Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on a boxing centre (details supplied). [2593/17]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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I understand that Cork County Boxing Board is interested in developing a boxing headquarters and centre of excellence in Knocknaheeny. It should be noted however, that there is currently no allocation towards this project.  Any proposal from the Cork County Boxing Board needs to consider issues such as ownership of the proposed site, funding required, planning permission etc. Once these issues are resolved, my officials can advise on how best to advance the proposal.

In relation to sports capital projects generally, as the Deputy will be aware, on 21 December last, Minister Ross and I announced that €30m is being made available under the 2017 Sports Capital Programme to develop sports infrastructure around the country.

Applications are being accepted on my Department's dedicated online applications site (www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie) from yesterday the 23 January 2017 to the 24 February, 2017.  The guide to making an application is also available on www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie.