Written answers
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Sports Capital Programme
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the successful sports capital grant projects were selected; if he will provide the details of the procedures that were used in selecting successful projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57540/12]
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 socioeconomic 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 Minister Varadkar and 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.
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