Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of applications for the 2014 sports capital programme from sporting and community groups in County Mayo; the number of applications that were successful; the number of applications that were deemed unsuccessful; the reason individual applications were unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30728/14]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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All applications received under the 2014 Sports Capital Programme were assessed by officials in the Department.  Every application was assessed by one official and reviewed by another official.  The information sought by the Deputy is set out as follows.

Number of applications received from County Mayo 85

Number of allocations made 31

Number of applications invalid 25

Number of applications valid but not funded 29

Given the amount of funding sought - over €6.5m from Mayo alone - it was not possible to fund every valid project.  All applicants have now received details of the outcome of the assessment of their application as follows: where a grant has been allocated, the applicant has been given details of the terms and conditions that must be met to allow the grant to be drawn down; where an application was deemed valid but not funded, applicants has been given a copy of their assessment; and where an applications has been deemed invalid, applicants has been given details of the reason(s) their application was deemed invalid.

I do not consider it appropriate to publish details of why individual applications were deemed invalid.    Applications were deemed invalid primarily for one or more of the following reasons: title/access requirements of the Sports Capital Programme not satisfied; insufficient evidence of planning permission, planning application, or exemption from planning; evidence of own funding not provided in prescribed format; or insufficient own funding.