Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the allocations which have been made, under the Sports Nation Programme for capital expenditure; the time frame for the draw-down on these funds; if he anticipates that some local authorities may not avail of their allocation; if he will reallocate such unused funds, to support projects that are ready projects in other local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10716/15]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Details of all allocations made under the SportNation Programme, in association with IPB Insurance, are available on the Department's website .

The deadline for drawdown is 30 June 2015 and Local Authorities have been informed that this deadline is absolute.  It is possible that some Local Authorities may not be able to draw down their grants by this deadline and after the deadline I will examine, in association with IPB Insurance, any opportunities to reallocate this funding to projects that can go ahead.