Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to correspondence about a grant awarded to a sports organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 13; his views on the issues raised in that correspondence. [40547/14]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I am aware of the correspondence received from the Deputy and a reply will issue shortly.

The Department does sometimes permit a grantee to change the purpose of a grant, subject to certain conditions being met.  The club should contact the Department as a matter of urgency for details of what is required for the change of purpose to be considered. 

The Department has not received correspondence from the club in relation to any funding difficulties that the club may be experiencing.  I would also point out that the club was provisionally allocated €296,751 under the 2012 SCP which was the exact amount sought by the club one of the highest allocations made that year.