Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 81: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the breakdown of the funding from the sports capital programme since its inception per county and per head of population; when she plans to reopen this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14014/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by my Department, and part funded from the proceeds of the National Lottery, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country.

While no decision has been made on the timing of the next round of the Programme, €48 million has been provided in my Department's Vote in the 2010 Estimates to cover payments to be made from the C1 subhead, out of which grants are paid for the provision of sports and recreation facilities in respect of previously awarded grants.

For convenience the per capita funding is based on population figures from the 2006 census. Accordingly, some counties that have experienced significant population growth in the last ten years show a lower per capita funding than would have been the case based on the population statistics used in the assessments of each round of the Sports Capital Programme.