Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application (details supplied) in respect of an urgently needed facility which would contribute greatly to the community in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31263/17]

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on 24 February and I can confirm that an application has been submitted by the organisation referred to by the Deputy.

By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received and all of these applications are currently being assessed. The total amount available to allocate under this round is €30 million. Accordingly, the allocation of grants will be particularly challenging.  Given the number of applications received and the detailed information submitted, it will take a further number of weeks to complete this process and I expect that an announcement regarding allocations will be made in September.