Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason applications were invalid on the last round of sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2419/17]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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1,592 applications were received under the 2015 Sports Capital Programme with a total of 566 deemed invalid. My Department estimates that almost 90% of invalid applications were deemed so for one of the 5 reasons set out below.

1. Title/Access requirements not satisfied.

2. Insufficient evidence of planning permission, planning application, or exemption from planning.

3. Insufficient quotations/estimates submitted.

4. Evidence of own funding not provided in prescribed format.

5. Insufficient own funding

On 21 December last, Minister Ross and I announced that €30m is being made available under the 2017 Sports Capital Programme and a significant effort has been made to simplify and streamline the application process with the aim of reducing the number of invalid applications submitted. Applications will be accepted on my Department's dedicated online applications site (www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie) from the 23 January 2017 to the 24 February, 2017.The guide to making an application is also available on www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie.