Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline all streams of funding for sports clubs available through his Department or an agency under its remit. [6390/13]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The primary vehicle for the funding of sports clubs is the Sports Capital Programme.  The last round of the programme was launched on 28th March 2012 with the deadline for applications being the 11th May for paper based hard copy applications and 1 June for applications made online.  The Department received 2,170 applications for funding under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme. The allocations under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme were announced last December. No decision has been taken on the timing of the next round of the programme. It may be possible for a club to raise funds via the ‘Tax Relief for Donations to Certain Sports Bodies’ scheme (section 847A of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997). This is a Revenue operated scheme which offers tax benefits to individuals or companies who make donations to the club.  Further details on this scheme and how it operates can be found on the Revenue Commissioners website. My Department provides funding to the Irish Sports Council which in turn distributes monies to National Governing Bodies. Some of these Bodies provide grant aid or services to local sporting bodies.