James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make funding available to groups whose applications were invalidated due to minor technicalities that can easily be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52081/17]

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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When the 2017 Programme was advertised my Department issued a guide to filling out the application form which set out the Department’s minimum requirements that applicants had to meet to be considered for funding. 

Applications were deemed invalid primarily for one or more of the following reasons:

- Title/Access requirements of the Sports Capital Programme were not satisfied;

- Evidence of own funding was not provided in the prescribed format;

- Insufficient own funding.

All applicants have now been contacted with details of the outcome of the assessment of their application, including details of why applications were deemed invalid.  In the event that any organisation believes that an error has been made by my Department in deeming their application to be invalid, that organisation may seek to have that decision reviewed.  Relevant organisations, whose cases have been deemed to be invalid, have been informed.  It should be noted that there is currently no additional funding available for any further allocations under the programme.