Written answers
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for the awarding of sports grants from his Department; the total expenditure of his Department on sports grants to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40820/13]
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 applied to regional and national projects):
| Selection Criteria |
|---|
| 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 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.
To date in 2013 €7.6m has been paid out to SCP grantees.
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