Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 575 of 18 November 2014, if he will provide the detailed rationale for categorising a club (details supplied) in County Wicklow as one of the 11 organisations deemed invalid for the sports capital programme funding by virtue of being a private and/or commercial organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47955/14]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The application from the club referred to by the Deputy was deemed to be invalid on the grounds that it was considered to be a private club.  The club had restrictions on membership as outlined on their website and these were deemed to make the club a private club.

All aspects of the operation of the Sports Capital Programme are currently being reviewed in preparation for the 2015 round of the Programme.  If the club have any suggestions on the operation of the Programme or any queries on how their application under the 2014 Programme was assessed they can of course contact the Department.