Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated to the sports grants for 2017; the groups and clubs which received funding; the amount they received under the sports grant scheme for 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32796/16]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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​Following the conclusion of the 2017 Estimates discussions, a total of €52m has been provided for sports capital projects. This will meet all existing commitments under previous rounds of the Sports Capital and Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme, commitments to Pairc Ui Chaoimh, the Kerry Sports Academy at IT Tralee and existing commitments relating to the development of the National Sports Campus.

As was confirmed in the 2017 Estimates Statement, it will also allow for a new round of the Sports Capital Programme to be opened with the announcement of allocations expected later in 2017.

In relation to the 2015 Sports Capital Programme, a total of €45m was allocated and details of all allocations are available on .