Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for a decision on the approval of the 2017 sports capital programme applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31588/17]

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on 24 February. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received. The total amount available to allocate under this round is €30 million. Accordingly, the allocation of grants will be particularly challenging on this occasion.

All of the applications received are currently being assessed by officials in my Department.  Given the number of applications received and the detailed information submitted, it will take a further number of weeks to complete this process.  I expect that an announcement regarding allocations will be made in September.