Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available to youth clubs and sports clubs to purchase small scale equipment to enhance the facilities that they offer their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24943/08]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department does not operate a grant scheme or programme specifically for the type of project referred to by the Deputy. However, some funding may be available from my Department for an element of such a project under the following grant schemes and programmes:

Once-off Grants for Locally Based Community and Voluntary Organisations;

Young Peoples Facilities & Services Fund;

CLÁR Programme; or

Gaeltacht grant schemes.

Funding may also be available from the Dormant Accounts Fund under the Equipment Grants for Youth Clubs/Grants, a measure operated by the Department of Education and Science. Details of all of the programmes and schemes operated by my Department, including eligibility criteria, can be accessed on the Department's website at www.pobail.ie.