Written answers

Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is an appeals process for persons that recently were unsuccessful in the latest round of sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3167/18]

Photo of Brendan GriffinBrendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on the 24th February last. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received.

All applicants have been informed of the outcome of the assessment of their application, including details of why applications were deemed invalid. Applications were deemed invalid primarily for one or more of the following reasons:-

- Title/Access requirements of the SCP not satisfied

- Insufficient quotations/estimates submitted

- Evidence of own funding not provided in prescribed format

All applicants who submitted invalid or partially invalid applications were offered the opportunity to appeal the Department's decision if they believed that an error was made.  The deadline for the submission of appeals from applicants for local projects was 20 December 2017 and for regional projects, the deadline was 19 January.  All such appeals are now being processed. 

Separately, my Department is undertaking a general review of all invalid applications including those where incorrect or incomplete documentation was submitted. Decisions in relation to how to address any successful appeals and improvements to further reduce the level of invalid applications under future rounds of the SCP will be taken once these reviews are complete.

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