged areas, in view of the latest report from the ESRI entitled Sporting Lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24562/08]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 103: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way he will reconcile the increasing trend towards individual sporting pursuits as the area of strongest growth with the predisposition of the sports capital programme to overwhelmingly favour team sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24563/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 103 together.

I would refer the Deputies to my reply to PQ No. 75 which I answered today. In relation to the Sports Capital Programme, it should be noted that the level of allocations are contingent on the quality and volume of the applications received and the overall level of funding available, rather than any perceived predisposition towards particular sports.