Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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1097. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a new round of sports capital grants will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25223/18]

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme attracted a record 2,320 applications.In November and December last, Minister Ross and I announced €60m in allocations to a record 1,800 projects under the 2017 round. A review of the 2017 round of the programme has now been finalised and published on my Department's website (). This review highlights aspects of the 2017 round of the SCP that worked well but also suggests some further improvements which are being considered prior to the next round of the programme opening for applications. Some of these changes require amendments to the Department's online application system and work in this regard has now commenced. Formal sanction was received last week from the Minister from Public Expenditure and Reform to open the new round of the programme. Accordingly, I expect to make an announcement in relation to the timing of the next round in the coming weeks.