Written answers
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Sports Capital Programme
Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the parameters that were used to allocate sports capital grants in 2012. [56430/12]
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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All applications received under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme were first checked to ensure eligibility and then eligible applications were initially assessed against the following criteria (the final 4 criteria only apply to regional and national projects):
Selection Criteria |
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| Increase in the levels of active participation/ improved standards of sporting performance, especially among women and older citizens |
| Level of socio-economic disadvantage in the area |
| Technical merits of the project |
| Financial viability of project |
| Level of own funding available |
| Extent to which applicant will be able to maintain project after completion |
| Current and planned levels of sport and/or recreational sport facilities in the area |
| Current or proposed sharing of facilities with other sporting groups or schools |
| Level of SCP (or other Government) funding received in the past |
| Strategies to be used to attract people from disadvantaged areas |
| Priority of proposed improvements/ facility in relation to existing facilities |
| Priorities as identified by the NGB (national/regional projects only) |
| Priority as identified by the Irish Sports Council (NGB and third level only) |
| Location of facility within the network of national, regional and municipal facilities (non-local projects only) |
| Linkages with Local Authorities Swimming Pools Programme (municipal multi-sport only) |
In deciding the final allocations of funding to local projects within each county I had regard to a number of additional factors, including:
- the performance of each application during the assessment process;
- ensuring a geographic spread of projects within each county;
- ensuring an appropriate spread of projects between rural and urban areas within each county; and
- ensuring that there is a spread of projects among different sports.
Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any specific aspect of sport or of club governance which should be made clear in every application for sports grant funding. [56431/12]
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Under the Sports Capital Programme all applicants must fill out the application form and provide certain minimum supporting documentation to meet the eligibility requirements. Details of the most recent application form and the guide to filling out the application form can be found on my Department's website .
Part of the application form relates to issues of governance. All applicants must provide evidence of non-discrimination. School applications must be made jointly with at least one sports club or community group and the Programme does not funding for private or commercial operations.
My Department will be writing to all applicants in the coming weeks and the reasons why applications were deemed invalid will be outlined to the relevant applicants.
Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be a further call for applications for sports capital funding in the foreseeable future, and if so; when this may happen. [56432/12]
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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There are no plans to advertise another round of the Sports Capital Programme at the moment. However, I hope to be in a position to announce a further round as soon as funding becomes available.
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