Written answers
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure on the provision of sports capital programme since 2010 on a national basis by type of sport in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20659/18]
Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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The Sports Capital Programme is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Details of all allocations under the SCP since 1998 are published on the Department's website .
The Department moved to a new IT system in 2014 which provides a single system for managing all aspect of the Sports Capital Programme. The breakdown of allocations by sport since this new IT system was introduced is contained in the following table.
The production of accurate consolidated information by sport for the 2010 to 2014 period is not readily available.
| Sport Type | € Allocated since 2014 | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| American Football | 91,036 | 0.05% |
| Angling/Fishing | 158,852 | 0.08% |
| Archery | 173,139 | 0.09% |
| Athletics | 2,545,478 | 1.34% |
| Badminton | 391,996 | 0.21% |
| Baseball | 12,800 | 0.01% |
| Basketball | 436,552 | 0.23% |
| Billiards & Snooker | 59,000 | 0.03% |
| Bowls | 351,867 | 0.19% |
| Boxing | 3,248,386 | 1.71% |
| Camogie | 531,369 | 0.28% |
| Canoeing / Kayaking | 682,113 | 0.36% |
| Clay Pigeon Shooting | 78,500 | 0.04% |
| Community Games | 251,300 | 0.13% |
| Cricket | 754,203 | 0.40% |
| Cycling | 292,686 | 0.15% |
| Diving/Snorkelling | 980,296 | 0.52% |
| Equestrian Sports | 368,200 | 0.19% |
| Fencing | 24,199 | 0.01% |
| Gaelic Games (includes €30,000,000 towards redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh) | 85,810,198 | 45.16% |
| Golf | 2,973,591 | 1.57% |
| Gymnastics | 1,294,665 | 0.68% |
| Handball | 1,422,820 | 0.75% |
| Hillwalking | 145,000 | 0.08% |
| Hockey | 1,520,706 | 0.80% |
| Judo | 8,778 | 0.00% |
| Ladies Gaelic Football | 17,600 | 0.01% |
| Martial Arts | 323,569 | 0.17% |
| Modern Pentathlon | 13,391 | 0.01% |
| Motor Sport | 20,000 | 0.01% |
| Motorcycling | 49,198 | 0.03% |
| Mountaineering | 224,580 | 0.12% |
| Multi-sport | 39,361,967 | 20.72% |
| Olympic Handball | 20,000 | 0.01% |
| Orienteering | 45,000 | 0.02% |
| Pitch and Putt | 520,059 | 0.27% |
| Raquetball | 12,000 | 0.01% |
| Rock Climbing | 4,850 | 0.00% |
| Rowing | 2,987,751 | 1.57% |
| Rugby | 9,325,286 | 4.91% |
| Sailing | 2,783,297 | 1.46% |
| Shooting Sports | 97,729 | 0.05% |
| Skateboarding | 4,000 | 0.00% |
| Skydiving | 50,000 | 0.03% |
| Soccer | 20,330,986 | 10.70% |
| Special Olympics | 203,205 | 0.11% |
| Squash | 182,500 | 0.10% |
| Surfing | 12,500 | 0.01% |
| Swimming | 1,412,508 | 0.74% |
| Table Tennis | 81,800 | 0.04% |
| Taekwondo | 50,215 | 0.03% |
| Tennis | 6,233,225 | 3.28% |
| Tenpin bowling | 8,000 | 0.00% |
| Triathlon | 360,510 | 0.19% |
| Tug of War | 22,752 | 0.01% |
| Volleyball | 62,000 | 0.03% |
| Waterskiing & Wakeboarding | 88,000 | 0.05% |
| Weightlifting | 103,806 | 0.05% |
| Wheelchair Sport | 351,998 | 0.19% |
| Wrestling | 28,500 | 0.01% |
| Grand Total | 190,000,512 | 100.00% |
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