Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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On 6 December, 2017 organisations that submitted an invalid or partially invalid local application under the 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) were contacted by email offering them the opportunity to submit an appeal. This email invited clubs to appeal if they believed that the Department had made an error in deeming their application invalid, based on the documentation submitted by the deadline of 24 February 2017. No new documentation was accepted as a basis for appeal. The deadline for appeals against decisions made on local applications was 20 December, 2017. These organisations had previously been informed of the fact that their application was invalid or partially invalid and the reasons for same on 29 and 30 November 2017, respectively.

In the case of invalid non-local applications, a single email informed applicants both of the fact that their application was invalid, the reason(s) for same and the fact that an appeals process was available to them. This email was sent on 22 December. On the same day, partially invalid applicants received both an email informing them of a provisional allocation being made to them and the purpose for same as well as a separate email informing them of the appeals process and the fact that they could appeal the decision on the invalid element(s) of their application. The deadline for making an appeal against a decision on a non-local application was 19 January, 2018.

Full details of the appeals mechanism are set out in the review of the 2017 Sports Capital Programme which is published on the Department's website at .

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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A review of the 2017 Sports Capital Programme is now complete and has been published on my Department's website at: .

All valid local applications received a grant offer determined by the following formula:

- The Maximum Grant for each valid application was multiplied by the Assessment Score for that application producing a weighted score (A).

- The total weighted scores (A’s) for all applications in a county were added together to give a total (T).

- This total figure (T) was divided into the Per Capita County Funding (C) giving a Ratio of total weighted score to the available funding (T to C).

- The Ratio was then multiplied by A for each application to give the draft recommended allocation to each application.

For national and regional applications, the top scoring two thirds of valid applications received a grant offer and the same formula was applied to calculate actual grant amounts. This formula was also used for allocations made on foot of successful appeals.